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<!--(ÁÖ¼®) The session-timeout element defines the default session
timeout interval for all sessions created in this web application.
The specified timeout must be expressed in a whole number of minutes.-->
<!ELEMENT session-timeout (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST session-timeout id ID #IMPLIED>
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<!--(ÁÖ¼®) The welcome-file-list contains an ordered list of
welcome files elements. -->
<!ELEMENT welcome-file-list (welcome-file+)>
<!ATTLIST welcome-file-list id ID #IMPLIED>
<!--(ÁÖ¼®) The welcome-file element contains file name to use
as a default welcome file, such as index.html-->
<!ELEMENT welcome-file (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST welcome-file id ID #IMPLIED>
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´ÙÀ½Àº $TOMCAT_HOME/conf/web.xmlÀÇ ÀϺκÐÀÌ´Ù.
<session-timeout>
30
</session-timeout>
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<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>
index.jsp
</welcome-file>
<welcome-file>
index.html
</welcome-file>
<welcome-file>
index.htm
</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>