[xmlWiki-developers] Simplified servlet URL

[Jim K. <ka...@ie...>]

As the org.xmlwiki.* was added to the already-long URL, I decide to actually
read a bit about server.xml and web.xml to simplify the mapping from URL to
servlet.

Under the WEB-INF directory of the servlet in question (ie. ServletSpike),
create a 'web.xml' file with contents similar to the one I attached.  The
will map the portion of the URL after the /ServletSpike to a specific class,
like org.xmlwiki.PreviewPage.  In your 'server.xml' file in the Tomcat /conf
directory, add the following context:

<Context path="/xmlWiki"
          docBase="webapps/ServletSpike"
                 crossContext="false"
                 debug="0"
                 reloadable="true" >
</Context>

This maps everything after the base address to the proper servlet directory.
The net result of these two minor changes:

old -   http://127.0.0.1:8080/ServletSpike/servlet/org.xmlwiki.PreviewPage
new -  http://127.0.0.1:8080/xmlWiki

Much cleaner...

Enjoy,
Jim