problem with servlets

[Raj Dutta]

Hi,
I have recently started working with servlets.My test servlet is not working.I'm using JDK1.4.2 & Tomcat4.1.27
I created a 'myApp' directory under M:\Apache Group\Tomcat 4.1\webapps.
And stored my 'testingServlet.class' file under
M:\Apache Group\Tomcat 4.1\webapps\myApp\WEB-INF\classes
And 'web.xml' is under M:\Apache Group\Tomcat 4.1\webapps\myApp\WEB-INF
Typing the following url
http://localhost:8080/myApp/servlet/testingServlet
gives http 404 error as below:

HTTP Status 404 - /myApp/servlet/testingServlet
type Status report
message /myApp/servlet/testingServlet
description The requested resource (/myApp/servlet/testingServlet) is not available.
Apache Tomcat/4.1.27-LE-jdk14

But the sample examples(bundled with Tomcat) are working fine.
Can somebody please tell me why is this problem occuring ?
Thank you
Raj

[Faisal Khan]

After creating the new directory under webapp, did you restart Tomcat? Futhermore, after compiliing the new servlet, you will need to restart Tomcat (depends on setting).
HTH

[Raj Dutta]

Hi
Yes I did restart Tomcat in all cases.
Do I have to change the conf\Server.xml ?
Thanks
Raj
[ August 23, 2003: Message edited by: Raj Dutta ]

[Scott Duncan]

In the deployment descriptor (web.xml) what is the url-pattern of your servlet? Do you have it mapped appropriately? You should see:
<servlet>
<servlet-name>testingServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>com.test.servlet.TestingServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>testingServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>servlet/testingServlet</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
[ August 23, 2003: Message edited by: William Duncan ]