servlet as welcome-file-list in tomcat 7

Question

I am trying to have a servlet (non-jsp) as my welcome-file in tomcat 7, and the only way I can do it is

by having it mapped to \"/\" url-pattern, otherwise it retur

Answer 1

I don't know what URL patterns you all tried, but mapping the servlet on /credentialServlet or /credentialServlet/* should definitely work.

    credentialServlet
    com.servlet.CredentialServlet


    credentialServlet
    /credentialServlet



    credentialServlet