as brooke mentioned your hfController java class has to be in either YourWebApp\WEB-INF\classes or packaged in some manner of jar located inYourWebApp\WEB-INF\lib so your web.xml can find the servlet-class<servlet> <servlet-class>org.dgl.HomeFinances.Utilities.Controller.hfController</servlet-class> does hfController class extend javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet?
Martin ______________________________________________ Verzicht und Vertraulichkeitanmerkung/Note de déni et de confidentialité Diese Nachricht ist vertraulich. Sollten Sie nicht der vorgesehene Empfaenger sein, so bitten wir hoeflich um eine Mitteilung. Jede unbefugte Weiterleitung oder Fertigung einer Kopie ist unzulaessig. Diese Nachricht dient lediglich dem Austausch von Informationen und entfaltet keine rechtliche Bindungswirkung. Aufgrund der leichten Manipulierbarkeit von E-Mails koennen wir keine Haftung fuer den Inhalt uebernehmen. Ce message est confidentiel et peut être privilégié. Si vous n'êtes pas le destinataire prévu, nous te demandons avec bonté que pour satisfaire informez l'expéditeur. N'importe quelle diffusion non autorisée ou la copie de ceci est interdite. Ce message sert à l'information seulement et n'aura pas n'importe quel effet légalement obligatoire. Étant donné que les email peuvent facilement être sujets à la manipulation, nous ne pouvons accepter aucune responsabilité pour le contenu fourni. > From: dglaw...@verizon.net > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > Subject: Re: SEVERE: Servlet threw load() exception > java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: > Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 07:11:11 -0400 > > Good morning and thank you for you quick response. This problem occurs > while testing within Eclipse - the app is not deployed. The class is listed > in the project tree in the 'Java Resources/src' folder. There is nothing in > the 'Web Content/WEB-INF/lib' folder and there is no 'Web > Content/WEB-INF/classes' folder . Any ideas? Thanks. > > Don Lawton > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brooke Hedrick > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 7:27 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: SEVERE: Servlet threw load() exception > java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: > > > > > -Brooke > > On Jun 25, 2012, at 5:57 PM, "Don Lawton" <dglaw...@verizon.net> wrote: > > > I’m developing a servlet to use as the controller in a MVC web app. Each > > time I start/restart the server, I get a “SEVERE: Servlet threw load() > > exception java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:” error with a stack dump. The > > missing class that is identified is the controller servlet. I put some > > console print statements in the constructor and they indicate no problem. > > The jsp’s that post to the servlet and those that are dispatched from the > > servlet also work as expected. The hits I get from a web search usually > > point to a specific framework jar that is missing (i.e. Struts, Spring, > > etc.) that I can’t adapt to this issue. Here’s the dump: > > > > Is the class, org.dgl.HomeFinances.Utilities.Controller.hfController, > included in your app's web-inf/classes or in a jar under web-inf/lib? > > Sometimes these callstacks can be pretty long and what you are missing is > further down in the stacktrace. > > > Jun 25, 2012 3:56:32 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext > > loadOnStartup > > SEVERE: Servlet threw load() exception > > java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: > > org.dgl.HomeFinances.Utilities.Controller.hfController > > at > > org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1711) > > at > > org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1556) > > at > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 >