Thanks Andre. That paints a good picture! Only generality I'd like to add. The "general purpose" of my-app web.xml and 'all apps' web.xml. Is it TC 'configuration' (Chaz isn't going to like that, but I do like an overview, even if it's only 80%). I'm saying config, since it provides response mime types, params etc.
2009/2/5 André Warnier <a...@ice-sa.com>: > Part 4 : > By some incredible clever setup, that default web.xml happens to contain a > table of Mime mappings, telling the default servlet that if what it has to > return this time is some file ending in ".jpg", it should include a HTTP > header "Content-type: image/jpeg" (so that the browser would know how to > handle this correctly). Or if the file ends in ".xls", it should return a > header "Content-type: application/vnd.ms-excel" (or something like that).(*) Question: Using your analogy of 'my-app' web.xml being used first, then falling back on 'all-apps' web.xml, can I add 'specials' in the list of mime type? I'm thinking of application/atom+xml > > So, in other words, if you change something in these Mime mappings, chances > are that your Tomcat is going to start returning images while telling the > browser they are Word documents, and things like that which make for an > entertaining display in the web browser. I'm looking at a mc - mc service, so I'm not expecting browsers. > > Which is probably not what you want. > > (Proudly, based on recent teaching by Chuck. Have I got it right, Chuck ?) > > > (*) Of course if the browser is IE, it doesn't matter anyway, because IE > will not believe what the server tells it and do its own thing. <grin/> If the browser is IE I'll .... No I won't. Thanks Andre. Nice and clear. (Note the comment about Chaz in the background :-) "Close enough"! -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. Docbook FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
