An alternative could be an extra servlet mapping in web.xml
-Tim
R A wrote:
All of you missed a very important trick. Specifing an index.do in the <welcome-file/> tag is ok, but remember index.do is NOT a FILE, rather it is a struts action mapping!. Therefore just including index.do in this tag would not work! The trick (yes trick since I do not see this documented anywhere) is to place an empty index.do in the webApplication directory. Once Tomcat loactes the file, it executes the (URL)mapping to this file, which kicks in the struts ActionServlet. I notice this seems to be an issue with a lot of people on the internet, so I would document it - later!
Bill Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Suite yourself :). The other work-around would be to put a (possibly empty) index.do file to let Tomcat know that there is something there for it to serve.
"R A" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The point of me adding
action *.do
is that I want all request that match *.do to go through the Sruts
ActionServlet. This includes any *.do in the . The ActionServlet delegates the request to the RequestProcessor, which uses the command pattern to map to the appropriate action. It should not be necessary to add index.do as a servlet.
Bill Barker wrote: Tomcat 5 supports servlets as welcome-files, just not extension-mapped
ones
(e.g. *.do, *.jsp). The reason is that extension-mapped servlets would alway be choosen, even though in most cases the servlet couldn't handle
it.
Simply adding a mapping like:
action /index.do
solves your problem.
"R A" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
When entering a servlet(action) in the tag, Tomcat returns
a directory listing. Does it support servlets in the tags?
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