httprequest can't find servlet

From:
 gert <gert.cuykens@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:23:24 -0000
Message-ID:
<1190294604.081085.244700@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com>
I am trying to do a httprequest to a servlet but i always get 404 from
the server ?

url = POST http://localhost:8001/appointment.do

servlet =

package response;

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;

import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;

public class appointment extends HttpServlet {

    protected void processRequest(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response)
    throws ServletException, IOException {
        response.setContentType("text/xml;charset=UTF-8");
        PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
        try {
            out.println("<html>");
            out.println("<head>");
            out.println("<title>Servlet appointment</title>");
            out.println("</head>");
            out.println("<body>");
            out.println("<h1>Servlet appointment at " +
request.getContextPath () + "</h1>");
            out.println("</body>");
            out.println("</html>");
        } finally {
            out.close();
        }
    }

    protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response)
    throws ServletException, IOException {
        processRequest(request, response);
    }

    protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response)
    throws ServletException, IOException {
        processRequest(request, response);
    }

    public String getServletInfo() {
        return "Short description";
    }

}

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