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How web.xml works

Servlet Deployment Descriptor

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Deployment Descriptor: In a Java web application, a file named web.xml is known as a deployment descriptor. It is an XML file and <web-app> is the root element for it. When a request comes web server uses a web.xml file to map the URL of the request to the specific code that handles the request. … Read more

Categories Servlet Tags Deployment Descriptor, deployment descriptor example in servlet, How web.xml works

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