ConnectionException: connection refused question

[Kirby, Stephen (Civ,ARL/CISD)]

Hi,

         
        I am accessing a java web service inside a java servlet which is called from 
html.  The web service is deployed and I have set the port address within the 
###ServiceLocator.java file to 8081.  When I enter my values into the html  whose 
action it is to call the servlet, I get:
         
        java.net.ConnectionException: connection refused
         
        I am using for the tcpmon call:
        java org.apache.axis.utils.tcpmon 8081 localhost 8080.
         
        What is weird is that I wrote a small piece of java code  which gets a stub to 
the web service exactly the same way as the java servlet.  When I run it at the 
command line, the web service is connected to just fine, and the transaction  shows up 
in  tcpmon.
         
        Thus, it seems then that when I run this through the web page, it is trying to 
use a port already  taken  (is this the implication of connection refused?)  I'm not 
clear why the command line  code works  and the web access doesn't.
         
        Any ideas anyone?
         
        Best regards,
        Steve