In my servlet class, I have annotated the class with:
@WebServlet("/OnlinePostListener/testFromAnnotation")
public class OnlinePostListener extends HttpServlet {
...
}
My web.xml contains the following:
<servlet>
<description>
</description>
<display-name>OnlinePostListener</display-name>
<servlet-name>OnlinePostListener</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>com.me.forwardingProxy.OnlinePostListener</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>OnlinePostListener</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/testFromWebXML</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
My servlet only responds when I access the URL:
http://localhost:8080/forwardingProxy/OnlinePostListener/testFromAnnotation
but not:
http://localhost:8080/forwardingProxy/OnlinePostListener/testFromWebXML
What is the difference between the @WebServlet's annotation and servlet-mapping? Why is the servlet-mapping not working for this URL-pattern?