October 2007
Intermediate to advanced
496 pages
16h 50m
English
Content preview from Tomcat: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
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web.xml
The web.xml file format is defined in the Java Servlet Specification,[35] so this file format will be used in every servlet-conforming Java servlet container. This file format is used in two places in Tomcat: in the CATALINA_BASE/conf directory and in each web application. Each time Tomcat deploys an application (during startup or when the application is reloaded), it reads the global conf/web.xml followed by the WEB-INF/web.xml within your web application (if there is one[36]). As you'd expect, then, settings in the conf/web.xml file apply to all web applications, whereas settings in a given web application's WEB-INF/web.xml apply only to that application.
web-app
The root element of this XML deployment descriptor is web-app; its top-level elements are shown in Table 7-42. There are no required elements, but you should
always have at least a display-name element for
identification. As of the Servlet specification version 2.4, the elements nested directly
under the web-app element may be listed in any order.
In cases where more than one of the same element is used and it is unclear which element
takes precedence, the servlet container will use them in the order they are listed in the
web.xml file.
Table 7-42. Child elements of web-app
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Element |
Meaning |
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A display file, for use in GUI administration tools. |
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Short name, for use in GUI admin tools. |
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Longer description. |
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Whether the web application can be load-balanced, i.e., distributed ... |
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