Servlet mapping with Apache + Tomcat

Question

I'm trying to set up my servlet with apache + Tomcat(3.2.3), and i'm using mod_jk as the Tomcat-Apache plug-in.
The HelloWorld servlet that comes with the examples app worked fine at: http://localhost/examples/servlet/HelloWorldExample,
but how do I change the configurations, so that it can be invoked at:
http://localhost/examples/HelloWorldExample ?
It appears to me that '/servlet/' is the default prefix for Tomcat's RequestInterceptor, there is no way to get around that.
Any insights will be greatly appreciated, thanks!
Elaine

Answer 1

hi
Try this:
add below code in web.xml file in examples/WEB-INF
F directory
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>
HelloWorldExample
</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>
/HelloWorldExample
</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
Thanks for the reply, the web.xml is already set up this way, in fact, I'm able to invoke the servlet through tomcat(running on port 8080): http://localhost:8080/examples/HelloWorldExample,
tomcat reads the web.xml without any problems.
The problem comes from Apache(port 80), http://localhost:80/examples/HelloWorldExample wouldn't work, only http://localhost:80/examples/servlet/HelloWorldExample works.
It appears to me that when requests are relayed from Apache to tomcat, you need to tell tomcat that you intend to invoke a servlet by prefixing '/servlet/', if you look in the server.xml, it has
<RequestInterceptor
className="org.apache.tomcat.request.InvokerInterceptor"
debug="0" prefix="/servlet/" />
I've tried to change this to something else, it didn't seem to make any difference.