Name
<servlet-mapping>
Synopsis
The
<servlet-mapping>
element maps a servlet or JSP page to a
URL pattern.
Syntax
<servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>servletName</servlet-name> <url-pattern>urlPattern</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping>
Most containers support a special URI prefix
(/servlet) that can invoke any servlet class
that the container has access to, for instance the URI
/servlet/com.mycompany.MyServlet can invoke the
servlet class com.mycomapany.MyServlet
. This
isn’t mandated by the specification, however, so to
make sure the application is portable, it’s better
to map a unique path to a servlet instead. Explicit mapping also
simplifies references between servlets and JSP pages, as described in
Chapter 19. The
<servlet-mapping>
element is used for this
purpose. The <servlet-name>
subelement
contains a name defined by a <servlet>
element, and the <url-pattern>
contains the
pattern that should be mapped to the servlet (or JSP page):
<servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>purchase</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/po/*</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>sales-report</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/report</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>XMLProcessor</servlet-name> <url-pattern>*.xml</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping>
A pattern can take one of four forms:
A path prefix pattern starts with a slash (
/
) and ends with/*
, for instance/po/*
.An extension mapping pattern starts with
*
., for instance*.xml
.A default servlet pattern consists of just the ...
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