How does this tag work on run-time? Does it automaticaly redirect to the file specified if you only type the domain name? I'm asking cause for me it seem to do nothing. Also, can I put a servlet name in there instead of a JSP or HTML file?
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web.xml <welcome-file> tag
- Thread starter wolfmah
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sedj
Programmer
- Aug 6, 2002
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Code:
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>aPage.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>If these tags are in your web.xml file in your context's WEB-INF folder, and your webapp context is called "mysite"
then when you hit this URL :
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[URL unfurl="true"]http://server:8080/mysite[/URL]It looks for the specified welcome-file(s) to display, so it is basically a redirect from :
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[URL unfurl="true"]http://server:8080/mysite[/URL]to :
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[URL unfurl="true"]http://server:8080/mysite/aPage.jsp[/URL]- Status
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