web.xml without servlet class

Answering your original question. Yes it is possible to have a web.xml without servlet classes, if you are not using servlet classes.

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> But I got the following error from Tomcat.

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> 2007-01-12 18:31:25 ContextConfig[/worktigers] Parse

> error in application web.xml

> org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The processing

> instruction target matching "[xX][mM][lL]" is not

> allowed.

> at

> t

> org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unkn

> own Source)

>

> TA

> Malai

It looks like there may be BOM characters (invisible in regular editors), before the opening angle bracket of the XML prolog: <?xml version="1.0"

The special characters usually are inserted by some editors such as Notepad.

You can download a free Hex editor, like Cygnus hex editor and see if you have the 3 special characters (in Hex) appearing before the XML prolog.

If you see anything before the prolog delete them, save the web.xml file and re-test it.

Reading from previous answers to your problem from here:

http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=694303&messageID=4033694

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/xerces-j-users/200201.mbox/%3Cp04330102b8689660dcbc@%5B192.168.254.4%5D%3E

appy77a at 2007-7-8 8:49:42 >