Thread: java Tomcat

Hi all,
I am trying to create an android app that connects to a server and gets some data,
I have a simple android client and a server in Java. I have been working on it localy, on my own pc using and android emulator.
Now i would like to get it on line, so ppl can start testing it. The problem is how to set my server online.
after 2 days of pocking around, i realised that i need a war file. So i installed Ant and Tomcat on Eclipse.
I created the build.xml for ant, and I think i properly created a jar file when i run ant.
My problem is that i cant get it to WAR. From what i have read, i need a war to get tomcat properly up and running, but when i try to export the project from eclipse to WAR it doesnt give me the option to choose my project.

Any help?
Thanks in advance, ilias

I didnt create a web application. just a normal java project. But as i mentioned, i used ant, so that should do it, right?

Hmmm, i am not sure. I do have ant, but it created a jar not a war file.
Is ant task something different than just ant?

Apache Tomcat is a webcontainer which allows to run servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) based web applications. Most of the modern Java web frameworks are based on servlets, e.g. JavaServer Faces, Struts, Spring.

Apache Tomcat is used to deploy your Java Servlets and JSPs. So in your Java project you can build your WAR (short for Web ARchive) file, and just drop it in the deploy directory in Tomcat. So basically Apache is an HTTP Server, serving HTTP. Tomcat is a Servlet and JSP Server serving Java technologies.