Man, you must be kidding. So the tutorial I just wrote and emailed to my 32 students will not work without the web.xml changes? Are you sure?
Please reply. Thanks, Luis. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hans Bergsten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 2:58 PM Subject: Re: Question on documentation... > Paul Toyn wrote: > > The following is a snippet from the Jakarta-Tomcat configuration and > > testing documentation: > > > > Once you compile HelloServlet.java, put HelloServlet.class in > > install_dir/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/classes. After compiling the code, > > access the servlet with the URL http://localhost/servlet/HelloServlet > > ... You should get a simple HTML page that says "Hello". If this URL > > fails but the test of the server itself succeeded, you probably put the > > class file in the wrong directory. > > > > I've followed the example and everything is working up to the point > > above. I compiled the java code and it compiled without a hitch, but I > > do get a 404 error when I try the URL. The test of the server did > > succeed. I placed the class file into the folder as indicated. Is the > > documentation correct? Where does the folder "servlet" get involved? > > What am I doing wrong? > > Is this with Tomcat 4.1.12? If so, it's because the "invoker" (the > servlet mapped to the "/servlet/*" path) is disabled by default starting > with this version due to security concerns. See the release notes for > details. > > In general, you should use explicit mappings for all servlets instead > of using the "invoker". Add this to the web.xml file for the application > (e.g. webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/web.xml for the Tomcat default application): > > <servlet> > <servlet-name>hello</servlet-name> > <servlet-class>HelloServlet</servlet-class> > </servlet> > ... > <servlet-mapping> > <servlet-name>hello</servlet-name> > <url-pattern>/hello/*</url-pattern> > </servlet-mapping> > > After restarting the web container (Tomcat), you can use a URL like > this to invoke it: > > http://localhost:8080/hello > > Hans > -- > Hans Bergsten [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gefion Software http://www.gefionsoftware.com > JavaServer Pages http://TheJSPBook.com > > =========================================================================== > To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". > For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". > Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: > > http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html > http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp > http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp > http://www.jspinsider.com > =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com
