Tomcat Servlet ClassNotFoundException

Question

I created simple servlet.

package servlets;

import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;

public class testServlet extends HttpServlet {
    protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
        PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
        out.print("TEST");
        out.close();
    }

    protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {

    }
}

web.xml configuration

<servlet>
       <servlet-name>testServlet</servlet-name>
       <servlet-class>servlets.testServlet</servlet-class>
       <load-on-startup>3</load-on-startup>
   </servlet>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>testServlet</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/test</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>

startup log

cmd /c ""D:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_24\bin\java" -Dcatalina.base=C:\Users\Administrator\.IntelliJIdea10\system\tomcat\_WebApplication "-Dcatalina.home=D:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0" "-Djava.io.tmpdir=D:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\temp" -cp "D:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\bin\bootstrap.jar;D:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\bin\tomcat-juli.jar" org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap start"
13 квіт 2011 23:35:47 org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init
INFO: The APR based Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: D:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_24\bin;.;C:\Windows\Sun\Java\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;D:\Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA 10.0.2\bin\..\.\bin;C:\Program Files\Haskell\bin;D:\Program Files\Haskell Platform\2011.2.0.0\lib\extralibs\bin;D:\Program Files\Haskell Platform\2011.2.0.0\bin;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v3.2\bin\;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\;D:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin;D:\Program Files\Microsoft Network Monitor 3\;D:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin;C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\cabal\bin;d:\program files\jetbrains\intellij idea 10.0.2\jre\jre\bin
13 квіт 2011 23:35:48 org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocolHandler init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"]
13 квіт 2011 23:35:48 org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocolHandler init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8009"]
13 квіт 2011 23:35:48 org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 565 ms
13 квіт 2011 23:35:48 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService startInternal
INFO: Starting service Catalina
13 квіт 2011 23:35:48 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine startInternal
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.12
13 квіт 2011 23:35:48 org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDescriptor
INFO: Deploying configuration descriptor ROOT.xml from C:\Users\Administrator\.IntelliJIdea10\system\tomcat\_WebApplication\conf\Catalina\localhost
13 квіт 2011 23:35:48 org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: Marking servlet testServlet as unavailable
13 квіт 2011 23:35:48 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext loadOnStartup
SEVERE: Servlet  threw load() exception
java.lang.**ClassNotFoundException: servlets.testServlet**
    at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1676)
    at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1521)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClass(DefaultInstanceManager.java:415)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClassMaybePrivileged(DefaultInstanceManager.java:397)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:118)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1062)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:1010)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:4935)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext$3.call(StandardContext.java:5262)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext$3.call(StandardContext.java:5257)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)

Why is there a mistake?

Answer 1

You must have this file:

webapps/WEB-INF/classes/servlets/testServlet.class

That said, please name your classes with pascal case instead of camel case - TestServlet

Answer 2

1. Every time you create or edit an existing servlet, you should export the .war file back to WebApps folder.
2. Make sure the servlet classes created need not be under /WEB-INF/CLASSES, but should be created under a package.
3. Make sure the .jsp file which is using this servlet class is being referenced in xxxx.jsp in web.xml file.