Tomcat Checking????????

Question

Hi All
I am creating a application in which we are using tomcat to deploying .war file
but all these set up steps are happening in servers side
i am on client side .
is there any way to check the tomcat is running or not using java program
any API is available >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
one way is this we can use browser but i don't want to use browser i have only program.
using this program i want to check tomcat's state.
plz help me
thanx in advance
amit

Answer 1

The class below is not working as expected i.e.
if the connection is alive yes, it gives the right result
but if tomcat is not running then an exception occurs.
I want to check whether tomcat is up and running or not and if not report it so i may restart it.
any help would be appreciated
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
public class checkHttpConnection
     public checkHttpConnection()
     public static void main(String args[]){
          try{
               URL myURL = new URL("http://144.214.37.86:1119");
               HttpURLConnection myConn = (HttpURLConnection)myURL.openConnection();
               //myConn.connect();
               //necessary to get a Response, even if you don't care about contents
               //InputStream connIn = myConn.getInputStream();
               int pageStatus = myConn.getResponseCode();
               if (pageStatus == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_NOT_FOUND)
                    System.out.println("The connection is NOT alive");
                    //Tomcat is not running...
               else
                    System.out.println("The connection is alive");
          catch(Exception ex)
                    System.out.println("An exception occured");               
}