web.xml validation in Weblogic throws error because of cookie-config

Question

I have the follwing web.xml for an application.

Answer 1

The <cookie-config> is introduced in Servlet 3.0 and not supported in older versions such as 2.5. Your web.xml is declared conform Servlet 2.5.

You've 2 options:

1. Redeclare web.xml conform Servlet 3.0 (which implicitly also requires a Servlet 3.0 compatible target container such as Tomcat 7, Glassfish 3, WebLogic 12, etc).

2. If you can't upgrade, then forget it and solve it using a custom servlet filter or container-specific configuration (e.g. a Valve in Tomcat/JBoss; can't answer off top of head for WebLogic as I've never really used it, consider asking a new question for that part).