where to store servlets class in tomcat 5.5 server

[K Sathya Narayanan]

hi
i am developing a web application (jsp+servlets)
i am using tomcat 5.5
where to place my servlet class files in tomcat5.5 server ie in which directory the servlet are need to be placed.
[ November 26, 2007: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]

[Ben Souther]

The class files should go under:
tomcat/webapps/{YOUR-WEB-APP}/WEB-INF/classes/{YOUR-PACKAGE}/{YOUR-CLASSES}.

If you bundle your classes into a jar file, the file should go under:
tomcat/webapps/{YOUR-WEB-APP}/WEB-INF/lib/{YOUR-JAR-FILES}.
[ November 26, 2007: Message edited by: Ben Souther ]

[K Sathya Narayanan]

The servlets having the default package should be saved in the

D:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\classes --


but i dont know where to store
the servlet classes having package names;

[Ben Souther]

Servlets should not be in the default package.

The default package is for trivial command line apps and shouldn't be used web applications. You may get a servlet to work using it but as soon as you start to structure a more serious web app correctly, you're going to have problems locating beans and other objects from within your JSP pages.

See:
http://faq.javaranch.com/java/BeansNotFound
and
http://faq.javaranch.com/java/PackageYourBeans

for more details about this.

[Wayan Saryada]

Originally posted by K Sathya Narayanan:

but i dont know where to store
the servlet classes having package names;

As Ben told you before, the servlet should be placed under your application WEB-INF/classes if they were class files or under WEB-INF/lib if you package your serlvet in a jar file.

[Ben Souther]

For example a class named SimpleServlet in the package com.javaranch.servlet in a webapp named SimpleServlet would go in:
tomcat/webapps/SimpleServlet/WEB-INF/classes/com/javaranch/servlet/SimpleServlet.class