Appendix A 3.5 Learning about webdefault.xml

The webdefault.xml is a file which can be applied to a web application before the application’s own WEB-INF/web.xml. It is used to save a web application from having to define a lot of house-keeping and container-specific elements in their own web.xml files.

There is a copy of the webdefault.xml file supplied with Jetty in $(jetty.home)/etc/webdefault.xml.