deploying a servlet on Tomcat 5.0

[bob]

Does anyone know how to deploy a servlet on Tomcat 5? I compiled a new
class and stuck it in the directory with all the example classes, but
the server says it can't find it.

 

[Wendy S]

Does anyone know how to deploy a servlet on Tomcat 5?
I compiled a new
class and stuck it in the directory with all the example classes, but
the server says it can't find it.

How about some details? I seriously doubt the server said "I can't find
it". Where, exactly, did you put your class, what URL did you visit, and
what error message did you get?

 

[Robert]

You know you have to add the servlet descriptor to the web.xml at the
very least.

 

[Wendy S]

You know you have to add the servlet descriptor to the web.xml at the
very least.

Did they finally disable the Invoker Servlet in the examples webapp? I'm
only up to Tomcat 4.1, so I'm not sure about 5.

 

[Rivky]

yes. the invoker servlet is disabled by default. So you would have to
enable it. A good site that will walk you thru how to deploy a servlet
and just the basics of playing around with servlets is here...

http://www.coreservlets.com/Apache-Tomcat-Tutorial/

For the whole book:
http://volume1.coreservlets.com/