There is also a lot of issues with welcome files.
One particular problem is that some servlet containers do not implement them as forward rather than a redirect. So I'll end up with
http://localhost/myapp/index.html in the address bar, which I absolutely do not want.
At the moment, I am experimenting with a custom Servlet Filter that forwards just "/" (and only that) to "/index.html".
Why did SUN not allow "/" as an exact match, and map that dreaded default servet with "*" or something similar?