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I have existing web-app which I want to convert into web.xml-less of servlet’s 3.0. I’ve managed to make it working, however there are 2 tags in web.xml which I still don’t know the equivalent code in web.xml-less environment.
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>/index.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
<error-page>
<error-code>404</error-code>
<location>/pageNotFound</location>
</error-page>
Any help is appreciated
In Servlets 3.0 you don’t need a web.xml for many cases, however, sometimes it’s required or just useful. Your case is just one of them – there is no special annotations to define welcome-file list or error-pages.
Another thing is – would you really like to have them hardcoded? There are some valid use-cases for annotation / programmatic based configuration and for declarative configuration in XML. Moving to Servlets 3.0 doesn’t necessarily means getting rid of web.xml at all cost.
I would find the entries you posted a better example of configuration in XML. Firstly – they can be changed from deployment to deployment and secondly – they affect whole application and not any particular Servlet.