Caldarale, Charles R wrote:
>> From: laredotornado [mailto:laredotornado@gmail.com]
>> Subject: RE: Servlet mapping question -- way to include everythign
>> EXCEPT a directory?
>>
>> I like your idea about specifying the DefaultServlet,
>> but what do you mean by the "DefaultServlet" ?
>
> Tomcat's built-in servlet that handles all static content. It's defined in the global
conf/web.xml, and thus included in all deployed webapps:
>
> <servlet>
> <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
> <servlet-class>org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet</servlet-class>
> ...snip...
> </servlet>
>
> It has this mapping:
>
> <servlet-mapping>
> <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
> <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
> </servlet-mapping>
>
> so it gets to process anything that doesn't match any other mapping. Just add this to
your webapp's WEB-INF/web.xml:
>
> <servlet-mapping>
> <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
> <url-pattern>/play/sports/includes/*</url-pattern>
> <servlet-mapping>
>
> - Chuck
>
>
If it isn't yet the case, this might be worth a short Wiki article, including the short
explanation above. While it is true that this can be derived from the page at
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/default-servlet.html
I still believe it is not so evident for a beginner.
That page gives a complicated example to do with listings, but the OP's question is in
fact a fairly basic and recurrent one.
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