thanks Fritz for replying to my query but I have managed to correct it.
I was using a wrong directory for deployment..
I have a new query now.
I have the form.html page up and running.But when I select the color and hit 'Submit' on the page,it gives me a error message HTTP Status 405 -"HTTP method GET is not supported by this URL"
Html file
<html><body>
<h1 align="center">Shri Ram Beer Selection Page <h1/>
<form methd="POST"
action="SelectBeer.do">
Select beer characterstics<p>
Color:
<select name="color" size="1">
<option value="light"> light </option>
<option value="amber"> amber </option>
<option value="brown"> brown </option>
<option value="dark"> dark </option>
</select>
<br><br>
<center>
<input type="SUBMIT">
</center>
</form></body></html>
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SelectBeer.java file
package com.example.web;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import java.io.*;
public class BeerSelect extends HttpServlet {
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException,ServletException {
response.setContentType("text/html");
PrintWriter out=response.getWriter();
out.println("Beer Selection Advice<br>");
String c=request.getParameter("color");
out.println("<br>Got beer color "+c);
}
}
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xml file
<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd"
version="2.4">
<
servlet>
<servlet-name>Ch3 Beer</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>com.example.web.BeerSelect</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Ch3 Beer</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/SelectBeer.do</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>
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I hope you can help me on this one too.
Thanking you
Shagun