I tried debugging the source through, my IDE and it threw a java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: main
I tried compiling the source through the command prompt and got a load of 'cannot resolve symobol' errors (useful). Below is the entire servlet, any ideas where the problem is? The first 2 of 5 errors when compiling from DOS is: " LoadMycompServletAtStartup.java:10:package javax.servlet does not exist " and " LoadMycompServletAtStartup.java:11:package javax.servlet.http does not exist " Do I have a system problem here? The servlet in question below. On jave -version I am using VM build 1.4.1... thanks! import java.io.*; import javax.servlet.*; import javax.servlet.http.*; import java.util.Hashtable; public class LoadMycompServletAtStartup implements ServletContextListener { public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent sce) { ServletContext sc = sce.getServletContext(); Hashtable style_index = new Hashtable(); style_index.put("element1", "ONE"); style_index.put("element2", "TWO"); sc.setAttribute("style_index", style_index); } public void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent sce) { } }