I'm trying to run a basic servlet but having no luck. The code for web.xml and
MyServlet.java are below. I compiled my
MyServlet.java file and then started Tomcat (5.0.18). In my browser I then ran the following links and they all gave a similar 404 message (example below)...
http://localhost:8080/MyServlet/MyServlet
http://localhost:8080/MyServlet/servlet/MyServlet
http://localhost:8080/MyServlet/Servlet/MyServlet
404 example message
The requested resource (/MyServlet/MyServlet) is not available.
Some possibilities that I can think of and some questions...
Does this have anything to do w/ the java code not being in a package? I think I tried before to do the same thing but put the code in a package and I still had no luck.
Also, is there a special way to compile a servlet? The book I read said you have to have servlet.jar in your classpath when compiling (or use "-classpath" switch when running javac). I added an environment variable (in win XP Pro) but I guess I have no way to know if it's working. I started a new cmd window (hoping to refresh the environment vars) and then compiled it again. I think I've read in the past that you have to reboot your system though to have new enviornment variables take effect in XP Pro.
C:\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.18\webapps\MyServlet\WEB-INF\classes\MyServlet.java
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class MyServlet extends HttpServlet {
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
out.println("<html>");
out.println("<head>");
out.println("<title>My 1st servlet</title>");
out.println("</head>");
out.println("<body>");
out.println("<h1>Finally I wrote a servlet</h1>");
out.println("</body>");
out.println("</html>");
}
public static void main (String[] args) {
}
}
C:\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.18\webapps\MyServlet\WEB-INF\web.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!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>MyServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>MyServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
</web-app>