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<ul><li><a href="#what">What is the DefaultServlet</a></li><li><a href="#where">Where is it declared?</a></li><li><a href="#change">What can I change?</a></li><li><a href="#dir">How do I customize directory listings?</a></li><li><a href="#secure">How do I secure directory listings?</a></li></ul> | |
</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="what"><strong>What is the DefaultServlet</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | |
The default servlet is the servlet which serves static resources as well | |
as serves the directory listings (if directory listings are enabled). | |
</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="where"><strong>Where is it declared?</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | |
It is declared globally in <i>$CATALINA_BASE/conf/web.xml</i>. | |
By default here is it's declaration: | |
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<servlet> | |
<servlet-name>default</servlet-name> | |
<servlet-class> | |
org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet | |
</servlet-class> | |
<init-param> | |
<param-name>debug</param-name> | |
<param-value>0</param-value> | |
</init-param> | |
<init-param> | |
<param-name>listings</param-name> | |
<param-value>true</param-value> | |
</init-param> | |
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> | |
</servlet> | |
... | |
<servlet-mapping> | |
<servlet-name>default</servlet-name> | |
<url-pattern>/</url-pattern> | |
</servlet-mapping> | |
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So by default, the default servlet is loaded at webapp startup and | |
directory listings are enabled and debugging is turned off. | |
</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="change"><strong>What can I change?</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | |
The DefaultServlet allows the following initParamters: | |
<table border="1"> | |
<tr> | |
<th valign="top">debug</th> | |
<td valign="top"> | |
Debugging level. It is not very useful unless you are a tomcat | |
developer. As | |
of this writing, useful values are 0, 1, 11, 1000. | |
</td> | |
</tr> | |
<tr> | |
<th valign="top">listings</th> | |
<td valign="top"> | |
If no welcome file is present, can a directory listing be | |
shown? | |
value may be <b>true</b> or <b>false</b> | |
<br> | |
Welcome files are part of the servlet api. | |
<br> | |
<b>WARNING:</b> Listings of directories containing many entries are | |
expensive. Multiple requests for large directory listings can consume | |
significant proportions of server resources. | |
</td> | |
</tr> | |
<tr> | |
<th valign="top">readmeFile</th> | |
<td valign="top"> | |
If a directory listing is presented, a readme file may also | |
be presented with the listing. This file is inserted as is | |
so it may contain HTML. default value is null | |
</td> | |
</tr> | |
<tr> | |
<th valign="top">globalXsltFile</th> | |
<td valign="top"> | |
If you wish to customize your directory listing, you | |
can use an XSL transformation. This value is a relative file name (to | |
either $CATALINA_BASE/conf/ or $CATALINA_HOME/conf/) which will be used | |
for all directory listings. This can be overridden per context and/or | |
per directory. See <strong>contextXsltFile</strong> and | |
<strong>localXsltFile</strong> below. The format of the xml is shown | |
below. | |
</td> | |
</tr> | |
<tr> | |
<th valign="top">contextXsltFile</th> | |
<td valign="top"> | |
You may also customize your directory listing by context by | |
configuring <code>contextXsltFile</code>. This must be a context | |
relative path (e.g.: <code>/path/to/context.xslt</code>) to a file with | |
a <code>.xsl</code> or <code>.xslt</code> extension. This overrides | |
<code>globalXsltFile</code>. If this value is present but a file does | |
not exist, then <code>globalXsltFile</code> will be used. If | |
<code>globalXsltFile</code> does not exist, then the default | |
directory listing will be shown. | |
</td> | |
</tr> | |
<tr> | |
<th valign="top">localXsltFile</th> | |
<td valign="top"> | |
You may also customize your directory listing by directory by | |
configuring <code>localXsltFile</code>. This must be a file in the | |
directory where the listing will take place to with a | |
<code>.xsl</code> or <code>.xslt</code> extension. This overrides | |
<code>globalXsltFile</code> and <code>contextXsltFile</code>. If this | |
value is present but a file does not exist, then | |
<code>contextXsltFile</code> will be used. If | |
<code>contextXsltFile</code> does not exist, then | |
<code>globalXsltFile</code> will be used. If | |
<code>globalXsltFile</code> does not exist, then the default | |
directory listing will be shown. | |
</td> | |
</tr> | |
<tr> | |
<th valign="top">input</th> | |
<td valign="top"> | |
