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user310291
user310291

Reputation: 38228

Tomcat servlet mapping: why does examples directory in url and not in web.xml

After installing Tomcat you can browse http://localhost:8080/examples/servlets/servlet/HelloWorldExample

Why it isn't http://localhost:8080/servlets/servlet/HelloWorldExample

since examples is not refered to in Servlet-Mapping ?

<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>HelloWorldExample</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/servlets/servlet/HelloWorldExample</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 260

Answers (2)

glw
glw

Reputation: 1664

examples is a context path for examples web application deployed on Tomcat. Only for ROOT context you have the same url in servlet mapping and servlet url.

Upvotes: 1

Baderous
Baderous

Reputation: 1069

Maybe this answers:

Tomcat provides a number of excellent servlet examples in "\webapps\examples". The servlet source files are kept under "\webapps\examples\WEB-INF\classes", together with the compiled classes. To run the examples, start Tomcat server. Issue URL http://localhost:8080/examples.

https://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/ehchua/programming/java/JavaServletExamples.html

Upvotes: 1

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