java - Getting 404 when trying to run HelloWorld REST service

Question

I'm following the example on https://medium.com/@jamsesso/starting-out-with-jersey-apache-tomcat-using-intellij-6338d93ffd40#.9rmard5sl

I've read the question on not resolving com.sun.jersey.api.container.httpserver.HttpServerFactory and got past that (thanks!)

Here's my code:

package com.webbo.acronymserver;
import com.sun.jersey.api.container.httpserver.HttpServerFactory;
import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpServer;

import javax.ws.rs.GET;
import javax.ws.rs.Path;
import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Created by mark on 8/3/17.
 */
// The Java class will be hosted at the URI path "/helloworld"
@Path("/helloworld")
public class acronymServer {
    // The Java method will process HTTP GET requests
    @GET
    // The Java method will produce content identified by the MIME Media type "text/plain"
    @Produces("text/plain")
    public String getClichedMessage() {
        // Return some cliched textual content
        return "Hello World";
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        HttpServer server = HttpServerFactory.create("http://localhost:8080/");
        server.start();

    }
}

Here's the web.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_1.xsd"
         version="3.1">
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>Example API</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer</servlet-class>

        <init-param>
            <param-name>com.sun.jersey.config.property.packages</param-name>
            <param-value>com.example.jersey</param-value>
        </init-param>

        <init-param>
            <param-name>com.sun.jersey.api.json.POJOMappingFeature</param-name>
            <param-value>true</param-value>
        </init-param>
    </servlet>

    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>Example API</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

I'm running in IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate 2016.3. Zipped project directory available at https://www.dropbox.com/s/r2gjwgzj7wbkb5k/acronymServer.zip?dl=0

All I get is a 404? Any help greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

How are you accessing your api? It should be http://localhost:8080/<webapp context>/helloworld