A index.vm is a physical file that the http server can see and select it, same as an index.jsp or an index.html. A index.m is not a physical file, as far as the http server is concerned it doesn't exist.
The underlying problem is that the serlvet container is an extension to http. The usual http rules are applied first, and then the servlet hands off to the container. In the case of the welcome page, if the welcome-file isn't there, the http rules say it should return 404.
I suppose the big solution would be for http servers to support a welcome-uri alternative that could be used instead of welcome-file-list, but it's not so hard to use a index.html to redirect to your usual welcome uri =:0)
-Ted.
Doug Kirk wrote:
Hmmm. I have the following in my web.xml and it works just fine:
<welcome-file-list> <welcome-file>index.vm</welcome-file> </welcome-file-list>
*.vm is mapped to the VelocityLayoutServlet in my webapp's web.xml.
I would expect a specification of 'index.m' to work as well, since it's just running the servlet that's mapped to '*.m'. And after all, '*.jsp' is just a mapping to the JspServlet in the master web.xml in the Tomcat configuration.
So, in Tomcat (at least 4.1.24), I think setting the welcome file list in web.xml appropriately should work.
How can you set up the default page to work like index.jsp would without a browser redirect?
Travis
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