| Something stupid [message #181592] |
Fri, 08 October 2004 11:32 |
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Originally posted by: machico.tin.it
Hi, see this post please...
See
Amit wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I am new to eclipse and am having problems compiling a servlet.
>
> These are the things I have done :
> 1) Installed eclipse3.0M8
> 2) Installed Tomcat 5.0.19
> 3) Installed SYSDEO Tomcat Plugin 2.2.1
> 4) Under Windows->Prefrences->Tomcat
> Checked Version 5.x
> Tomcat Home : C:\Applications\Tomcat 5.0
> Tomcat base : C:\Applications\Tomcat 5.0
> Configuration File : C:\Applications\Tomcat 5.0\conf\server.xml
> 5) I created a Tomcat project called Tom1. Eclipse created a WEB-INF
> directory for me. It also created a lib and a src directory under it
> but no classes directory.
> 6) Under Project->Properties->Java Build Path Libraries tab, specified
> Tom1/WEB-INF/classes as default output folder.
>
> Now I created a very simple helloworld servlet under WEB-INF/src and
> created the web.xml having the servlet mappings under WEB-INF
> directory.
>
> At this point, I want to compile the servlet seperatey to test for
> compiler errors. When I try to compile using Run->Run as->Java Application
> I
> get the error that editor does not contain a main type (which I assume
> is due to not having a main method in my servlet class).
>
> Build All and Build Project options under Project are disabled for me
> (I havent figured out how to enable it)..
>
> So am stuck at this point as my servlet cannot be compiled. Can anyone
> give me a clue as to what needs to be done ?
>
> Thanks,
> Amit
>
...this post was answered in fact
Jeff wrote:
> You have one mistake and you are missing two important steps. The Tomcat
> plug-in does not use the Run menu at all. Instead you need to update
> your Server.xml file. You do this via right mouse click on the Tomcat
> project and in the Tomcat menu select update server.xml.
>
> You should see three Tomcat icons on your toolbar. If you see these
> icons, skip the rest of this paragraph and move to the next one. Since
> you do not see this icons, we need to configure the Tomcat plugin some
> more. In the Window menu, select Customize Perspective. In the Shortcut
> Categories panel, you should find Tomcat. It should unchecked. Check it.
> This causes these buttons to appear on your toolbar.
>
> The three buttons are start Tomcat, stop Tomcat and restart Tomcat. Only
> the start and stop buttons work, IMHO. Once you have updated the
> server.xml file, you can now start Tomcat. You should now see Tomcat
> messages appear in the Console view of Eclipse as starts up. This view
> should open on its own accord. After Tomcat starts up, you should be
> able to view you web application at http://localhost:8080, if you have
> not changed any of the default setting in Tomcat.
>
> Why would this not work?
> If you have problems, you might want to make sure that your browser is
> not using a proxy server. This should not cause a problem, but some
> does. If you are running firewall software such ZoneAlarm or Microsoft's
> Windows XP Firewall the port 8080 may be block from being used. You need
> to check your software firewall's setting to make sure this isn't the
> case. These programs may also warn you that Java is trying to accept
> traffic on a port. You'll need to provide Java with this ability.
>
now I'm in the same condition of Amit because the Tomcat buttons appear
but when I click on the start one Tomcat doesn't do that and in the Error
Logs appear the message "Starting Tomcat...".
What can I do?
Thanks,
Max
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