Wiki source code of Servlet Builds

Version 13.1 by Andrew Lindesay on 2007/06/14 19:44

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		1	= What is Servlet? =
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		3	Servlet is part of the J2EE standard and is basically a packaging and interfacing structure for putting applications into a server. It means (theoretically) that you can take your servlet that you have build and put it into a range of different J2EE "servlet containers" and the servlet will run. Here are some servlet containers that may or may not be suitable for your purposes;
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		5	* [[Tomcat>>http://tomcat.apache.org/]]
		6	* [[Jetty>>http://www.mortbay.org/]]
		7	* [[WebSphere>>http://www.ibm.com/software/websphere]]
		8	* [[WebLogic>>http://www.bea.com]]
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		10	There are some [[existing notes>>http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:WebObjects/Web_Applications/Deployment/Tomcat_Deployment]] that I have written on building WebObjects applications as servlets and how to deploy this into [[Tomcat>>http://tomcat.apache.org/]].
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		12	It is possible to assemble your WebObjects application into a servlet using the woproject ant tasks. Here we assume that you have setup your project with the eclipse tools and that you have the boiler-plate ant build file already.
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		14	= License =
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		16	WebObjects requires a license to run. Create a text file in the top level of your project and copy the license string into this file. It will have the format X-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX wherein you obviously need to replace the X-s with letters and digits.
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		18	= SSDD =
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		20	1. Load the ##build.xml## file up and locate the section called ##<!~-~- ssdd target ~-~->## - run through the instructions there.
		21	1. The ##web.xml## file is used to configure the servlet once it is running inside the servlet container. This is build from a template ##web.xml.template## as stated in the header <~-~- TODO
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		23	You may need to modify the ##web.xml## file for your specific deployment purposes.