Hi Konstantin, Thanks for the clarifications. I stand corrected on the failover - could be a Tapestry issue not Tomcat.
However, bottom line, Tomcat 7 works a bit differently from Tomcat 5 with respect to welome files, probably respecting the new servlet spec To your question as to "what point merging algorithms are not followed", please try this inside your application context and you will probably see the same: <welcome-file-list> <welcome-file /> </welcome-file-list> This seems to tell Tomcat 7, in plain English, "there are no welcome files, don't bother looking for them anywhere" ... In other words, it is NOT merged with container as intended/indicated below in your message. ________________________________ From: Konstantin Kolinko <knst.koli...@gmail.com> To: Tomcat Developers List <dev@tomcat.apache.org> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 9:44 AM Subject: Re: Welcome file list in web.xml treats index.jsp different from other filenames 2012/4/13 Net Dawg <net.d...@yahoo.com>: > If a file named index.jsp is declared as a welcome and it is not there in the > system, tomcat does not allow failover to framework like Tapestry. It sounds like behaviour that can be controlled by "resourceOnlyServlets" option in <Context>, See http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/config/context.html The current behaviour is caused by compatibility concerns with earlier versions of Tomcat. Read the doc for more details. > However, if a file named Bienvenue.jsp is declared as welcome file, the > failover is allowed. Unlikely. You have to provide specific example to confirm that. The above mentioned option could explain that as well. > However <welcome-file-list /> > is ignored and server picks up default values in ${Tomcat.home}/conf/web.xml conf/web.xml is not just default. It is merged with app's web.xml using the rules for merging web fragments, as specified in the Servlet 3.0 Rev.a specification. If current behaviour contradicts with specification, please cite what point in merging algorithm is not followed. Best regards, Konstantin Kolinko --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org
