How to insert the new Servlet Api Class files?

Question

Hi,
I need to know how do I add the Servlet Api Class to my java directory
after i download it from the net? Thanks for your help in advance!

Answer 1

niceguyme,
If you downloaded the J2EE 1.3.1 API and installed it to (for example) c:\j2ee131, then what you need to add to your class path is:
c:\j2ee131\lib\j2ee.jar
I also add c:\j2ee131\lib\ejb10deployment.jar to the classpath, but it is not necessary.
there are several ways to add these to your classpath. It depends on what Operating System you are using. On windows 98 type OS, you can edit the autoexec.bat and add these directly to your already existing classpath. Windows NT,2000, and XP: you can add them to the system environment variables classpath. Hopefully you know how to do this on your machine. What I like to do on the windows machine is create a batch file that will start it from within a command prompt. I do this because there are times when I need to compile my code using different versions of the Java api. I am enclosing an example of one for J2se1.4.1 and j2ee1.3.1.
contents of java141.bat
@ECHO OFF
ECHO JDK 1.4.1 and J2EE 1.3.1 are current versions
set HOLD_CP = %CLASSPATH%
set HOLD_PATH = %PATH%
set CLASSPATH=.
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;e:\jdk14\jre\lib\rt.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;e:\jdk14\lib\dt.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;e:\jdk14\lib\tools.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;e:\jdk14\lib\htmlconverter.jar
rem **** J2EE STUFF ****
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;e:\j2ee131\lib\j2ee.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;e:\j2ee131\lib\ejb10deployment.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%HOLD_CP%
set PATH=e:\jdk14\bin
set PATH=%PATH%;"C:\Program Files\TextPad 4"
set PATH=%PATH%;c:\windows\command
set PATH=%PATH%;%HOLD_PATH%I hope this helps.
TJJ