Ok - I have basically the same question when it comes to Servlets. I've
created the proper directory structure for a new web application under
$TOMCAT_HOME/webapps, placed a new context in server.xml, and created a
web.xml file pointing to the servlet class, but still I can't find it
without using /servlet/ as part of my URL. How come?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: newbe: class directory question
>
>
> On Sun, 9 Sep 2001, Bo Xu wrote:
>
> > Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 18:11:11 -0400
> > From: Bo Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: newbe: class directory question
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > I have a question about the directory structure, or maybe a question
about
> > > servlets themselves; I'm not sure yet.
> > >
> > > 1) Does every class file that I'm going to be using have to be in the
> > > WEB-INF\classes directory while using Tomcat?
> > > 2) Do all JSP/Servlet servers/containers have this directory?
> > >
> > > THE chad
> >
> > only for your first question :-)
> >
> > * class can be put in:
> > - WEB-INF/classes
> > or
> > - $CATALINA_HOME/classes
> > or
> > - $CATALINA_HOME/common/classes
> >
> >
> > * jar can be put in:
> > - WEB-INF/lib
> > or
> > - $CATALINA_HOME/lib
> > or
> > - $CATALINA_HOME/common/lib
> >
> >
> > good email for you :-)
> >
>
> Just a caution, related to your second question.
>
> All servlet containers supporting the Servlet 2.2 or 2.3 specs do indeed
> support unpacked classes in WEB-INF/classes, or JAR'd classes in
> WEB-INF/lib. This is defined in the servlet specification, which can be
> downloaded from:
>
> http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/download.html
>
> and makes useful reading in order to understand what is portable and what
> is not.
>
> Most containers provide mechanisms to make classes available to all web
> applications, but this is *not* standardized, or even guaranteed to be
> available.
>
> Craig
>
