Here's how I solved this...
I found that the welcome file list seems to require an actual file not a
mapping to a servlet (at least that appeared to be the behavior). So I
created a welcome.jsp and put it in the welcome file list in web.xml. Then
in the welcome.jsp I used the jsp:forward tag to forward control to my
desired servlet. Snippets below...
from welcome.jsp...
<html>
<body bgcolor="white">
<!-- Forward to a servlet -->
<jsp:forward page="/index" />
</body>
</html>
from web.xml...
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>welcome.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Fonner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 11:12 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: use index.class instead of index.html?
How do I get the web server to start with a servlet instead of an html file?
