jsp and servlet problems - eclipse

Question

I am using eclipse to make a connection between a jsp file and a servlet
I am trying to create servlet com.example.servlet.MyServlet , and a I have got a simple jsp code search.jsp in the WebContent
the jsp code is some thing linke this
<form method = "post" action = "MyServlet">
<br><label for="title">Title</label>
<input type="textbox" name="title" value="" /></br>
<br><label for="auther">Auther</label>
<input type="textbox" name="auther" value="" /></br>
<br><label for="date">Date</label>
<input type="textbox" name="date" value="" /></br>
<br><label for="subject">Subject</label>
<input type="textbox" name="subject" value="" /></br>
<br><input type="submit" name = "search" value ="search" align="center"></br>
</form>
MyServlet is known in the web.xml file , but when I run the program it gives
javax.servlet.ServletException: Wrapper cannot find servlet class com.journal.servlet.SearchServlet or a class it depends on
and
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.journal.servlet.SearchServlet
I cannot figure out what is the problem since I think every thing is in its right place.

Answer 1

Error says it can not find com.journal.servlet.SearchServlet class and You have mentioned that you have servlet at com.example.servlet.MyServlet
The compiled .class file must end up in /WEB-INF/classes/com/example/servlet/MyServlet.class.
So, Based on mentioned scenario in your post. altering associated <servlet-class> entry in web.xml should work.
Also Check
Project>Build Automatically
maybe you accidentally disabled the auto-deploy features.

Answer 2

Your web.xml file should have
Servlet location
<servlet>
<servlet-name>MyServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>com.example.servlet.MyServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
servlet mapping
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>MyServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/MyServlet</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
the console shows that your package is com.journal.servlet.... NOT this com.example.servlet... make sure you have defined your package correctly. So rename your package