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Hi all,
I'm new to servlet to I'm testing my first servlet program but it is giving HTTP STATUS 404 error. The things which I have done are:
1> Installed java-> C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0
2> Installed Tomcat-> C:\apache-tomcat-7.0.23
3> When I type -> localhost:8080 in the browser it works fine.
4> Directory for the folder which I created-> C:\apache-tomcat-7.0.23\webapps\Hello
It contains a web.xml file and WEB-INF folder.
Inside WEB-INF, there is a folder named classes, which contains HelloServlet.class

The Souce code for my java file 'HelloServlet.java' is given below-

web.xml file code-


After reading few suggestions I tried by changing url to /HelloServlet.htm (or .html) but still I get the same error message.
******************************************************
HTTP Status 404 - /Hello/HelloServlet.html

type Status report

message /Hello/HelloServlet.html

description The requested resource (/Hello/HelloServlet.html) is not available.
Apache Tomcat/7.0.23
******************************************************
Log file catalina.2011-12-11 is-
Dec 11, 2011 8:25:59 AM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init
INFO: Loaded APR based Apache Tomcat Native library 1.1.22.
Dec 11, 2011 8:26:00 AM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init
INFO: APR capabilities: IPv6 [false], sendfile [true], accept filters [false], random [true].
Dec 11, 2011 8:26:07 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-apr-8080"]
Dec 11, 2011 8:26:07 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["ajp-apr-8009"]
Dec 11, 2011 8:26:07 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 9718 ms
Dec 11, 2011 8:26:07 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService startInternal
INFO: Starting service Catalina
Dec 11, 2011 8:26:07 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine startInternal
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.23
Dec 11, 2011 8:26:07 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deploying web application directory C:\apache-tomcat-7.0.23\webapps\docs
Dec 11, 2011 8:26:11 AM org.apache.catalina.util.SessionIdGenerator createSecureRandom
INFO: Creation of SecureRandom instance for session ID generation using [SHA1PRNG] took [1,313] milliseconds.
Dec 11, 2011 8:26:11 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deploying web application directory C:\apache-tomcat-7.0.23\webapps\examples
Dec 11, 2011 8:26:12 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deploying web application directory C:\apache-tomcat-7.0.23\webapps\Hello
Dec 11, 2011 8:26:13 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deploying web application directory C:\apache-tomcat-7.0.23\webapps\host-manager
Dec 11, 2011 8:26:13 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deploying web application directory C:\apache-tomcat-7.0.23\webapps\manager
Dec 11, 2011 8:26:13 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deploying web application directory C:\apache-tomcat-7.0.23\webapps\ROOT
Dec 11, 2011 8:26:13 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-apr-8080"]
Dec 11, 2011 8:26:13 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["ajp-apr-8009"]
Dec 11, 2011 8:26:14 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 6679 ms

Please help me out as soon as possible. I'll be very much thankful to you.

Regards-
Rahul
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Hi,

I think the problem is that you have mapped 'HelloServlet' to your servlet and not 'HelloServlet.html'.

Did you try accessing your servlet without the .html extension?

Louis
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Hi,

Thanks for the reply, yes I tried with .htm and with .htm (or .html) extension. I tried url-pattern as /hello/helloservlets and /HelloServlets also but nothing worked. Can there be any problem with the code or environment variables?

Regrards-
Rahul
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URL patterns are case sensitive. They are also exact, unless you use a wildcard. If you want to use /Hello/HelloServlet.html in the browser, the url-pattern value must be /Hello/HelloServlet.html as well. If you want also /Hello/HelloServlet, /Hello/HelloServlet.htm and even /Hello/HelloServlet.jsp or /Hello/HelloServlet.php, change the url-pattern value into /Hello/HelloServlet*.
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Is the servlet container ignoring your servlet class because it's in the default package (no package)?

Try moving your servlet into a custom package (pick any unique name you want - "mypackage" should work for testing). I think the servlet container will use it then.

Also, if your web application context is "Hello", and your servlet's url-mapping is "/HelloServlet", the correct URI is "/Hello/HelloServlet" - case sensitive (since HTTP is case sensitive), and no .htm or .html suffix appended.
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Your doGet parameters look as though they are the wrong way around.
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Louis Bros wrote:Your doGet parameters look as though they are the wrong way around.



This is where the @Override annotation can really help you.
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And, the deployment descriptor (web.xml) belongs inside WEB-INF.
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[quote=Pete Nelson]Is the servlet container ignoring your servlet class because it's in the default package (no package)?

Try moving your servlet into a custom package (pick any unique name you want - "mypackage" should work for testing). I think the servlet container will use it then.

Also, if your web application context is "Hello", and your servlet's url-mapping is "/HelloServlet", the correct URI is "/Hello/HelloServlet" - case sensitive (since HTTP is case sensitive), and no .htm or .html suffix appended.[/quote]

Hi Pete thanks for the reply. Can you please tell me should I put my HelloServlet.class file into 'mypackage' or entire class folder in this my package. Then what will be the url-pattern? Will it be /mypackage/HelloServlet?
For your second suggestion, should I add @Override annotation just above doGet like we do it in toString method?

Hi Bear,
I had read somewhere that web.xml file should be placed inside the folder which we create in webapps, so I placed it inside Hello but now after your suggestion I have moved it inside WEB-INF folder. Thanks.

Thanks Pete,Louis, Bear and Rob for such a prompt response.
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Hi Pete,
Can you please amend the necessary code with overriding which you told and re-post it. Is it necessary to use doPost also?
Thanks.
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Pete Nelson wrote:

Louis Bros wrote:Your doGet parameters look as though they are the wrong way around.



This is where the @Override annotation can really help you.



Thanks a bunch to you guys and this forum, finally my code worked after deleting everything and doing it in a fresh way.
I'm really thankful for all the suggestions they really helped me. I moved my web.xml in side WEB-INF and added @Override to doGet method, after few errors it has worked finally.
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