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:
- Open a Web project in the Project Explorer.
- Double-click the Web project's Web Deployment Descriptor file in the Project Explorer. The Web deployment descriptor editor opens.
- Click the Overview tab to open the Overview page.
- 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 tasks
Configuring Web applications using the Web deployment descriptor editor