Thanks, Carl! I put
<%=request.getAttribute("miles")%>
and
<%=request.getAttribute("kilometers")%>
in place of $(miles) and $(kilometers) in result.jsp and it works as desired.
Yours,
Peter
******************************
Peter M. Scharf, President
The Sanskrit Library
[email protected]
https://sanskritlibrary.org
******************************
> On Jan 21, 2023, at 7:12 AM, Carl Mosca <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> That should actually be a getAttribute to get the values you set - the
> parameter is what was passed to it but I am guessing you knew that.
>
> On Sat, Jan 21, 2023 at 8:03 AM Carl Mosca <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> Good morning Peter,
>>
>> First off I have to apologize because I had not looked at your changes.
>> Given what I think you're trying to do at this point, you're not far off.
>>
>> You might do something like this to get the value of the miles for example:
>>
>> <%= request.getParameter("miles")%>
>>
>> This will ultimately be a bit verbose and a bit harder to maintain than
>> other approaches so you might see beans used more if I understand where
>> you're going.
>>
>> If this makes sense conceptually, you might consider some of the slightly
>> newer approaches such as Spring Boot or Quarkus but that's just one opinion.
>> Such development stacks are a bit more opinionated but there's some
>> flexibility in both of them as well.
>>
>> I have looked at software development as both an art and a science and I
>> certainly respect the wide variety of preferences and approaches I have
>> encountered over the years.
>>
>> The offer to chat stands.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Carl
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 10:17 PM Peter Scharf <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> Dear Carl,
>>> Thanks for your offer. Actually, my ultimate goal in doing the
>>> tutorial I have accomplished: to create a war file and be able to deploy it
>>> using the Tomcat manager. This is what I need to do to recreate my website
>>> server which was written a decade ago by an accomplished programmer who is
>>> no longer working for my organization.
>>> My narrower goal was to complete the tutorial, or to see how to do my
>>> the most modern and efficient methods what the tutorial was seeking to
>>> teach: pass information from a form to a program.
>>> I’m on central time and could meet you any afternoon that would be
>>> convenient for you. I could set up a Zoom meeting or Google Meet.
>>> Yours,
>>> Peter
>>>
>>> ******************************
>>> Peter M. Scharf, President
>>> The Sanskrit Library
>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>> https://sanskritlibrary.org <https://sanskritlibrary.org/>
>>> ******************************
>>>
>>>> On Jan 20, 2023, at 5:42 PM, Carl Mosca <[email protected]
>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Peter,
>>>>
>>>> I don't have the code handy but it sounds like the tutorial (which
>>>> admittedly I have not viewed) is not making clear the relationship between
>>>> the servlet reference to the variable which is in the html form if I am
>>>> recalling correctly. (I used the NetBeans debugger to ensure that the
>>>> value was present as expected in the code I ran.)
>>>>
>>>> I am wondering if walking through the code for 10-20 minutes would be more
>>>> helpful. Just a thought. I am willing to do that if you like. I am in
>>>> the eastern time zone (Richmond, VA).
>>>>
>>>> Alternatively if you don't get an answer from the list, I will try to make
>>>> some time to document this example.
>>>>
>>>> Having said all that, what is your ultimate goal? This particular example
>>>> represents a much older approach which is certainly workable but there are
>>>> newer approaches which are more efficient in the long run.
