Configure Tomcat to Parse Files Other Than JSP

To configure Tomcat to parse other file extensions

1. Go to Tomcat Conf folder.
2. Open the web.xml file with a text editor.
3. Search for the tag ''

Under the comment   at around line #382
you will see 2 branches for JSP mapping.

<!-- The mapping for the JSP servlet -->
<servlet-mapping>
   <servlet-name>jsp</servlet-name>
   <url-pattern>*.jsp</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

<servlet-mapping>
   <servlet-name>jsp</servlet-name>
   <url-pattern>*.jspx</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

  4. Create a new branch for the extension you want

Let say you want to create an extension for TainoSystems Files like  .tno

You just create a branch with servlet-name=jsp and url-pattern=*.tno
   

<servlet-mapping>
   <servlet-name>jsp</servlet-name>
   <url-pattern>*.tno</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

   

Don't forget to save the web.xml file
and restart tomcat.

Now all your *.tno files will be parsed by Tomcat as if they were *.jsp files

They are so many things you can do with Tomcat.


By Winslas R. Anilus