Hello world package com.ack.web.servlet; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.PrintWriter; import javax.servlet.ServletException; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse; /** * HelloWorld servlet */ public class HelloWorld extends HttpServlet { /** * HTTP GET requests result in this doGet() method getting called and * the incoming request and outgoing response objects passed in */ public void doGet( HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response ) throws ServletException, IOException { response.setContentType( "text/html" ); // get a handle on the output stream // used to send stuff back to the calling client PrintWriter out = response.getWriter(); // and then output what you want to send out.println( "hello world" ); } }