I've spent DAYS and DAYS and DAYS trying to get tomcat to run servlets. Nothing I try works. I have followed the instructions in three books, several online tutorials and attempted to decipher tomcat documentation on the apache site. I've installed and reinstalled two versions to Tomcat (currently on 4.1.24). I've modified server.xml and web.xml files until my fingers are sore from typing. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Nothing helps; nothing works except the tomcat examples which mock me!
Here is my problem: >From a clean install of tomcat, create a new directory under webapps called >"dumfries". Create subdirectories dumfries/WEB-INF/classes. Copy the file "HelloWorldExample.class" from "webapps/examples/WEB-INF/classes" and paste it into "webapps/dumfries/WEB-INF/classes" Create the following file and save as "web.xml" in the "webapps/dumfries/WEB-INF" directory: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN" "http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2_3.dtd";> <servlet> <servlet-name>HelloWorldExample</servlet-name> <servlet-class>HelloWorldExample</servlet-class> </servlet> <web-app> </web-app> Add the following tag to the server.xml file: <Context path="/dumfries" docBase="dumfries" debug="0" reloadable="true" /> Start the server and browse to "http://localhost:8080/examples/servlet/HelloWorldExample"; Note that the page displays. Now browse to "http://localhost:8080/dumfries/servlet/HelloWorldExample"; and behold the error message. What am I doing wrong!!!! How can I make this work??? I'm supposed to be half way done with my project and I can't get my first servlet to work!!! Help!
