The WAR file is strictly a webapp deployment mechanism.
The WAR file is a jarred archive of the entire webapp.
If all you want to do is put your sevlets in a jar file, you need to
place the file in the WEB-INF/lib directory.
When Tomcat starts up, it will find all classes in the WEB-INF/classes
directory, and all JAR files in the WEB-INF/lib directory.
Ed
On Wednesday 18 April 2001 04:08, you wrote:
> You should bundle servlets in a .WAR file. This is the same as a jar file.
> It contains the WEB-INF directory for your webapp. See the docs for details
> on deplolyment. This .WAR file will sit directly in the webapps directory.
>
> sam
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David DELGRANCHE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 9:50 AM
> Subject: Servlet jar files
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I would like to put all my servlet files in a jar file and then put the
> > jar file in the classes/ directory. By doing this, Tomcat doesn't find my
> > servlet and send me a HTTP 404 error. Does anyone how to specifiy to
>
> Tomcat
>
> > that the servlets are in a jar file?
> > Thanks a lot
> > David.
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Ed Gomolka
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