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servlet example issue

Hi,

I am trying below example


http://www.tutorialspoint.com/servlets/servlets-first-example.htm
[// Import required java libraries
import java.io.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;

// Extend HttpServlet class
public class HelloWorld extends HttpServlet {
 
  private String message;

  public void init() throws ServletException
  {
      // Do required initialization
      message = "Hello World";
  }

  public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
                    HttpServletResponse response)
            throws ServletException, IOException
  {
      // Set response content type
      response.setContentType("text/html");

      // Actual logic goes here.
      PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
      out.println("<h1>" + message + "</h1>");
  }
  
  public void destroy()
  {
      // do nothing.
  }
}/code]

The above code in link did not work.

I have to modify the code as below to make it work at URL
http://localhost:8080/TutorialPointServletProj/HelloWorld

[quote]package com.tp.first;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;

import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.annotation.WebServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

/**
 * Servlet implementation class HelloWorld
 */
@WebServlet("/HelloWorld")
public class HelloWorld extends HttpServlet {
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
	private String message;
       
    /**
     * @see HttpServlet#HttpServlet()
     */
    public HelloWorld() {
        super();
        // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
    }

	/**
	 * @see HttpServlet#doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
	 */
    
    public void init() throws ServletException
    {
        // Do required initialization
        message = "Hello World";
    }

    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
            HttpServletResponse response)
    throws ServletException, IOException
{
// Set response content type
response.setContentType("text/html");

// Actual logic goes here.
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
out.println("<h1>" + message + "</h1>");
}


	/**
	 * @see HttpServlet#doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
	 */
	protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
	}

}
[/quote]

Which worked after some trial and error
My web.xml looks as below
[code]<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd" id="WebApp_ID" version="3.0">
  <display-name>TutorialPointServletProj</display-name>
  <welcome-file-list>
    <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
    <welcome-file>index.htm</welcome-file>
    <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
    <welcome-file>default.html</welcome-file>
    <welcome-file>default.htm</welcome-file>
    <welcome-file>default.jsp</welcome-file>
  </welcome-file-list>
</web-app>

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I wonder why i do not have servlet mapping either


please advise
Any links resources ideas highly appreciated. Thanks in advance
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servlet mapping was not there in your first example.thats why its not working.

<servlet>
        <servlet-name>HelloWorld</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>HelloWorld</servlet-class>
    </servlet>

    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>HelloWorld</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/HelloWorld</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>

in the second example you are using annotation so its working.

@WebServlet("/HelloWorld")
public class HelloWorld extends HttpServlet

check this example.

http://www.javatpoint.com/servlet-with-annotation
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When I try to create Servlet by adding web.xml mapping entry giving error saying HelloWorld servlet name already exists. How to fix this. please advise
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I just created separate dynamic webprojec callled WebExample and put this servlet. There is no other servlet woth same name but i still get error saying 'same servlet already existing' like that. Doe eclipse check all other dynamic web projects and see if any other servlet with same name?
I see on HelloWorld.jsp is there in one other project but not servlet

If I use annotation as below
package com.gp;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;

import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.annotation.WebServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

/**
 * Servlet implementation class HelloWorld
 */
@WebServlet("/HelloWorld2")
public class HelloWorld2 extends HttpServlet {
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
	private String message;

    /**
     * @see HttpServlet#HttpServlet()
     */
    public HelloWorld2() {
        super();
        // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
    }

	/**
	 * @see HttpServlet#doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
	 */

    public void init() throws ServletException
    {
        // Do required initialization
        message = "Hello World";
    }

    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
            HttpServletResponse response)
    throws ServletException, IOException
{
// Set response content type
response.setContentType("text/html");

// Actual logic goes here.
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
out.println("<h1>" + message + "</h1>");
}


	/**
	 * @see HttpServlet#doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
	 */
	protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
	}

}

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Do I still need to have web.xml?
Can I remove web.xml as annotation is taking care of the configuration.

I wrote code as above and ran on tomcat 7 server. When i right click on the servlet and said Run As --->Server
I do not see browser page opened automatically as below on my other laptop.
http://localhost:8080/HelloWorld2
Do I need to do make any set up changes so that IE automcatically opens and go to URL
http://localhost:8080/HelloWorld2
Please advise.
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I am not able to run this annotation example on tomcat6 says only supports 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 only.

please advise if i only have to use tomcat7 and beyond?
I ran this example in tomcat 7 its working fine.web.xml is not required.

i think you missed the contextname in the url.

http://localhost:8080/servletexample/HelloWorld2
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