On 10/06/2010 03:20, Vitalstatistix wrote: > > > SOLVED: > > There was no HelloServlet.class file so I had to put an empty main method > into the HelloServlet.java class and run it to generate the > HelloServlet.class file, then I placed the class file in the WEB-INF folder > and it all worked fine.
Er, what? 1. There's no need for an empty main method. 2. We usually just compile a .java file to get a .class p > Vitalstatistix wrote: >> >> Hey, I've just been working on this tutorial here: >> >> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-tomcat/index.html >> >> It has been pretty good and I've got the jsp page to show the time but >> when I try going to the >> HelloServlet I get the error 500. >> >> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-tomcat/index.html >> >> Error Report >> type Exception report >> >> message >> >> description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it >> from fulfilling this request. >> >> exception >> >> javax.servlet.ServletException: Wrapper cannot find servlet class >> com.example.servlets.HelloServlet or a class it depends on >> >> org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102) >> >> org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298) >> >> org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:852) >> >> org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:588) >> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489) >> java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) >> >> >> root cause >> >> java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.example.servlets.HelloServlet >> >> org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1516) >> >> org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1361) >> >> org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102) >> >> org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298) >> >> org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:852) >> >> org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:588) >> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489) >> java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) >> >> >> web.xml file generated in my Eclipse web project >> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >> <web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" >> xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" >> xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" >> xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee >> http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" id="WebApp_ID" >> version="2.5"> >> <display-name>FirstWebProject</display-name> >> <welcome-file-list> >> <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file> >> <welcome-file>index.htm</welcome-file> >> <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file> >> <welcome-file>default.html</welcome-file> >> <welcome-file>default.htm</welcome-file> >> <welcome-file>default.jsp</welcome-file> >> </welcome-file-list> >> <servlet> >> <description></description> >> <display-name>HelloServlet</display-name> >> <servlet-name>HelloServlet</servlet-name> >> <servlet-class>com.example.servlets.HelloServlet</servlet-class> >> </servlet> >> <servlet-mapping> >> <servlet-name>HelloServlet</servlet-name> >> <url-pattern>/HelloServlet</url-pattern> >> </servlet-mapping> >> </web-app> >> >> >> Sorry I don't know how to add code tags in this forum. I'm using Tomcat 6. >> I've >> made no changes to ANY web.xml files, I simply followed that short basic >> tutorial step by step. My HelloServlet.java class is exactly the same as >> in the tutorial and is in the same package. >> Could you please tell me why it can't seem to find the class? >> >> Thanks heaps, >> >> :) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >
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