Lets assume that web.xml has a rule
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>One</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/something/e*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
While class Two.class has an annotation:
@WebServlet(name = "Two", urlPatterns = {"/something/er*"})
>From the Servlet 3.0 specification
8.2.3. (point 4). `The web.xml of the web application has the highest
precedence when resolving conflicts between the web.xml, web-fragment.xml
and annotations.`
While 12.2 states: The container will recursively try to match the longest
path-prefix. This is done by stepping down the path tree a directory at a
time, using the ’/’ character as a path separator. The longest match
determines the servlet selected.
So for the request /something/error Tomcat will choose Two.class?
And more general, in the case there are both annotation and web.xml rule
with the same prefix length, it will choose a first occurrence in web.xml?
If no one knows the answers but knows where to look in the source code,
that could be beneficial as well.
Thanks
