web.xml Visual Editor: General

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You open the web.xml Visual Editor from the Projects window by expanding the Web Pages node, then the WEB-INF node, and then double-clicking the web.xml file. Click General at the top of the editor to open the General view. Use the General view to add, remove, and display the web.xml file's general information.

Overview of the Web Application Deployment Descriptor

Each web application has a deployment descriptor, which is an XML file that describes how the application should be deployed. The deployment descriptor tells the server about the components that make up the application. The elements of a deployment descriptor can include:

You can define most of the contents of a web.xml file in the web.xml Visual Editor. For elements that cannot be defined in the editor, click XML at the top to view and edit the deployment descriptor's XML code.

The following general elements of the web.xml file can be defined in the General section:

See Also
About Deployment Descriptors
About Configuring Web Applications
Configuring Web Application Deployment Descriptors

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