Working in the Overview page

In the Overview page of the Web deployment descriptor editor, you can get a quick summary of the contents of the Web deployment descriptor in addition to adjusting various settings.

To work in the Overview page, complete the following steps:

1. Open a Web project in the Project Explorer.

2. Double-click the Web project's Web Deployment Descriptor file in the Project Explorer. The Web deployment descriptor editor opens.

3. Click the Overview tab to open the Overview page.

4. You can edit settings in the following sections of the Overview page: (You may also want to open this page to view the settings.)

   • General Information - lets you view and edit general information, including the display name, description (not displayed to end users), and client session time out (in minutes).

   • Servlets and JSPs - lets you view the servlets and JSPs used in the application.

   • Filters - lets you view filters used in the application.

   • Pages - lets you view welcome pages used in the application.

   • Mime type - lets you view file extensions that are mapped to mime types.

   • Security - lets you view the security roles and their constraints defined for the Web application.

   • Icons - lets you view, change, or add icons representing the Web application.

   • Usage - list the enterprise applications that are using this Web module.

   • Web Library projects - lets you view, add, or remove references to JAR files mapped to Java™ projects.

   • Listeners - lets you view listeners used in the application.

   • References - lets you view resources that the Web application references.

   • Environment Variables - lets you view environment variables that are relevant to the Web application.

   • Context Parameters - lets you view the context initialization parameters that apply to all the servlets in the Web application.

   • WebSphere® Bindings -lets you bind the Web application to a virtual host so that execution is enabled on that virtual host.

 

Related concepts

The Web Deployment Descriptor editor

 

Related tasks

Configuring Web applications using the Web deployment descriptor editor

Working in the Servlets page

Working in the Security page

Working in the References Page

Working in the Extensions Page

Working in the Filters Page

Working in the Pages page

Working in the Variables Page

Working in the WS Binding Page

Working in the WS Extensions Page

Working in the WS Handler page

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