The static-resources element

Introduction

The static-resources describes how static resources are handled by the DefaultServlet or by the WebdavServlet. That is the default service for all web applications, that serves static resources. it It processes all requests that are not mapped to other servlets with servlet mappings.

There should be only one static-resources element inside an subsystem=web element.

Attributes

Common Attributes

The static-resources supports the following attributes:

Attribute	Description
listings	In case there isn't an index file in a directory a listing will be generated and used as index. The default value is false.
sendfile	Minimum size for sendfile usage in bytes. The default value is 49152.
file-encoding	File encoding to be used when reading static files.
read-only	Tell if the resource accessed are write protected. The default value is true.
webdav	This flag value indicates that the WebdavServlet will be used. That adds support for WebDAV level 2. The default value is false.
secret	Secret information used to generate reasonably secure lock ids for the WebdavServlet
max-depth	Default depth for the WebdavServlet that is for the PROPFIND Method. The default value is 3.
disabled	Tell the container that the static-resources Servlet should be disabled. The default value is false.