WAS 5 and JSP

Hi,
Could anyone please tell me in which dir I should place my JSPs in WAS 5.
Thanks

In a WAR file.
Kyle

Thanks Kyle for the quick answer but.
I want to know in which dir should i put my JSP page during the development, so that I can see test it.
Tony

u can select the webdevelopment direcory and choose "jsp" then u can write ur jsp after that u can check the the direcory ...

Originally posted by Tony Mokrane:
Thanks Kyle for the quick answer but.
I want to know in which dir should i put my JSP page during the development, so that I can see test it.
Tony

I was not kidding. I was dead serious. You MUST build a WAR file containing your JSP. Until there is a WAR file in place WebSphere will not allow you to run your JSP's. You can ADD a JSP to an existing WAR directory after the WAR has been installed (search the InfoCenter on "hot deployment"), but WAS doesn't let you just slam JSP's into a generic directory like other servers.
Kyle

Thanks Kyle for your cooperation.

few more questions:
1)Is there any workAround that I can do in order to run my JSPs without a WAR File?
2)Why can we run the Servlet but not the JPSs? is there any particular reason?
Thanks again
Tony Mokrane

Originally posted by Tony Mokrane:
Thanks Kyle for your cooperation.
few more questions:
1)Is there any workAround that I can do in order to run my JSPs without a WAR File?
2)Why can we run the Servlet but not the JPSs? is there any particular reason?
Thanks again
Tony Mokrane

(1) No. This is as designed.
(2) What do you mean by "we can run the servlet but not the JSP's"? I don't understand the question...
Kyle

Hi!!!

(2) What do you mean by "we can run the servlet but not the JSP's"? I don't understand the question...

When I put the servlet in the class dir like:
C:\dev\WebSphere\AppServer\classes\MyServlet.class
I can run it. I dont need to put it in a WAR file.

Originally posted by Tony Mokrane:
Hi!!!

When I put the servlet in the class dir like:
C:\dev\WebSphere\AppServer\classes\MyServlet.class
I can run it. I dont need to put it in a WAR file.

Yes, it runs, but you shouldn't do that. You're violating the Servlet spec -- you see, you've not declared this servlet in a WAR file, so there's no Deployment Descriptor to set it up. It HAPPENS to work since you have "load by classname" selected in the default application, but that's not the way you're supposed to use either Servlets or JSP's.
Please, go read the InfoCenter for WebSphere. Work your way through the tutorials. Perhaps even buy the Wrox book on WebSphere 5.0. You need to understand how the system works -- WebSphere follows the J2EE specifications VERY strictly, unlike some other servers like Tomcat -- you MUST package your Applications in J2EE component modules (WAR's, EJB-JARs and EARs). You use the AAT tool to do that. You then have to deploy your J2EE modules using the Admin console. The tutorials on the WebSphere site will help get you started with that.
Kyle

Thanks Kyle for your time. I'll follow your advice.
Thanks again
Tony