web.xml

       <?xml version="1.0" encoding = "ISO-8859"?>
       <!DOCTYPE web-app
       PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN "
       "http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2_3.dtd" >
    
       <web-app>


       <servlet>
         <servlet-name>ExampleServlet</servlet-name>
         <servlet-class>packagename.ExampleServlet</servlet-class>
         <init-param>
           <param-name>parameter</param-name>
           <param-value>value</param-value>  
         </init-param>
         <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
       </servlet>


       </web-app>