gistfile1.java

// OS X 10.6.2, Java 1.6.0_17, tomcat 6.0.18
// Trying to setup embedded tomcat.  Initialization goes well according to the log.
// The Spring config runs, and everythign starts up.  No errors.
// But I get 404s when browsing to the site.  It's as if it can't find my jsp's.

// it is a Maven project with a Maven file structure, <approot> is a placeholder that is not in the actual code
webAppPath = new File("<approot>/WEB/src/main/webapp");  // parent location of WEB-INF/web.xml
warPath = new File("<approot>/WEB/target");  // parent location of the war
port = port;
path = "/App";

// using the above values to start the server

    // create server
    final Embedded embedded = new Embedded();
    embedded.setCatalinaHome(catalinaHome);

    // create engine
    final Engine engine = embedded.createEngine();
    engine.setName("localEngine");

    // create host
    final Host localHost = embedded.createHost("localHost", warPath.getAbsolutePath());
    engine.addChild(localHost);
    engine.setDefaultHost(localHost.getName());

    // create context
    final Context rootContext = embedded.createContext(path, webAppPath.getAbsolutePath());
    rootContext.setParentClassLoader(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
    localHost.addChild(rootContext);

    embedded.addEngine(engine);

    // create http connector
    final Connector httpConnector = embedded.createConnector((InetAddress) null, port, false);
    embedded.addConnector(httpConnector);

    // start server
    embedded.start();