Taming Tomcat

the web.xml file

• The principal configuration file of a webapp
• In XML syntax, but...
• The most bizzarely and badly designed DTD I've ever seen
  • must add children in right order
    • e.g. all context-param elements before all servlet elements
    • can't mix them
  • No attributes at all - not even for things which are obviously attributes
    • e.g. servlet-name
• Root element: web-app

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