Mark, Thanks for your corrections. I have updated my internal "How to" guide that I created when I first used Tomcat to build my servlets and it appears that some of my deductions from that initial research and "getting it to work" were misguided.
John On Wed, 11 Jan 2023, 09:28 Mark Thomas, <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > > > On 10/01/2023 22:34, John Barrow wrote: > > Hi Anthony, > > > > Not an expert, but have managed to deploy simple servlets. A couple of > > observations, not sure why using ROOT, you should have your own folder > for > > your application (e.g. myFirstApp\...). > > Not true. ROOT is an acceptable option here. > > > Also, I have found that the main app folder (e.g. myFirstApp) must start > > with a lowercase letter (I don't know reason for this but have it in my > > notes) otherwise the servlets won't be found when accessing them through > a > > browser. > > Also not true. You may be mixing the rules for Java package names with > those for context paths. > > > Finally, the default install for TomCat has several example servlets > > already written so check that they work first and then take the sources > and > > clone them, using them as a guide for your own servlets. > > > > John > > > > PS: Probably worth reviewing what file names you use (see your > webapps.xml > > file) when making public requests so as not to inadvertently offend > anyone. > > +1 > > Mark > > > > > On Tue, 10 Jan 2023, 18:59 Anthony Dell'Anno, > > <anthony.della...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: > > > >> Good afternoon, > >> > >> I'm trying to run my first servlet on Tomcat, and am continually > >> getting an HTTP Status 404 (I've also gotten 500 previously, with the > root > >> cause being an apparent compiler mismatch (it would say that it's being > >> compiled by version 63.0, which is Java 19, but that the latest version > >> that was currently accepted was version 59.0, or Java 15), but then > after > >> upgrading to JDK 19, changing the JAVA_HOME variable and trying to run, > it > >> would still give me the same error)? > >> > >> I have my Servlet, called HelloWorldServlet, located in the > >> "C:\apache-tomcat-10.1.4\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\classes\" directory, with > the > >> web.xml file being located outside of the classes folder, directly > inside > >> of the WEB-INF folder. > >> > >> I've included both files. StackOverflow wasn't much help as of > yet, so > >> I'm hoping that the Tomcat Users community can help me solve this so > that I > >> can continue learning servlets. I'm working on building my own software > >> company. > >> > >> Any help is appreciated. > >> > >> Thank you very much, > >> > >> Anthony Dell'Anno > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >
