Thanks to everyone who helped. I have one final question; where can I find
documentation for how to maintain these files?
Thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: "p niemandt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: Help with Servlets
> First, as a suggestion, you will need to understand XML and DTD's: This
> will explain what the web.xml file can and can not do.
>
> Then: There are multiple ways of doing servlet mappings: I tend to stay
> away from war files, for no particular reason at all, so, in that case,
> I need to map all my servlets and their requests in the web.xml file. I
> have no experience with war files, but understand you do / can do it
> differently using that.
>
> web.xml
> You need to publish every and all servlets, FIRST.
> You need to map all the servlets to their requests, after publishing all
> the servlets ...
>
> <web-app>
> <!-- Publish the servlet to the container -->
> <servlet>
> <servlet-name>Servlet1</servlet-name>
> <servlet-class>JavaPackage.ServletClass</servlet-class>
> </servlet>
>
> <servlet>
> <servlet-name>Servlet2</servlet-name>
> <servlet-class>JavaPackage.ServletClass</servlet-class>
> </servlet>
>
>
> <servlet>
> <servlet-name>Servlet3</servlet-name>
> <servlet-class>JavaPackage.ServletClass</servlet-class>
> </servlet>
>
>
> <!-- Map requests to servlet -->
> <servlet-mapping>
> <servlet-name>Servlet1</servlet-name>
> <url-pattern>/Servlet1/*</url-pattern>
> </servlet-mapping>
>
> <servlet-mapping>
> <servlet-name>Servlet2</servlet-name>
> <url-pattern>/Servlet2/*</url-pattern>
> </servlet-mapping>
>
> <servlet-mapping>
> <servlet-name>Servlet3</servlet-name>
> <url-pattern>/Servlet3/*</url-pattern>
> </servlet-mapping>
>
>
> </web-app>
>
> etc, ad infinitum ...
>
> hth,
> Paul
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, 2003-03-23 at 19:46, Jeff Brewer wrote:
> > Thank you. I am seeing some success with this!
> >
> > If I have multiple servlets, do I need to publish all to the container
> > individually and map each request to the servlet individually and does
the
> > order matter?
> >
> > Thanks again...
> > Jeff
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "p niemandt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 2:22 PM
> > Subject: Re: Help with Servlets
> >
> >
> > > At least you didn't say you've tried everything: I hate that, if you
> > > have tried everything, something would have worked ;-),
> > > but anyways, I'm going of on a tangent ...
> > >
> > > Firstly, your web.xml looks kinda screwed: You have nothing mapped
> > > int the wep app.
> > >
> > > Then, quite likely your major problem is that you have not
> > > mapped any requests to your servlet.
> > >
> > > You need to map your web application to it's implementation. It's not
> > > enough to just state your web descriptor {Like your post shows}, you
> > > will also need something like
> > >
> > > <!-- Map requests to servlet -->
> > > <servlet-mapping>
> > > <servlet-name>ServletName</servlet-name>
> > > <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
> > > </servlet-mapping>
> > >
> > > after ALL the <servlet /> definitions.
> > >
> > > So something like ...
> > >
> > > <?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>
> > > <!-- Publish the servlet to the container -->
> > > <servlet>
> > > <servlet-name>YourServletName</servlet-name>
> > > <servlet-class>JavaPackage.ServletClass</servlet-class>
> > >
> > > </servlet>
> > >
> > > <!-- Map requests to servlet -->
> > > <servlet-mapping>
> > > <servlet-name>YourServletName</servlet-name>
> > > <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
> > > </servlet-mapping>
> > >
> > > </web-app>
> > >
> > > That's of course, assuming a few things ...
> > > 1. Your servlet is compiled, and a proper extension of HttpServlet
> > > 2. You want everything under
> > > http://yourservername.domain/YourServletName to go to your servlet.
> > > 3. And probably another few things,
> > >
> > > Hopefully this will help you in the right direction ...
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > > On Sun, 2003-03-23 at 18:53, Jeff Brewer wrote:
> > > > I've spent DAYS and DAYS and DAYS trying to get tomcat to run
servlets.
> > Nothing I try works. I have followed the instructions in three books,
> > several online tutorials and attempted to decipher tomcat documentation
on
> > the apache site. I've installed and reinstalled two versions to Tomcat
> > (currently on 4.1.24). I've modified server.xml and web.xml files until
my
> > fingers are sore from typing. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
Nothing
> > helps; nothing works except the tomcat examples which mock me!
> > > >
> > > > Here is my problem:
> > > >
> > > > >From a clean install of tomcat, create a new directory under
webapps
> > called "dumfries". Create subdirectories dumfries/WEB-INF/classes.
> > > >
> > > > Copy the file "HelloWorldExample.class" from
> > "webapps/examples/WEB-INF/classes" and paste it into
> > "webapps/dumfries/WEB-INF/classes"
> > > >
> > > > Create the following file and save as "web.xml" in the
> > "webapps/dumfries/WEB-INF" directory:
> > > >
> > > > <?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/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2_3.dtd";>
> > > > <servlet>
> > > > <servlet-name>HelloWorldExample</servlet-name>
> > > > <servlet-class>HelloWorldExample</servlet-class>
> > > > </servlet>
> > > > <web-app>
> > > > </web-app>
> > > >
> > > > Add the following tag to the server.xml file:
> > > >
> > > > <Context path="/dumfries" docBase="dumfries" debug="0"
reloadable="true"
> > />
> > > >
> > > > Start the server and browse to
> > "http://localhost:8080/examples/servlet/HelloWorldExample";
> > > > Note that the page displays.
> > > >
> > > > Now browse to
"http://localhost:8080/dumfries/servlet/HelloWorldExample";
> > and behold the error message.
> > > >
> > > > What am I doing wrong!!!! How can I make this work??? I'm supposed
to be
> > half way done with my project and I can't get my first servlet to
work!!!
> > Help!
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