How to eliminate /index.jsp in browser URL display?

[jvj24601]

In my (and most) Apache configurations for static *.html files, the welcome page of a directory (or site index page) is not automatically rewritten in the URL display of the browser.

http://catalyst.thirdeyemedia.net/

http://catalyst.thirdeyemedia.net/idfs/

In my default installation of Tomcat 4.0.2, the URL display of the browser is automatically rewritten to include the welcome page (using the default - index.jsp). That is, these URLs

http://www.starlightroof.net/

http://www.starlightroof.net/cuisine/

are displayed in the browser as

http://www.starlightroof.net/index.jsp

http://www.starlightroof.net/cuisine/index.jsp

Is there any way to suppress the URL rewrite in Tomcat? If so, are there any ramifications (perhaps with the request object)?