Java2 Platform Enterprise Edition Platform And Component Specifications

SRV.13.1 Deployment Descriptor Elements

The following types of configuration and deployment information exist in the web application deployment descriptor:

• ServletContext init parameters

• Session configuration

• Servlet/JSP definitions

• Servlet/JSP mappings

• Mime type mappings

• Welcome file list

• Error pages

• Security

See the DTD comments for further description of these elements.

SRV.13.1.1 Deployment Descriptor DOCTYPE

All valid web application deployment descriptors must contain the following DOCTYPE declaration:

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