>>>>
>>>> Happy to discuss.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Carl
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 6:33 PM Peter Scharf <[email protected]
>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>> Now the next step in this tutorial passes the values of variables in the
>>>>> java web form to a jsp file instead of embedding them in println
>>>>> commands. Here is the code that the tutorial
>>>>> (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP9oz6ZKUXM at Creat JavaServer Page
>>>>> (JSP), about 23 minutes into it) gives:
>>>>>
>>>>> protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse
>>>>> response)
>>>>> throws ServletException, IOException {
>>>>> processRequest(request, response);
>>>>> float miles = Float.parseFloat(request.getParameter("miles"));
>>>>> float kilometers = miles * 1.61f;
>>>>> request.setAttribute("miles", miles);
>>>>> request.setAttribute("kilometers", kilometers);
>>>>> String resultPage = "result.jsp";
>>>>>
>>>>> RequestDispatcher dispatcher =
>>>>> request.getRequestDispatcher(resultPage);
>>>>> dispacther.forward(request, response);
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> I get a compile error that complains about that RequestDispatcher is an
>>>>> undefined symbol. After much hunting on websites for answers, I revised
>>>>> the code as in the project in the git:
>>>>> https://github.com/the-sanskrit-library/public.git, namely:
>>>>>
>>>>> protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse
>>>>> response)
>>>>> throws ServletException, IOException {
>>>>> float miles = Float.parseFloat(request.getParameter("miles"));
>>>>> float kilometers = miles * 1.61f;
>>>>> request.setAttribute("miles", miles);
>>>>> request.setAttribute("kilometers", kilometers);
>>>>> String resultPage = "result.jsp";
>>>>> request.getRequestDispatcher(resultPage).forward(request, response);
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> Which compiles. However, the response I get give the string rather than
>>>>> their values:
>>>>>
>>>>> Unit Conversion Result
>>>>>
>>>>> $(miles) miles = $(kilometers) kilometers
>>>>>
>>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>> Yours,
>>>>> Peter
>>>>>
>>>>> ******************************
>>>>> Peter M. Scharf, President
>>>>> The Sanskrit Library
>>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>> https://sanskritlibrary.org <https://sanskritlibrary.org/>
>>>>> ******************************
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jan 20, 2023, at 12:31 PM, Carl Mosca <[email protected]
>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You're welcome Peter and glad to hear it. You can remove/replace the
>>>>>> root app if/as needed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Carl
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 1:28 PM Peter Scharf <[email protected]
>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Dear Carl,
>>>>>>> Thanks for your help. I installed Tomcat version 9. Now the
>>>>>>> project runs correctly.
>>>>>>> Changing the context path to “/” however, interfered with the
>>>>>>> “It works” root app of Tomcat, so I changed it back. I get the correct
>>>>>>> result of the conversion servlet at the path
>>>>>>> http://localhost:8080/mavenproject3/convert.
>>>>>>> Yours,
>>>>>>> Peter
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ******************************
>>>>>>> Peter M. Scharf, President
>>>>>>> The Sanskrit Library
>>>>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>>>> https://sanskritlibrary.org <https://sanskritlibrary.org/>
>>>>>>> ******************************
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Jan 18, 2023, at 8:16 PM, Carl Mosca <[email protected]
>>>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Peter,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> First off it looks like the example notes suggest using Tomcat 9 or
>>>>>>>> earlier so I used 9.0.71.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I changed the context path (in the context.xml file): <Context
>>>>>>>> path="/"/>.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It's worth looking at creating a .gitignore file so that class and
>>>>>>>> other binaries are not in git as they are not needed.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>> Carl
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 6:16 PM Peter Scharf
>>>>>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> The catalina log has lots of info entries. Here’s one WARNING:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 18-Jan-2023 12:10:12.964 WARNING [main]
>>>>>>>>> org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor The path
>>>>>>>>> attribute with value [/mavenproject3] in deployment descriptor
>>>>>>>>> [/usr/local/apache-tomcat-10.0.23/conf/Catalina/localhost/mavenproject3.xml]
>>>>>>>>> has been ignored
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The catalina.out file has the same suspicious entry:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 18-Jan-2023 12:10:12.964 WARNING [main]
>>>>>>>>> org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor The path
>>>>>>>>> attribute with value [/mavenproject3] in deployment descriptor
>>>>>>>>> [/usr/local/apache-tomcat-10.0.23/conf/Catalina/localhost/mavenproject3.xml]
>>>>>>>>> has been ignored
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The localhost_access_log.2023-01-18.txt file has:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 - - [18/Jan/2023:12:10:18 -0600] "GET /convert
>>>>>>>>> HTTP/1.1" 404 759
>>>>>>>>> 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 - - [18/Jan/2023:12:10:18 -0600] "GET /favicon.ico
>>>>>>>>> HTTP/1.1" 200 21630
>>>>>>>>> 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 - - [18/Jan/2023:16:50:07 -0600] "GET /mavenproject3/
>>>>>>>>> HTTP/1.1" 200 453
>>>>>>>>> 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 - - [18/Jan/2023:16:50:14 -0600] "POST
>>>>>>>>> /mavenproject3/convert HTTP/1.1" 404 777
>>>>>>>>> 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 - - [18/Jan/2023:16:51:11 -0600] "POST
>>>>>>>>> /mavenproject3/convert HTTP/1.1" 404 777
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Regarding Java EE versus Jakarta EE, a quick search shows that none
>>>>>>>>> of my project files contain ‘jakarta’ while the following all contain
>>>>>>>>> ‘java’
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> UnitConverterServlet.class
>>>>>>>>> UnitConverterServlet.class
>>>>>>>>> UnitConverterServlet.java
>>>>>>>>> inputFiles.lst
>>>>>>>>> javaee-endorsed-api-7.0.jar
>>>>>>>>> pom.xml
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ******************************
>>>>>>>>> Peter M. Scharf, President
>>>>>>>>> The Sanskrit Library
>>>>>>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>> https://sanskritlibrary.org <https://sanskritlibrary.org/>
>>>>>>>>> ******************************
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Jan 18, 2023, at 12:19 PM, Eric Bresie <[email protected]
