Spring Framework example source code file (web.xml)

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The Spring Framework web.xml source code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC
	"-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
	"http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd">

<web-app>

	<display-name>Spring JPetStore

	<description>Spring JPetStore sample application (Commons Attributes version)
	
	<!--
	  - Key of the system property that should specify the root directory of this
	  - web app. Applied by WebAppRootListener or Log4jConfigListener.
	  -->
	<context-param>
		<param-name>webAppRootKey
		<param-value>petstore.root
	</context-param>

	<!--
	  - Location of the Log4J config file, for initialization and refresh checks.
	  - Applied by Log4jConfigListener.
	  -->
	<context-param>
		<param-name>log4jConfigLocation
		<param-value>/WEB-INF/log4j.properties
	</context-param>

	<!--
	  - Location of the XML file that defines the root application context
	  - Applied by ContextLoaderListener.
		-
		- Can include "/WEB-INF/dataAccessContext-local.xml" for a single-database
		- context, or "/WEB-INF/dataAccessContext-jta.xml" for a two-database context.
		- Here, we want the generic declarativeServices.xml file too, defining
		- transaction autoproxying as alternative to TransactionProxyFactoryBean.
	  -->
	<context-param>
		<param-name>contextConfigLocation
		<param-value>
			/WEB-INF/dataAccessContext-local.xml  /WEB-INF/declarativeServices.xml  /WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml
		</param-value>
		<!--
		<param-value>
			/WEB-INF/dataAccessContext-jta.xml  /WEB-INF/declarativeServices.xml  /WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml
		</param-value>
		-->
	</context-param>

	<!--
	  - Configures Log4J for this web app.
	  - As this context specifies a context-param "log4jConfigLocation", its file path
	  - is used to load the Log4J configuration, including periodic refresh checks.
	  -
	  - Would fall back to default Log4J initialization (non-refreshing) if no special
	  - context-params are given.
	  -
	  - Exports a "web app root key", i.e. a system property that specifies the root
	  - directory of this web app, for usage in log file paths.
	  - This web app specifies "petclinic.root" (see log4j.properties file).
	  -->
	<!-- Leave the listener commented-out if using JBoss -->
	<!--
	<listener>
		<listener-class>org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigListener
	</listener>
	-->

	<!--
	  - Loads the root application context of this web app at startup,
	  - by default from "/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml".
		- Note that you need to fall back to Spring's ContextLoaderServlet for
		- J2EE servers that do not follow the Servlet 2.4 initialization order.
		-
	  - Use WebApplicationContextUtils.getWebApplicationContext(servletContext)
	  - to access it anywhere in the web application, outside of the framework.
	  -
	  - The root context is the parent of all servlet-specific contexts.
	  - This means that its beans are automatically available in these child contexts,
	  - both for getBean(name) calls and (external) bean references.
	  -->
	<listener>
		<listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
	</listener>

	<!--
	  - Spring web MVC servlet that dispatches requests to registered handlers.
	  - Has its own application context, by default defined in "{servlet-name}-servlet.xml",
	  - i.e. "petstore-servlet.xml" in this case.
	  -
	  - A web app can contain any number of such servlets.
	  - Note that this web app has a shared root application context, serving as parent
	  - of all DispatcherServlet contexts.
	  -->
	<servlet>
		<servlet-name>petstore
		<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet
		<load-on-startup>2
	</servlet>

	<!--
	  - Struts servlet that dispatches requests to registered actions.
		- Reads its configuration from "struts-config.xml".
		-
		- A web app can just contain one such servlet.
		- If you need multiple namespaces, use Struts' module mechanism.
    -->
	<servlet>
		<servlet-name>action
		<servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet
		<load-on-startup>3
	</servlet>

	<!--
		- Dispatcher servlet definition for HTTP remoting via Hessian, Burlap, and
		- Spring's HTTP invoker (see remoting-servlet.xml for the controllers).
		-->
	<servlet>
		<servlet-name>remoting
		<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet
		<load-on-startup>4
	</servlet>

	<!--
		- Servlet definition for Web Service remoting via Apache Axis
		- (see server-config.wsdd for Axis configuration).
		-->
	<servlet>
		<servlet-name>axis
		<servlet-class>org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet
		<load-on-startup>5
	</servlet>

	<!--
		- Dispatcher servlet mapping for the main web user interface.
		- Either refering to "petstore" for the Spring web MVC dispatcher,
		- or to "action" for the Struts dispatcher.
		-
		- Simply comment out the "petstore" reference in favour of "action"
		- to switch from the Spring web tier to the Struts web tier.
		-->
	<servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>petstore
		<!--
		<servlet-name>action
		-->
		<url-pattern>*.do
	</servlet-mapping>

	<!--
		- Dispatcher servlet mapping for HTTP remoting via Hessian, Burlap, and
		- Spring's HTTP invoker (see remoting-servlet.xml for the controllers).
		-->
	<servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>remoting
		<url-pattern>/remoting/*
	</servlet-mapping>

	<!--
		- Servlet mapping for Web Service remoting via Apache Axis
		- (see server-config.wsdd for Axis configuration).
		-->
	<servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>axis
		<url-pattern>/axis/*
	</servlet-mapping>

	<welcome-file-list>
		<welcome-file>index.html
	</welcome-file-list>

	<!--
	  - Reference to main database.
		- Only needed for JTA (dataAccessContext-jta.xml).
		-->
	<!--
	<resource-ref>
		<res-ref-name>jdbc/jpetstore
		<res-type>javax.sql.DataSource
		<res-auth>Container
	</resource-ref>
	-->

	<!--
	  - Reference to order database.
		- Only needed for JTA (dataAccessContext-jta.xml).
		-->
	<!--
	<resource-ref>
		<res-ref-name>jdbc/jpetstore-order
		<res-type>javax.sql.DataSource
		<res-auth>Container
	</resource-ref>
	-->

</web-app>