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<ul><li><a href="#Overview">Overview</a><ol><li><a href="#Introduction">Introduction</a></li><li><a href="#External_Specifications">External Specifications</a></li><li><a href="#Implementation_Requirements">Implementation Requirements</a></li></ol></li><li><a href="#Dependencies">Dependencies</a><ol><li><a href="#Environmental_Dependencies">Environmental Dependencies</a></li><li><a href="#Container_Dependencies">Container Dependencies</a></li></ol></li><li><a href="#Functionality">Functionality</a><ol><li><a href="#Initialization_Functionality">Initialization Functionality</a></li><li><a href="#Per-Request_Functionality">Per-Request Functionality</a></li><li><a href="#Finalization_Functionality">Finalization Functionality</a></li></ol></li><li><a href="#Testable_Assertions">Testable Assertions</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="Overview"><strong>Overview</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | |
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Introduction"><strong>Introduction</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | |
<p>The purpose of the <strong>Default Servlet</strong> is to serve | |
static resources of a web application in response to client requests. | |
As the name implies, it is generally configured as the "default" | |
servlet for a web application, by being mapped to a URL pattern "/".</p> | |
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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="External Specifications"><!--()--></a><a name="External_Specifications"><strong>External Specifications</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | |
<p>The following external specifications have provisions which | |
partially define the correct behavior of the default servlet:</p> | |
<ul> | |
<li><a href="http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/download.html"> | |
Servlet Specification</a> (Version 2.3 PFD2)</li> | |
<li><a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2046.txt">Multipurpose | |
Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Two: Media Types</a></li> | |
<li><a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">Hypertext | |
Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1</a></li> | |
</ul> | |
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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Implementation Requirements"><!--()--></a><a name="Implementation_Requirements"><strong>Implementation Requirements</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | |
<p>The implementation of this functionality shall conform to the | |
following requirements:</p> | |
<ul> | |
<li>Must be implemented as a servlet.</li> | |
<li>Must support configurable parameters for debugging detail level, | |
input buffer size, output buffer size, whether or not to produce | |
directory listings when no welcome file is present, and whether or not | |
modifications are supported via DELETE and PUT.</li> | |
<li>Log debugging and operational messages (suitably internationalized) | |
via the <code>getServletContext().log()</code> method.</li> | |
</ul> | |
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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="Dependencies"><strong>Dependencies</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | |
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Environmental Dependencies"><!--()--></a><a name="Environmental_Dependencies"><strong>Environmental Dependencies</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | |
<p>The following environmental dependencies must be met in order for | |
the default servlet to operate correctly:</p> | |
<ul> | |
<li>The default servlet must be registered in the application deployment | |
descriptor (or the default deployment descriptor in file | |
<code>$CATALINA_BASE/conf/web.xml</code>) using a "default servlet" | |
servlet mapping, signified by URL pattern "/".</li> | |
</ul> | |
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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Container Dependencies"><!--()--></a><a name="Container_Dependencies"><strong>Container Dependencies</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | |
<p>Correct operation of the default servlet depends on the following | |
specific features of the surrounding container:</p> | |
<ul> | |
<li>The container shall provide a servlet context attribute that | |
lists the welcome file names that have been defined for this | |
web application.</li> | |
<li>The container shall provide a servlet context attribute that | |
contains a <code>javax.naming.directory.DirContext</code> | |
implementation representing the static resources of this | |
web application.</li> | |
</ul> | |
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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="Functionality"><strong>Functionality</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | |
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Initialization Functionality"><!--()--></a><a name="Initialization_Functionality"><strong>Initialization Functionality</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | |
<p>The following processing must be performed when the <code>init()</code> | |
method of the default servlet is called:</p> | |
<ul> | |
<li>Process and sanity check configuration parameters.</li> | |
</ul> | |
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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Per-Request Functionality"><!--()--></a><a name="Per-Request_Functionality"><strong>Per-Request Functionality</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | |
<p>For all HTTP request methods, the resource path is determined from | |
the path information provided to this request, either as request attribute | |
