SECTION: 500-Servlets TITLE: Path Mapping QUESTION: How are Servlet paths mapped? Path mappings are used to map a URI to a contexts, handlers and servlets.
The following types of mapping are supported and applied in the order presented.
Absolute Mapping `

    Path Spec:      /path

    Will match:     /path            path=/path  info=<null>

    Will not match: /
                    /path/
                    /path/info
                    /path/info.jsp
                    /other

` Prefix Mapping `

    Path Spec:      /path/*

    Will match:     /path            path=/path  info=<null>
                    /path/           path=/path  info=/
                    /path/info       path=/path  info=/info
                    /path/info.jsp   path=/path  info=/info.jsp

    Will not match: /
                    /other

` Suffix Mapping `

    Path Spec:      *.jsp

    Will match:     /path/info.jsp   path=/path/info.jsp info=<null>

    Will not match: /
                    /path
                    /path/
                    /path/info
                    /other

` Default Mapping `

    Path Spec:      /

    Will match:     /                path=       info=/
                    /path            path=       info=/path
                    /path/           path=       info=/path/
                    /path/info       path=       info=/path/info
                    /path/info.jsp   path=       info=/path/info.jsp
                    /other           path=       info=/other

    Will not match:

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Typical examples
Context and Servlet with path`

      Context Path Spec :    /context/*
      Servlet Path Spec :    /servlet/*

      URI                ContextPath     ServletPath   PathInfo
      =========================================================
      /context/servlet   /context        /servlet      null
      /context/servlet/  /context        /servlet      /
      /context/servlet/x /context        /servlet      /x

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Default Context`

      Context Path Spec :    /
      Servlet Path Spec :    /servlet/*

      URI                ContextPath     ServletPath   PathInfo
      =========================================================
      /servlet           ""              /servlet      null
      /servlet/          ""              /servlet      /
      /servlet/x         ""              /servlet      /x

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Context and Suffix Servlet`

      Context Path Spec :    /context/*
      Servlet Path Spec :    *.txt

      URI                ContextPath     ServletPath   PathInfo
      =========================================================
      /context/xxx.txt   /context        ""            /xxx.txt

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Context and Default Servlet`

      Context Path Spec :    /context/*
      Servlet Path Spec :    /

      URI                ContextPath     ServletPath   PathInfo
      =========================================================
      /context/xxx       /context        ""            /xxx

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Default Context and Servlet`

      Context Path Spec :    /
      Servlet Path Spec :    /

      URI                ContextPath     ServletPath   PathInfo
      =========================================================
      /xxx               ""              ""            /xxx

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