>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Does anything show up in tomcat log?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I seem to recall there is some migration going on to move namespace
>>>>>>>>>> from Java EE to jakarta EE name space. Not sure if maybe that is
>>>>>>>>>> coming into play here. This might help if it is impacted
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/apache/tomcat-jakartaee-migration
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 12:11 PM Peter Scharf
>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks, Eric. I had tried that. I get the message:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> HTTP Status 404 – Not Found
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Type Status Report
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Message The requested resource [/convert] is not available
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Description The origin server did not find a current representation
>>>>>>>>>>> for the target resource or is not willing to disclose that one
>>>>>>>>>>> exists.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Apache Tomcat/10.0.23
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ******************************
>>>>>>>>>>> Peter M. Scharf, President
>>>>>>>>>>> The Sanskrit Library
>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>> https://sanskritlibrary.org <https://sanskritlibrary.org/>
>>>>>>>>>>> ******************************
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jan 18, 2023, at 12:06 PM, Eric Bresie <[email protected]
>>>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Servlet says the urlpattern is “/convert”
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Try
>>>>>>>>>>>> http://localhost:8080/convert
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 11:51 AM Peter Scharf
>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, the URL is correct:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/the-sanskrit-library/public.git
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The git directory hierarchy deceived me: I had the code outside
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the git directory. I have now moved it into the git directory.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Forgive me; I’m not very familiar with git and am using the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> desktop version.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yours,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Peter
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ******************************
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Peter M. Scharf, President
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Sanskrit Library
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://sanskritlibrary.org <https://sanskritlibrary.org/>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ******************************
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jan 18, 2023, at 5:35 AM, Carl Mosca <[email protected]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Peter,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Can you confirm that url please. I am not seeing Java code
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> there; only a README and attribute file.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Carl
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 10:40 PM Peter Scharf
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you for suggesting to put the project on Github. I have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> now created a public repository at the following url:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/the-sanskrit-library/public.git
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The project is in the NetBeans directory.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yours,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Peter
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ******************************
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Peter M. Scharf, President
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Sanskrit Library
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://sanskritlibrary.org <https://sanskritlibrary.org/>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ******************************
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jan 17, 2023, at 2:38 PM, Carl Mosca <[email protected]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello Peter,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Is the project that you created somewhere (such as Github)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> such that folks could take a look at it?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Carl
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 11:21 PM Peter Scharf
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I just installed NetBeans 16 on a MacBook Pro with an M chip:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Product Version: Apache NetBeans IDE 16
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Java: 19.0.1; OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 19.0.1
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Runtime: OpenJDK Runtime Environment 19.0.1
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> System: Mac OS X version 13.0.1 running on aarch64; UTF-8;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> en_US (nb)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I am trying to create a minimal servlet and war file to use
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with Tomcat
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> apache-tomcat-10.0.23
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I worked through half of the demo How to create a webapp
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tutorial at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP9oz6ZKUXM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> which, however, uses NetBeans 12 and other older software
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> than I have installed.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I was able to do the first item successfully with minor
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> adaptations:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1. Create a Jave Web project with Maven
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Got build error:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66920567/error-injecting-org-apache-maven-plugin-war-warmojo
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Went to: https://maven.apache.org/plugins/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Answer: manually configuring one of the recent war plug-ins
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in POM.xml
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Changed 2.3 to 3.3.2
