web.xml

web.xml

<web-app xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee
		 http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_1.xsd"
         version="3.1">

    <welcome-file-list>
        <welcome-file>new-employee.html</welcome-file>
    </welcome-file-list>

    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>freemarker</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>freemarker.ext.servlet.FreemarkerServlet</servlet-class>

        <!--
          Init-param documentation:
          http://freemarker.org/docs/api/freemarker/ext/servlet/FreemarkerServlet.html
        -->

        <!-- FreemarkerServlet settings: -->
        <init-param>
            <param-name>TemplatePath</param-name>
            <param-value>/</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>NoCache</param-name>
            <param-value>true</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>ExceptionOnMissingTemplate</param-name>
            <!-- true => HTTP 500 on missing template, instead of HTTP 404. -->
            <param-value>true</param-value>
        </init-param>

        <!-- FreeMarker engine settings: -->
        <init-param>
            <param-name>incompatible_improvements</param-name>
            <param-value>2.3.23</param-value>
            <!--
              Recommended to set to a high value.
              See: http://freemarker.org/docs/pgui_config_incompatible_improvements.html
            -->
        </init-param>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>template_exception_handler</param-name>
            <!-- Use "html_debug" during development! -->
            <param-value>rethrow</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>template_update_delay</param-name>
            <!-- Use 0 during development! Consider what value you need otherwise. -->
            <param-value>0 s</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>default_encoding</param-name>
            <!-- The encoding of the template files: -->
            <param-value>UTF-8</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>output_encoding</param-name>
            <!-- The encoding of the template output; Note that you must set
                 "ResponseCharacterEncodring" to "fromTemplate" for this to work! -->
            <param-value>UTF-8</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>locale</param-name>
            <!-- Influences number and date/time formatting, etc. -->
            <param-value>pt_PT</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>number_format</param-name>
            <param-value>0.##</param-value>
        </init-param>

        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>

    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>freemarker</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>*.ftl</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>

    <!--
      Prevent the visiting of MVC Views from outside the servlet container.
      RequestDispatcher.forward/include should, and will still work.
      Removing this may open security holes!
    -->
    <security-constraint>
        <web-resource-collection>
            <web-resource-name>FreeMarker MVC Views</web-resource-name>
            <url-pattern>*.ftl</url-pattern>
        </web-resource-collection>
        <auth-constraint>
            <!-- Nobody is allowed to visit these directly. -->
        </auth-constraint>
    </security-constraint>

</web-app>