Invoking a Servlet via "servlet/"

[claude jones]

Hello All,
I have a jar file which contains a class that I would like to invoke by calling:
http://localhost:8080/chart/servlet/com.chart.DisplayChart?fileName="testChart"
I have a requirement not force people to use the web.xml servlet-mapping.
The jar file is located in c:\myapp\WEB-INF\lib\chart.jar
Any idea? I know every web server that supports servlets will have a servlets_root directory. I just don't know where this is in Tomcat 1.4.24.
Thanks,
Claude.

[William Brogden]

Running a servlet by using a URL that says /servelt/ is handled by the "invoker" servlet -
see the tomcat-home/conf/web.xml
for a discussion. In Tomcat 4.1.24 the invoker servlet is only turned on in the /examples directory. It used to be on by default - which has caused untold confusion.
If you want people to be able to use the /servlet style, they will have to change the web.xml configuration of the web application.

[claude jones]

Thanks! That did the trick!
Claude.