<code>javax.servlet.include.path_info</code> (for a request dispatcher | |
access to a static resource) or by calling | |
<code>request.getPathInfo()</code> directly.</p> | |
<p>On each HTTP DELETE request processed by this servlet, the following | |
processing shall be performed:</p> | |
<ul> | |
<li>If modifications to the static resources are not allowed (set by a | |
configuration parameter), return HTTP status 403 (forbidden).</li> | |
<li>If an attempt is made to delete a resource from <code>/META-INF</code> | |
or <code>/WEB-INF</code>, return HTTP status 403 (forbidden).</li> | |
<li>If the requested resource does not exist, return HTTP status 404 | |
(not found)</li> | |
<li>Unbind the resource from the directory context containing the | |
static resources for this web application. If successful, return | |
HTTP status 204 (no content). Otherwise, return HTTP status 405 | |
(method not allowed).</li> | |
</ul> | |
<p>On each HTTP GET request processed by this servlet, the following | |
processing shall be performed:</p> | |
<ul> | |
<li>If the request is for a resource under <code>/META-INF</code> or | |
<code>/WEB-INF</code>, return HTTP status 404 (not found).</li> | |
<li>If the requested resource does not exist, return HTTP status 404 | |
(not found).</li> | |
<li>If the requested resource is not a directory, but the resource | |
path ends in "/" or "\", return HTTP status 404 (not found).</li> | |
<li>If the requested resource is a directory: | |
<ul> | |
<li>If the request path does not end with "/", redirect to a | |
corresponding path with "/" appended so that relative references | |
in welcome files are resolved correctly.</li> | |
<li>If one of the specified welcome files exists, redirect to the | |
path for that welcome file so that it will be served explicitly. | |
</li> | |
</ul></li> | |
<li>If the request being processed contains an <code>If-Range</code> | |
header, perform the processing described in the HTTP/1.1 specification | |
to determine whether the client's information is up to date.</li> | |
<li>Determine the content type of the response, by looking up the | |
corresponding MIME type in our servlet context.</li> | |
<li>If the requested resource is a directory: | |
<ul> | |
<li>If directory listings are suppressed, return HTTP status 404 | |
(not found).</li> | |
<li>Set the content type to <code>text/html</code>.</li> | |
</ul></li> | |
<li>Determine the range(s) to be returned, based on the existence of | |
any <code>If-Range</code> and <code>Range</code> headers.</li> | |
<li>If the requested resource is a directory, include an <code>ETag</code> | |
header in the response, with the value calculated based on the content | |
of the directory.</li> | |
<li>Include a <code>Last-Modified</code> header in the response documenting | |
the date/time that the resource was last modified.</li> | |
<li>Unless we are processing a HEAD request, include the appropriate | |
content (or content ranges) in the response.</li> | |
</ul> | |
<p>On each HTTP HEAD request processed by this servlet, the following | |
processing shall be performed:</p> | |
<ul> | |
<li>Processed identically to an HTTP GET request, except that the data | |
content is not transmitted after the headers.</li> | |
</ul> | |
<p>On each HTTP POST request processed by this servlet, the following | |
processing shall be performed:</p> | |
<ul> | |
<li>Processed identically to an HTTP GET request.</li> | |
</ul> | |
<p>On each HTTP PUT request processed by this servlet, the following | |
processing shall be performed:</p> | |
<ul> | |
<li>If modifications to the static resources are not allowed (set by a | |
configuration parameter), return HTTP status 403 (forbidden).</li> | |
<li>If an attempt is made to delete a resource from <code>/META-INF</code> | |
or <code>/WEB-INF</code>, return HTTP status 403 (forbidden).</li> | |
<li>Create a new resource from the body of this request.</li> | |
<li>Bind or rebind the specified path to the new resource (depending on | |
whether it currently exists or not). Return HTTP status as follows: | |
<ul> | |
<li>If binding was unsuccessful, return HTTP status 409 (conflict). | |
</li> | |
<li>If binding was successful and the resource did not previously | |
exist, return HTTP status 201 (created).</li> | |
<li>If binding was successful and the resource previously existed, | |
return HTTP status 204 (no content).</li> | |
</ul></li> | |
</ul> | |
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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Finalization Functionality"><!--()--></a><a name="Finalization_Functionality"><strong>Finalization Functionality</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | |
<p>No specific processing is required when the <code>destroy()</code> | |
method is called:</p> | |
</blockquote></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="Testable Assertions"><!--()--></a><a name="Testable_Assertions"><strong>Testable Assertions</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | |
<p>In addition the the assertions implied by the functionality requirements | |
listed above, the following additional assertions shall be tested to | |
validate the behavior of the default servlet:</p> | |
<ul> | |
<li>Requests for resources that do not exist in the web application must | |
return HTTP status 404 (not found).</li> | |
<li>The default servlet must operate identically for web applications that | |
are run out of a WAR file directly, or from an unpacked directory | |
structure.</li> | |
<li>If the web application is running out of an unpacked directory | |
structure, the default servlet must recognize cases where the resource | |
has been updated through external means.</li> | |
</ul> | |
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