Velocity servlet

[shubhra mathur]

Hi, I have created one velocity servlet and velocity template which is called by servlet. Velocity.properties file is created where i am giving the path of template .
When i am calling the sevlet in web browser it is showing servlet not found exception though i have given the path of servlet in web.xml.
Please help me.

[Ulf Dittmer]

Welcome to JavaRanch.

Which URL are you using to access the servlet, and what do the servlet declaration and mapping from web.xml look like? TellTheDetails

[shubhra mathur]

In url i am giving localhost:8080/servletname.
My web.xml--
<!DOCTYPE web-app
PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
"http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd">

<web-app>

<servlet>
<servlet-name>Hello</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>Hello</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>properties</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/velocity.properties</param-value>
</init-param>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Hello</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/Hello</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

</web-app>
my Servlet---
import org.apache.velocity.Template;
import org.apache.velocity.servlet.VelocityServlet;
import org.apache.velocity.app.Velocity;
import org.apache.velocity.context.Context;
import javax.servlet.http.*;

public class Hello extends VelocityServlet {

private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

public Template handleRequest( HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response,
Context context ) {

Template template = null;

try {
context.put("name", "Velocity Test");
template = Velocity.getTemplate("/hello.vm");
} catch( Exception e ) {
System.err.println("Exception caught: " + e.getMessage());
}

return template;
}
}