由于欢迎文件未触发过滤器

Question

I have this filter that is not getting triggered (perhaps due to the welcome-file)

<filter>
    <filter-name>gwtCacheControlFilter</filter-name>
    <filter-class>com.me.server.GWTCacheControlFilter</filter-class>
</filter>

<filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>gwtCacheControlFilter</filter-name>
    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>

Where the welcome-file is defined:

<welcome-file-list>
    <welcome-file>app.html</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>

When localhost:8080 is access it automatically returns the app.html. I cannot remove that welcome-file as I need that when the site is accessed it will automatically show the home page.

What can be a work around for this scenario to make the Filter work?

Answer 1

Write a redirect jsp and use it as welcome page.

<welcome-file-list> 
   <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file> 
</welcome-file-list> 

See Redirect pages in JSP?