Could someone explain the main differences (or provide a link to) between glassfish-web.xml, sun-web.xml and web.xml?
Can I use just glassfish-web.xml in my webapp and skip the others?
Could someone explain the main differences (or provide a link to) between glassfish-web.xml, sun-web.xml and web.xml?
Can I use just glassfish-web.xml in my webapp and skip the others?
You may or may not need a web.xml file. It depends on the Java EE features you use. By default, don't use any of these files and simply use Java EE annotations like @WebServlet. As you build out your app and perhaps begin using some features that require the web.xml file (like to define the JavaServer Faces FacesServlet), then use a web.xml file. As for the glassfish-web.xml, you only use one if you have GlassFish-specific features to configure for your application.
The Java EE tutorial is also a good way to learn Java EE, and is bundled with the Java EE 7 SDK along with GlassFish 4.
Web.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" id="WebApp_ID" version="2.5"> <display-name>BusProject</display-name> <welcome-file-list> <welcome-file>login.jsp</welcome-file> </welcome-file-list> <servlet> <servlet-name>spring</servlet-name> <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class> <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>spring</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <context-param> <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name> <param-value>/WEB-INF/spring-servlet.xml</param-value> </context-param> <listener> <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class> </listener> </web-app>