welcome-File-List In Web.xml

welcome-file-list in web.xml

The welcome-file-list element of web-app, is used to define a list of welcome files. Its sub element is welcome-file that is used to define the welcome file.

A welcome file is the file that is invoked automatically by the server, if you don't specify any file name.

1.    welcome-file-list in web.xml

2.    index.html

3.    index.htm

4.    index.jsp

Fig: Welcome-file-list-in web.xml 

If you have specified welcome-file in web.xml, and all the files index.html, index.htm and index.jsp exists, priority goes to welcome-file.

If welcome-file-list entry doesn't exist in web.xml file, priority goes to index.html file then index.htm and at last index.jsp file.

   web.xml

       <web-app>  

       ....  

      <welcome-file-list>  

      <welcome-file>home.html</welcome-file>  

      <welcome-file>default.html</welcome-file>  

      </welcome-file-list>  

      </web-app>