I'm tempted to say no. Because you might be adding a "/" in front of your servlet mapping.
In other words, changing the path of the folder slightly, with a different relative path. ________________________________ From: Jeffrey Janner [mailto:jeffrey.jan...@polydyne.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 2:29 PM To: 'Tomcat Users List' Subject: Question on servlet determination Running Tomcat 6.0.36, JDK 1.6.0_43 I've an application defined with the following web.xml: <web-app> <security-constraint> <web-resource-collection> <web-resource-name>Everything</web-resource-name> <url-pattern>*.jsp</url-pattern> <url-pattern>*.html</url-pattern> <url-pattern>*.js</url-pattern> <url-pattern>/Servlet1</url-pattern> <url-pattern>/Servlet2</url-pattern> </web-resource-collection> <user-data-constraint> <transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee> </user-data-constraint> </security-constraint> <resource-ref> <description>Oracle Universal Connection Pool</description> <res-ref-name>jdbc/oracleUCPPool</res-ref-name> <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type> <res-auth>Container</res-auth> </resource-ref> <servlet> <servlet-name>Servlet1</servlet-name> <display-name>Servlet1</display-name> <description>Controlling servlet for Servlet1</description> <servlet-class>com.polydyne.servlet1</servlet-class> <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> </servlet> <servlet> <servlet-name>Servlet2</servlet-name> <display-name>Servlet2</display-name> <description>Controlling servlet for Servlet2</description> <servlet-class>com.polydyne.servlet2</servlet-class> <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>Servlet1</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/Servlet1</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>Servlet2</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/Servlet2</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <error-page> <error-code>404</error-code> <location>/Unavailable.jsp</location> </error-page> </webapp> The issue: If I connect with the URL: http://myhost/Servlet1 (or Servlet2), I get what I expect. However, if I connect http://myhost/Servlet1/ then I get a 404. Actually, I get my 404 page but not all the graphics come over. Shouldn't the final / be stripped and I get the same behavior either way? Also willing to entertain critiques on my security-constraint section, but not that we don't use Tomcat authentication, so I want any requests for top-level files in the Web directory to also force https. Jeffrey Janner Sr. Network Administrator jeffrey.jan...@polydyne.com<mailto:first.l...@polydyne.com> PolyDyne Software Inc. Main: 512.343.9100 Direct: 512.583.8930 [cid:image002.png@01CC0FB7.4FF43CE0] Speed, Intelligence & Savings in Sourcing