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jetty-web.xml

Root Element
Using jetty-web.xml
jetty-web.xml Examples
Additional jetty-web.xml Resources

jetty-web.xml is a Jetty configuration file that you can bundle with a specific web application. The format of jetty-web.xml is the same as jetty.xml – it is an XML mapping of the Jetty API.

This document offers an overview for using the jetty-web.xml configuration file. For a more in-depth look at the syntax, see Jetty XML Syntax.

Root Element

jetty-web.xml applies on a per-webapp basis, and configures an instance of org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE Configure PUBLIC "-//Jetty//Configure//EN" "http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/configure.dtd">

<Configure class="org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext">
 ..
</Configure>

Caution

Make sure you are applying the configuration to an instance of the proper class. jetty-web.xml configures an instance of WebAppContext; jetty.xml configures an instance of Server.

Using jetty-web.xml

Place the jetty-web.xml into your web application’s WEB-INF folder. When Jetty deploys a web application, it looks for a file called WEB-INF/jetty-web.xml or WEB-INF/web-jetty.xml within the web application (or WAR) and applies the configuration found there. Be aware that jetty-web.xml is called after all other configuration has been applied to the web application.

jetty-web.xml Examples

The distribution contains an example of jetty-web.xml inside the WEB-INF folder of the test webapp war ($JETTY_HOME/webapps/test.war/WEB-INF/jetty-web.xml).

Additional jetty-web.xml Resources

  • Jetty XML Syntax –in-depth reference for Jetty-specific configuration XML syntax.
  • jetty.xml –configuration file for configuring the entire server

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