serving static files from servlet WAR with Directory class: index.html not served automatically

[Luis Saenz]

I'm using restlet 1.1-RC2 with the ServerServlet extension on Oracle AS
10.1.3 with the web.xml configuration method, as follows:

 

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

   <web-app id="WebApp_ID" version="2.4"

         xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee";

         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";

         xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee

             http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd";>

 

      <display-name>Restful Web Service</display-name>

 

      <!-- Application class name -->

      <context-param>

        <param-name>org.restlet.application</param-name>

        <param-value>com.abc.RestfulApplication</param-value>

      </context-param>

 

      <!-- Restlet adapter -->

      <servlet>

        <servlet-name>RestletServlet</servlet-name>

 
<servlet-class>com.noelios.restlet.ext.servlet.ServerServlet</servlet-class>

      </servlet>

 

      <!-- Handle all requests -->

      <servlet-mapping>

        <servlet-name>RestletServlet</servlet-name>

        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>

      </servlet-mapping>

   </web-app>

 

I was able to successfully serve static files (included in the 'webapp/doc'
directory within the WAR) using an instance of the Directory class, as
follows:

 

      // expose static API docs

      Directory docsDir = new Directory(getContext(), "war:///doc");

      router.attach("/doc/", docsDir);

 

My problem, however, is that the 'index.html' file within the 'webapp/doc'
folder is not served automatically by the NRE when I use the following URL
(instead the server returns 404):

 

      http://abc.com/mywar/doc

 

But it does work when I use the following explicit URL:

 

      http://abc.com/mywar/doc/index.html

 

Is there a configuration that needs to be set so that the Directory class
will return the index file when a parent URL is accessed? Using log output,
I have verified that Directory.getIndexName() does in fact return "index".

 

Thanks,

 

    - Lu