Tomcat can't find servlet class

Question

Hello,
I am trying to forward information from a jsp page to a servlet (the example in JSPIntro.pdf). I keep getting the error that the servlet class can't be found. I have put it in webapps/examples/web-inf/classes. I also added the servlet name in several web.xml files in different directories to no avail. Can anyone give me a hint on setup.
Thanks

Answer 1

to setup correctly the servlet you need something like this int the web.xml
<servlet>
<servlet-name>yourservlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>xx.yyy.zzz.yourservlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
</servlet>
and you must put the class under
WEB_INF/lib/xx/yyyy/zzz directory of your context.
the servlet must be called as
http://yourhost/yourcontext/servlet/yourservlet
hope it helps,
Giovanni