Hey guys this is probably very simple, however I am stuck with a problem with my URL paths in my java web app. (it's using Tomcat 9 for a server)
Here is my servlet:
@WebServlet("/servlet")
public class UserServlet extends HttpServlet {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private UserDAO userDAO;
@Override
public void init() {
userDAO = new UserDAO();
}
@Override
protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
doGet(request, response);
}
@Override
protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
String action = request.getServletPath();
try {
switch (action) {
case "/listUserAdmin":
listUserAdmin(request, response);
break;
default:
listUser(request, response);
break;
}
} catch (SQLException ex) {
throw new ServletException(ex);
}
}
private void listUser(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws SQLException, IOException, ServletException {
List <User> listUser = userDAO.selectAllUsers();
request.setAttribute("listUser", listUser);
request.getRequestDispatcher("user-list.jsp").forward(request, response);
}
private void listUserAdmin(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws SQLException, IOException, ServletException {
List <User> listUser = userDAO.selectAllUsers();
request.setAttribute("listUserAdmin", listUser);
RequestDispatcher dispatcher = request.getRequestDispatcher("admin.jsp");
dispatcher.forward(request, response);
}
}
This is my context.xml:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<Context path="/controller" />
And finally this is a simple link to the admin's page:
<a href="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/servlet/listUserAdmin" id="adminPanelBtn" class="nav-link">Admin page</a>
And I am getting error 404 only, no java errors. It's surely quite simple, however I am stuck... Please help