Howdy, Check the tomcat logs: most likely it's telling you it failed to parse your web.xml (the one with the HelloWorld servlet) due to wrong element order.
Yoav Shapira Millennium ChemInformatics >-----Original Message----- >From: Robert Seeger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 6:09 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Issues with web.xml > >I'm having issues with the web.xml file in my webapps/root/web-inf >directory. What I want to do is be able to specify each individual >servlet that can be run, by using <servlet> and <servlet-mapping> tags. >Unfortunately, the best I have been able to do is use a generic servlet >invoker to allow every servlet to be accessed. When I try to set things >up so that only one servlet can be accessed, there are errors showing up >in the dos box when I start Tomcat... which proceed to scroll of the >screen faster than I can look at them. They do not show up in any of the >logfiles in the logs directory. I was hoping someone could take a look >at the web.xml file I'm using and tell me if my error is an obvious one, >and how to fix it. I tried everything I could think of to make it work, >and checked all the documentation I could find. > >I'm running Tomcat 4.1.24 on Windows 98. > >Thank you in advance, >Robert Seeger > >---------- Working web.xml, that allows all servlets in the directory to >be accessed ---------- ><?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/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd";> > ><web-app> > > <display-name>Tomcat Examples</display-name> > <description> > Tomcat Example servlets and JSP pages. > </description> > > <servlet-mapping> > <servlet-name>invoker</servlet-name> > <url-pattern>/servlet/*</url-pattern> > </servlet-mapping> > ></web-app> >-------------------- > >---------- Non-working web.xml that causes errors ---------- ><?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/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd";> > ><web-app> > > <display-name>Tomcat Examples</display-name> > <description> > Tomcat Example servlets and JSP pages. > </description> > > <servlet> > <servlet-name>HelloWorld</servlet-name> > <servlet-class>HelloWorld</servlet-class> > <description> > My test servlet > </description> > </servlet> > > <servlet-mapping> > <servlet-name>HelloWorld</servlet-name> > <url-pattern>/HelloWorld</url-pattern> > </servlet-mapping> > ></web-app> >-------------------- > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
