I don't see that either and I've read it a couple of times. Seems like this is just a limitation of the default servlet.
--David Serge Fonville wrote: > Just out of interest, but where, how and why does it violate the spec? > > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > >> Viktoras Agejevas wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have a weird default servlet url mapping issue >>> (Tomcat 6.0.18 with fully default configuration). >>> >>> Here's my web.xml configuration: >>> >>> <web-app ... v2.5> >>> <servlet-mapping> >>> <servlet-name>AnyServlet</servlet-name> >>> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> >>> </servlet-mapping> >>> <servlet-mapping> >>> <servlet-name>default</servlet-name> >>> <url-pattern>/resources/css/*</url-pattern> >>> </servlet-mapping> >>> </web-app> >>> >>> 1. If I request http://localhost:8080/whatever >>> AnyServlet handles the request. - OK >>> 2. If I request http://localhost:8080/resources/css/style.css >>> I get a Tomcat 404 error page. - NOT OK >>> 3. If I request http://localhost:8080/resources/resources/css/style.css >>> I get the style.css file. - NOT OK >>> >>> Directory layout is: >>> >>> webapps >>> |--ROOT >>> | |--resources >>> | | |--css >>> | | |--style.css >>> | |--WEB-INF >>> | | |--web.xml >>> >>> If I run the same example in Jetty everything works as expected. >>> >>> I don't know if it's a bug in Tomcat or some Tomcat misconfiguration >>> but it clearly violates Servlet specification... >>> Any ideas about the issue? >>> >> You can't map the default servlet to anything other than /*. It isn't >> designed to work in the manner you are using it. >> >> Mark >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
