Can I set specific HTTP Content-Type encoding headers in web.xml?

[James Hodgkiss]

With my webapp, I have plain static .css files. Is there any way I can configure web.xml so that they are delivered with an HTTP Content-Type header of "text/css;charset=UTF-8" (rather than just "text/css").

Thanks,
James

[William Brogden]

In Tomcat, the default web.xml defines the mime-mapping for files with css extension.

If you are using Tomcat, changing that entry should redefine the default content type - try it and see.

Bill

[James Hodgkiss]

Thanks Bill,

Adding...

    <mime-mapping>
        <extension>css</extension>
        <mime-type>text/css;encoding=UTF-8</mime-type>
    </mime-mapping>

...(just before my <welcome-file-list> element) did the trick.

Cheers,
James

[James Hodgkiss]

...I thought that had worked, but it hadn't. When I fixed the error in that code, making it:

    <mime-mapping>
        <extension>css</extension>
        <mime-type>text/css;charset=UTF-8</mime-type>
    </mime-mapping>

then "Content-Type: text/css;charset=UTF-8" isn't sent with the response, only "Content-Type: text/css" is.

Is this the solution you meant, Bill, or have I misunderstood? Could you send me a web.xml code snippet that would make the "Content-Type: text/css;charset=UTF-8" header be sent with css files?

Thanks,
James

[William Brogden]

Sorry, thats the only configuration setting I know of that controls content type headers.

Bill

[James Hodgkiss]

OK Bill, thanks anyway.