Looks like you went about the wrong way with the Context and url pattern combination.
Your servlet will work if you point your browser to http://localhost:8080/sampleapp/sampleapp If I am not mistaken changing <url-pattern>/sampleapp</url-pattern> to <url-pattern>/HelloServlet</url-pattern> should hopefully produce what you are after. Yiannis. -----Original Message----- From: Avinash Sridhar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 February 2004 14:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Reg HTTP status 404 on Tomcat 5.0.16 I have my "sampleapp" folder into which a small trial of HelloServlet needs to be tested. The directory structure of sampleapp is as follows, e:\sampleapp\WEB-INF\classes\ WEB-INF\lib WEB-INF\sourcefiles WEB-INF\web.xml The "classes" directory has got classes\package1\structure The <Context> </Context> tag in server.xml has been added like this. /************************ server.xml ***************************/ <Context path="/sampleapp" docBase="e:\sampleapp" debug="0" reloadable="true"> </Context> /************************ server.xml ************/ /****************** 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> <display-name>Servlet 2.4 Examples</display-name> <description> Servlet 2.4 Examples </description> <!-- Servlet mapping start --> <!-- Define servlets. i.e. bind a servlet name to a class --> <servlet> <servlet-name>HelloServlet</servlet-name> <servlet-class>package1.structure.HelloServlet</servlet-class> </servlet> <!-- bind a servlet name to a URL (pattern) --> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>HelloServlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/sampleapp</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <!-- Servlet mapping end --> </web-app> /****************** web.xml *******************/ The error I am getting in the browser is this HTTP Status 404 - /sampleapp/HelloServlet ----------------------------------------------------------------------- type Status report message /sampleapp/HelloServlet description The requested resource (/sampleapp/HelloServlet) is not available. This is the url I gave http://localhost:8080/sampleapp/HelloServlet Kindly let me know what could be wrong in the above configuration. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks AS ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. Note:__________________________________________________________________ This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. Jaguar Freight Services and any of its subsidiaries each reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorized to state them to be the views of any such entity. ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs.