problem running servlet on apache tomcar 5.5.23

Hi

I am trying to run my first application servlet in apache tomcat 5.5.23 but it doesnt work. The example servlets and JSPs work fine but my application( called "firstapp") gives a http 404- resource not found error.

I am using JDK 6 and have setup the the JAVA_HOME variables and compiled the source for my app. here is the hierarchy where I have placed the application

%CATALINA HOME%/webapps/firstapp/WEB-INF/classes/PrimitiveServlet.java
%CATALINA HOME%/webapps/firstapp/WEB-INF/classes/PrimitiveServlet.class
%CATALINA HOME%/webapps/firstapp/WEB-INF/web.xml

here are the contents of the web.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>



<!DOCTYPE web-app

PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"

"http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd">



<web-app>

<servlet>

<servlet-name>Primitive</servlet-name>

<servlet-class>PrimitiveServlet</servlet-class>

</servlet>

</web-app>


Could anyone please help me!!!!!!!!!


Raghu,

 

What's the URL you're using, and what's the document root of that vhost?