Article:		Java Web Applications
Subject:		error 404- servlet would not load
Date:		2005-11-17 02:41:24
From:		Shreyas
Response to: error 404- servlet would not load
Tomcat has following folders bin, common, conf, logs, server, shared, temp and webapps The classpath is an environment variable that tells the java compiler javac.exe where to look for class files to import or java.exe where to find class files to interpret. The path is an environment variable that tells the command processor where to look for executable files. e.g. *.exe, *.com and *.bat files. Compiling a servlet You require to include in your classpath D:\j2sdk1.4.2_03\lib\tools.jar, where j2sdk1.4.2_03 is a java installation. now you can compile servlet source file, with javac Servlet_sourcename.java Setting tomcat to allow servlets to run create your WApp folder containing web application this contains WEB-INF and folders like classes, lib and web.xml folders. In web.xml folder of above web application you require to include <servlet> <servlet-name>Servlet_Name</servlet-name> <servlet-class>Servlet_class</servlet-class> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>Servlet_Name</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/Servlet_class</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> Add following text in tomcat_instal\conf\server.xml before </Host> tag <Context path="/WApp" docBase="D:\tomcat\webapps\webAppln"> </Context> To execute servlet on Tomcat server at classpath include tomcat_dir\bin and type at command prompt startup At browser http://localhost:8080/WApp/Servlet-class will give you servlet.

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• error 404- servlet would not load
  2006-01-09 04:16:57  nitinchoube [Reply | View]
  
  
  Add following text in tomcat_instal\conf\server.xml
  before </Host> tag
  
  <Context path="/WApp"
  docBase="D:\tomcat\webapps\webAppln">
  </Context>
  when i done this after that my tomcat server is not running it terminate immidetly.plz tell me.can i type that mension above or any other canges in the server.xml file.
  plz reply it is urgent.
  thanks
  regards,
  nitin
• error 404- servlet would not load
  2006-04-27 12:24:08  codedmind [Reply | View]
  
  
  Can you please please tell me how you finally worked around it, i also followed the instructions written here but when i changed the server and run the tomcat , it is not starting and the window is closing as soon as it opens.
  I will appreciate your help...i am strugelling with trying to run a somple hello world example on tomcat for last 2 weeks...i have to finist the project but haven't yet statred...
  
  please reply asap..

• error 404- servlet would not load
  2006-01-09 03:55:43  nitinchoube [Reply | View]
  
  
  thanks u r send me the answer.i have one Login.html file on that we r accessing the servlet file to checking the uname & pass but it will give an error:http error 404 that this servlet file is not found plz.reply.
  thanks again
  regards,
  nitin
• error 404- servlet would not load
  2007-01-28 20:34:03  arunrash [Reply | View]
  
  
  hi.. i am getting eror like The requested resource is not available