About
The web.xml file is the deployment descriptor file for a web application.
It's a J2EE standard XML document that configures the contents of a WAR file.
You can override any of the default servlet parameters at the Web application level by specifying corresponding
elements in the J2EE standard web.xml deployment descriptor.Articles Related
Example
<web-app>
<display-name>gerardnico.com</display-name>
<description>
gerardnico.com
</description>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
</web-app>
Structure
Start Page
The start page for the application is defined with the welcome-file tag.
Example:
<web-app>
...
<welcome-file>
myWelcomeFile.jsp
</welcome-file>
...
</web-app>
It's default value is:
- name: index,
- Extension: .html, .htm, or .jsp
Global Parameter (context-param)