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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 JavaBeans component and a Web page client created with JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology. This application will be deployed to, and run on, Tomcat, the Java Servlet and JSP container developed by The Apache Software Foundation (www.apache.org), and 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

Setting the PATH Variable

Creating the Build Properties File

Quick Overview

Creating the Getting Started Application

The ConverterBean Component

The Web Client

Building the Getting Started Application Using Ant

Creating the Build and Deploy File for Ant

Compiling the Source Files

Deploying the Application

Starting Tomcat

Installing the Application using Ant

Deploying the Application Using deploytool

Running the Getting Started Application

Running the Web Client

Shutting Down Tomcat

Using admintool

Understanding Roles, Groups, and Users

Adding Roles Using admintool

Adding Users Using admintool

Modifying the Application

Modifying a Class File

Modifying the Web Client

Common Problems and Their Solutions

Errors Starting Tomcat

Compilation Errors

Deployment Errors

Further Information

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This tutorial contains information on the 1.0 version of the Java Web Services Developer Pack.

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