Must my web.xml contain wildcard redirector?

General
1

I created a Vaadin application in Eclipse using the project wizard. That is, via File → New → … → Vaadin project. It generated a web.xml with code like this:


	<servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>Foo Application</servlet-name>
		<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
	</servlet-mapping>

My application needs to use other servlets and static content. I don’t want everything routed through com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.server.ApplicationServlet. But the wildcard URL pattern says everything will go to the “Foo Application” servlet.

Is there a way to configure web.xml more narrowly? I tried doing this:


	<servlet>
		<servlet-name>Foo Application</servlet-name>
		<servlet-class>com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.server.ApplicationServlet</servlet-class>
		<init-param>
			<description>
			Vaadin application class to start</description>
			<param-name>application</param-name>
			<param-value>com.example.foo.FooApplication</param-value>
		</init-param>
	</servlet>
	<servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>Foo Application</servlet-name>
		<url-pattern>/Go</url-pattern>
	</servlet-mapping>
   
    <servlet-mapping>
      <servlet-name>Foo Application</servlet-name>
      <url-pattern>/VAADIN</url-pattern>
   </servlet-mapping>

My application will need to be invoked as http://localhost:8080/Foo/Go instead of just http://localhost:8080/Foo but that is fine.

2

I am not an expert with web.xml settings but have you tried to map to patterns like /Go/* and /VAADIN/* ?

3

OMG … you are totally correct! D’oh!

Correct Solution:


	<servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>Foo Application</servlet-name>
		<url-pattern>/Go/*</url-pattern>
	</servlet-mapping>
   
      <servlet-mapping>
      <servlet-name>Foo Application</servlet-name>
      <url-pattern>/VAADIN/*</url-pattern>
   </servlet-mapping>

Starting URL: http://localhost:8080/Foo/Go