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Getting Started With Tomcat

Debbie Carson

This chapter shows you how to develop, deploy, and run a simple Web application that consists of a currency conversion class and a Web page client created with JavaServer Pages technology (JSP). This application will be deployed to and run on Tomcat, the Java Servlet and JSP container included with the Java Web Services Developer Pack ("Java WSDP"). This chapter is intended as an introduction to using Tomcat to deploy Web services and Web applications. The material in this chapter provides a basis for other chapters in this tutorial.

In This Chapter

Setting Up

Getting the Example Code

Checking the Environment Variables

Creating the Getting Started Application

The Converter Class

The Web Client

Building and Deploying the Getting Started Application Using Ant

Setting the CLASSPATH

Creating the Build File for Ant

Compiling the Source Files

Deploying the Application

Running the Getting Started Application

Starting Tomcat

Running the Web Client

Shutting Down Tomcat

Modifying the Application

Modifying a Class File

Modifying the Web Client

Reloading the Application

Common Problems and Their Solutions

Compilation Errors

Deployment Errors

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