I would say you're right
See the servlet spec 2.4.
SRV.11.2 Specification of Mappings
In the Web application deployment descriptor, the following syntax is used to define
mappings:
� A
string beginning with a �/� character and ending with a �/*� suffix is used
for path mapping.
� A string beginning with a �*.� prefix is used as an extension mapping.
� A string containing only the �/� character indicates the "default" servlet of
the application. In this case the servlet path is the request URI minus the context
path and the path info is null.
� All other strings are used for exact matches only.
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