Calling servlet from form isn't working

Question

This is the code I'm using:

public class MyServlet extends HttpServlet {
    protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
        // whatever I need to do
    }
}

The JSP:

<form action="/myServlet" method="post">
    <input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

In web.xml:

<servlet>
    <servlet-name>myServlet</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>com.myPackage.MyServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>myServlet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/myServlet</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

This should work according to everything out there but clicking the submit button gives me a HTTP Status 404 (for this url: http://localhost:8080/myServlet.) I restarted tomcat several times but it doesn't help. What am I missing?

EDIT: the tomcat log:

127.0.0.1 - - [21/Sep/2015:17:31:55 +0300] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 404 951
0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 - - [21/Sep/2015:17:31:55 +0300] "GET /MyApp/ HTTP/1.1" 404 981
0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 - - [21/Sep/2015:17:32:16 +0300] "GET /MyApp/pages/appl.jsp HTTP/1.1" 200 1024
0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 - - [21/Sep/2015:17:32:21 +0300] "POST /myServlet HTTP/1.1" 404 971

and, where is the "myServlet.class" file located in the file system? paste the full path — David Herrero, Sep 21 '15 at 14:09
It seems your context is missing. It should be `http://localhost:8080/yourapp/myServlet` — RP-, Sep 21 '15 at 14:09
Yes, i think the conext is missing too... and the web.xml needs the — David Herrero, Sep 21 '15 at 14:10
@DavidHerrero and the others, I edited the tomcat log into the question. — Eddy, Sep 21 '15 at 14:37

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 21 '15 at 14:11

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If your project(app) is called 'myServlet', I think you should be hitting a url that looks like http://localhost:8080/myServlet/myServlet according to the way you have configured.

answered Sep 21 '15 at 14:11

yogidilip

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 21 '15 at 14:40

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Try with:

http://localhost:8080/MyApp/myServlet

Seems that your App name is "MyApp"

answered Sep 21 '15 at 14:40

David Herrero

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Calling servlet from form isn't working

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