Peter, Thanks for the example: I had seen examples like this in the archives, which is why I thought that I could do what I'm trying to do: I want the same kind of behavior you are describing, but with a mapping to the Faces servlet instead.
If the examply you've provided works, any ideas why my JSF setup would not work? In my environment, I request "http://localhost:8080/pdm/main.faces";, which works fine. If I instead request "http://localhost:8080/pdm/";, it instead shows me a directory listing of the files in my web app. Is there a problem with using a wildcard in my JSF servlet mapping that causes it to fail with welcom files? Or is there something inherently odd with JSF that makes this impossible to do? Thanks, - Tim -----Original Message----- From: Peter Menzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Nov 8, 2005 6:48 AM To: Tomcat Users List <users@tomcat.apache.org> Subject: Re: Use of JSF view in welcome file list Charlie C.L. King wrote: > you *MUST* use real files in <welcome-file> instead of a mapped path. > Actually this is not true. In the <welcome-file-list> you specify only partial URIs in the <welcome-file> Elements. If the Container encounters a request, which does not map to a <servlet-mapping> in the DD, it appends each <welcome-file> in the order appearing in the list to this partial request and looks, if there is a static file OR a <servlet-mapping> which matches the modified request. If yes, then this request will be processed. Therefore the first matching <welcome-file> wins. If no <welcome-file> matches, the container may show a directory listing or 404. Welcome files may not contain leading or trailing slashes. working example: <servlet> <servlet-name>Home</servlet-name> <servlet-class>my.servlet.Home</servlet-class> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>Home</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/home</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <welcome-file-list> <welcome-file>home</welcome-file> </welcome-file-list> If a request comes to http://example.com/mywebapp/ , the container appends "home" to the partial request "/" and matches "/home". The my.servlet.Home gets the request. See servlet Spec SRV 9.10 for more details. Peter Menzel --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
