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B.3 Global web.xml

This section contains a quick reference to the elements in the global web.xml file.

Table 5 describes the root element of the configuration file.

Table 5: Global web.xml root element 

ElementContainsDescription

web-app

(error-page)

(mime-mapping)

Root element for a configuration file. All other elements in a configuration file are contained within the web-app element.

Table 6 describes the elements that configure an error page.

Table 6: Error-page elements 

ElementContainsDescription

error-page

error-code

location

Defines a static page for the servlet container to return to the client when the Agent returns an error.

error-code

HttpErrorCode

Contains the numeric HTTP error code this error-page element applies to. For example, 500 specifies that the error-page handles internal server errors.

location

PathToFile or

FileURL

Contains the location of the resource, either as a path to a file in a context or as a complete URL. For example, a value of /examples/500.html declares that the error-page is a file named 500.html located at the root level of the examples context. For a complete URL, the servlet container returns the contents of an HTTP request to the location. For example, the value http://other.com/404.html states that the container should return the result of the HTTP request.

Table 7 describes the elements that configure the mapping between a file extension and a MIME type.

Table 7: Mime-mapping elements 

ElementContainsDescription

mime-mapping

extension

mime-type

Defines a mapping between a file extension and a MIME type.

extension

FileExtension

Contains the file extension, for example txt.

mime-type

MIMEType

Contains the MIME type, for example text/plain.



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