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WebWork has two main configuration files you need to be aware of: web.xml and xwork.xml. Here you will find out all the information you need for both WebWork's required and optional configuration files.

Below are all the files that you may need to be aware of. Some of this configuration files can be reloaded dynamically, making development much easier. See Reloading configuration for more information.

  1. web.xml
  2. xwork.xml
  3. webwork-default.xml
  4. webwork.properties
  5. velocity.properties

Below are all the files that you may need to be aware of.

File

Optional

Location (relative to webapp)

Purpose

web.xml

no

/WEB-INF/

Web deployment descriptor to include all necessary WebWork components

xwork.xml

no

/WEB-INF/classes/

Main configuration, contains result/view types, action mappings, interceptors, etc

webwork.properties

yes

/WEB-INF/classes/

WebWork properties

webwork-default.xml

yes

/WEB-INF/lib/webwork-x.x.jar

Default configuration that should be included in xwork.xml

velocity.properties

yes

/WEB-INF/classes/

Override the default velocity configuration

validators.xml

yes

/WEB-INF/classes/

Define input validators to be used later

components.xml

yes

/WEB-INF/classes/

Define IOC components

taglib.tld

no

/WEB-INF/lib/webwork-x.x.jar

Webwork tag library descriptor