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then got the form.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I successfully created the Unit Conversion form which opens
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in Safari (Version 16.1) in tomcat:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://localhost:8080/mavenproject3/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But trying the second—third items:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2. Create Java Servlet & JavaServer Page (JSP)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3. Run Java Web App on Tomcat inside NetBeans
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I got stuck.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> When I fill in a value in the miles box and click Convert to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> kilometers, Safari gives me a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> HTTP Status 404 – Not Found
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Message The requested resource [/mavenproject3/convert] is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not available
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Description The origin server did not find a current
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> representation for the target resource or is not willing to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> disclose that one exists.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> After a couple of days trying to fix it, I’m still at a loss.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I did get rid of a problem not finding the native tomcat
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> libraries:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> INFO [main]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener.lifecycleEvent
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Apache Tomcat Native library which allows using OpenSSL
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was not found on the java.library.path: ...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> by dowloading and installing The Apache Tomcat Native library
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> following instructions here:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/tomcat-native
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> However, I still get the 404 not found in Safari.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Can anyone help me?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I wonder whether these debugger messages indicate a problem
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> using a symbolic link to my real tomcat directory from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> /Library/Tomcat
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 16-Jan-2023 11:15:13.009 INFO [main]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Command
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> line argument: -Dignore.endorsed.dirs=
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 16-Jan-2023 11:15:13.010 INFO [main]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Command
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> line argument: -Dcatalina.base=/Library/Tomcat
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 16-Jan-2023 11:15:13.010 INFO [main]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Command
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> line argument: -Dcatalina.home=/Library/Tomcat
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> but the infos in the debugger do tell me that it is using the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> real directories:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CATALINA_BASE: /usr/local/apache-tomcat-10.0.23
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CATALINA_HOME: /usr/local/apache-tomcat-10.0.23
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I get the following debugger WARNING:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> WARNING [http-nio-8080-exec-10]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor The
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> path attribute with value [/mavenproject3] in deployment
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> descriptor
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [/usr/local/apache-tomcat-10.0.23/conf/Catalina/localhost/mavenproject3.xml]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> has been ignored
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Trying to follow suggestions at:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11731377/servlet-returns-http-status-404-the-requested-resource-servlet-is-not-availa
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I’m lost. I can’t even figure out which versions of Servlet
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I’m using, and the instructions to find out at.:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3913485/how-do-i-know-what-version-of-servlet-api-jar-i-have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> don’t provide enough context for me to know where to put the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> commands suggested.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ===
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Can anyone help me either (a) work through this tutorial with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> current versions of software, or (b) give me an example of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> how to create a servlet or portable war file in NetBeans to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> use with Tomcat by copying it to its webapps directory using
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> current versions of NetBeans and other software?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you in advance.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yours,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ******************************
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Peter M. Scharf, President
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Sanskrit Library
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://sanskritlibrary.org <https://sanskritlibrary.org/>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ******************************
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Carl J. Mosca
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Carl J. Mosca
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>> Eric Bresie
>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Eric Bresie
>>>>>>>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Carl J. Mosca
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Carl J. Mosca
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Carl J. Mosca
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Carl J. Mosca
>
>
> --
> Carl J. Mosca