Input buffer size (in bytes) when reading | |
resources to be served. [2048] | |
</td> | |
</tr> | |
<tr> | |
<th valign="top">output</th> | |
<td valign="top"> | |
Output buffer size (in bytes) when writing | |
resources to be served. [2048] | |
</td> | |
</tr> | |
<tr> | |
<th valign="top">readonly</th> | |
<td valign="top"> | |
Is this context "read only", so HTTP commands like PUT and | |
DELETE are rejected? [true] | |
</td> | |
</tr> | |
<tr> | |
<th valign="top">fileEncoding</th> | |
<td valign="top"> | |
File encoding to be used when reading static resources. | |
[platform default] | |
</td> | |
</tr> | |
<tr> | |
<th valign="top">sendfileSize</th> | |
<td valign="top"> | |
If the connector used supports sendfile, this represents the minimal | |
file size in KB for which sendfile will be used. Use a negative value | |
to always disable sendfile. [48] | |
</td> | |
</tr> | |
<tr> | |
<th valign="top">useAcceptRanges</th> | |
<td valign="top"> | |
If true, the Accept-Ranges header will be set when appropriate for the | |
response. [true] | |
</td> | |
</tr> | |
</table> | |
</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="dir"><strong>How do I customize directory listings?</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | |
<p>You can override DefaultServlet with you own implementation and use that | |
in your web.xml declaration. If you | |
can understand what was just said, we will assume you can read the code | |
to DefaultServlet servlet and make the appropriate adjustments. (If not, | |
then that method isn't for you) | |
</p> | |
<p> | |
You can use either <code>localXsltFile</code> or | |
<code>globalXsltFile</code> and DefaultServlet will create | |
an xml document and run it through an xsl transformation based | |
on the values provided in <code>localXsltFile</code> and | |
<code>globalXsltFile</code>. <code>localXsltFile</code> is first | |
checked, followed by <code>globalXsltFile</code>, then default | |
behaviors takes place. | |
</p> | |
<p> | |
Format: | |
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<listing> | |
<entries> | |
<entry type='file|dir' urlPath='aPath' size='###' date='gmt date'> | |
fileName1 | |
</entry> | |
<entry type='file|dir' urlPath='aPath' size='###' date='gmt date'> | |
fileName2 | |
</entry> | |
... | |
</entries> | |
<readme></readme> | |
</listing> | |
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<ul> | |
<li>size will be missing if <code>type='dir'</code></li> | |
<li>Readme is a CDATA entry</li> | |
</ul> | |
</p> | |
The following is a sample xsl file which mimics the default tomcat behavior: | |
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<?xml version="1.0"?> | |
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" | |
version="1.0"> | |
<xsl:output method="xhtml" encoding="iso-8859-1" indent="no"/> | |
<xsl:template match="listing"> | |
<html> | |
<head> | |
<title> | |
Sample Directory Listing For | |
<xsl:value-of select="@directory"/> | |
</title> | |
<style> | |
h1{color : white;background-color : #0086b2;} | |
h3{color : white;background-color : #0086b2;} | |
body{font-family : sans-serif,Arial,Tahoma; | |
color : black;background-color : white;} | |
b{color : white;background-color : #0086b2;} | |
a{color : black;} HR{color : #0086b2;} | |
</style> | |
</head> | |
<body> | |
<h1>Sample Directory Listing For | |
<xsl:value-of select="@directory"/> | |
</h1> | |
<hr size="1" /> | |
<table cellspacing="0" | |
width="100%" | |
cellpadding="5" | |
align="center"> | |
<tr> | |
<th align="left">Filename</th> | |
<th align="center">Size</th> | |
<th align="right">Last Modified</th> | |
</tr> | |
<xsl:apply-templates select="entries"/> | |
</table> | |
<xsl:apply-templates select="readme"/> | |
<hr size="1" /> | |
<h3>Apache Tomcat/6.0</h3> | |
</body> | |
</html> | |
</xsl:template> | |
<xsl:template match="entries"> | |
<xsl:apply-templates select="entry"/> | |
</xsl:template> | |
<xsl:template match="readme"> | |
<hr size="1" /> | |
<pre><xsl:apply-templates/></pre> | |
</xsl:template> | |
<xsl:template match="entry"> | |
<tr> | |
<td align="left"> | |
<xsl:variable name="urlPath" select="@urlPath"/> | |
<a href="{$urlPath}"> | |
<tt><xsl:apply-templates/></tt> | |
</a> | |
</td> | |
<td align="right"> | |
<tt><xsl:value-of select="@size"/></tt> | |
</td> | |
<td align="right"> | |
<tt><xsl:value-of select="@date"/></tt> | |
</td> | |
</tr> | |
</xsl:template> | |
</xsl:stylesheet> | |
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</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="secure"><strong>How do I secure directory listings?</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | |
Use web.xml in each individual webapp. See the security section of the | |
Servlet specification. | |
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