Question

I have the following setup. The folder itext is in the top level in webapps:

├───itext
│   └───WEB-INF
│       ├───classes
│       │   └───com
│       │       └───imparator
│       │           └───ist
│       └───lib

In the web-inf folder I have a web.xml file where I do the servlet mapping:

<servlet>
    <servlet-name>Itext Servlet</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>com.imparator.ist.ItextServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>Itext Servlet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/fincc-itext</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

Now when I want something to be served by this servlet here is my action attribute in a form:

<form method="POST" action="/itext/fincc-itext">

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Now, suppose that the itext folder was not in the top level folder in webapps but a couple of levels below:

├───level1
│   └───level2
│       └───itext
│           └───WEB-INF
│               ├───classes
│               │   └───com
│               │       └───imparator
│               │           └───ist
│               └───lib

How do I update the servlet mapping and the action attribute value to correspond to this directory structure?

Answer 1

Those won’t change unless the context changes. The context is itext since that’s where you WEB-INF is.