Java Servlet Programming, 2nd Edition

Name

<web-app>

Synopsis

<!ELEMENT web-app (icon?, display-name?, description?, distributable?,
                   context-param*, servlet*, servlet-mapping*, session-config?,
                   mime-mapping*, welcome-file-list?, error-page*, taglib*,
                   resource-ref*, security-constraint*, login-config?, 
                   security-role*, env-entry*, ejb-ref*)>

Description

The <web-app> element is the root element of the deployment descriptor for a web application.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<!DOCTYPE web-app
    PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.2//EN"
    "http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2_2.dtd">

<web-app>
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>hi</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>HelloWorld</servlet-class>
    </servlet>
</web-app>