Basicly
tomcatDir
webapps
examples
html
jsp
servlet
web-inf
yourProject
html (put your HTML stuff here)
jsp (put your JSP stuff here)
servlet (put your servlets stuff
here unless you put a web.xml file in your web-inf directory to map them
elsewhere (such as your classpath) )
web-inf
classes (Everything under
here should be your source tree uncompressed)
com
company
mainLogic
something.class
JSPs autoreload. There is a flag for servlets where you can set
reloadable = true. In theory, it makes your servlets in your classes
directory reload each time the file is changed. I've not tested that yet.
I'm quite new here too. The info below might help you as well.
Standard Directory Layout
To facilitate creation of a Web Application Archive file in the
required format, it is convenient to arrange the "executable" files
of your web application (that is, the files that Tomcat actually
uses when executing your app) in the same organization as required
by the WAR format itself. To do this, you will end up with the
following contents in your application's "document root" directory:
*.html, *.jsp, etc. - The HTML and JSP pages, along with
other files that must be visible to the client browser (such
as JavaScript, stylesheet files, and images) for your
application. In larger applications you may choose to divide
these files into a subdirectory hierarchy, but for smaller
apps, it is generally much simpler to maintain only a single
directory for these files.
/WEB-INF/web.xml - The Web Application Deployment Descriptor
for your application. This is an XML file describing the
servlets and other components that make up your application,
along with any initialization parameters and
container-managed security constraints that you want the
server to enforce for you. This file is discussed in more
detail in the following subsection.
/WEB-INF/classes/ - This directory contains any Java class
files (and associated resources) required for your
application, including both servlet and non-servlet classes,
that are not combined into JAR files. If your classes are
organized into Java packages, you must reflect this in the
directory hierarchy under /WEB-INF/classes/. For example, a
Java class named com.mycompany.mypackage.MyServlet would need
to be stored in a file named
/WEB-INF/classes/com/mycompany/mypackage/MyServlet.class.
/WEB-INF/lib/ - This directory contains JAR files that
contain Java class files (and associated resources) required
for your application, such as third party class libraries or
JDBC drivers.
When you install an application into Tomcat (or any other
2.2/2.3-compatible server), the classes in the WEB-INF/classes/
directory, as well as all classes in JAR files found in the
WEB-INF/lib/ directory, are made visible to other classes within
your particular web application. Thus, if you include all of the
required library classes in one of these places (be sure to check
licenses for redistribution rights for any third party libraries
you utilize), you will simplify the installation of your web
application -- no adjustment to the system class path (or
installation of global library files in your server) will be
necessary.
Much of this information was extracted from Chapter 9 of the
Servlet API Specification, version 2.3, which you should consult
for more details.
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"Gary
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<gary@keysoftinc cc:
.com> Subject: Frustrated
02/18/2002 01:44
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Please respond
to "Tomcat Users
List"
I'm trying to install Tomcat 4.0.1 with IIS 5.0. I have been in the
computer biz for decades, but I have never come across a piece of software
so complicated and frustrating as Tomcat.
I have the example apps working, and I've been able to get the manager app
working, but I am at a complete loss as to how to get one of my own apps
working. I've tried installing my app under ROOT, under webapp, and I've
tried installing it using the manager app. None of these seems to work.
I'm trying to install the ora application from the O'Reilly book "Java
Server Pages". I can install it using the manager app, but it refuses to
start. It will show up when I issue the list command, but it is not
running. When I issue the start command, I get:
FAIL - Application at context path /ora could not be started
FAIL - Encountered exception java.lang.IllegalStateException:
standardHost.start /ora: LifecycleException: Container
1. Where should I be putting this application?
2. How can I start it?
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