Unable to find web.xml in netbeans 7.0.1

Question

I want to upload a file to a server, for which I am writing a servlet program.The location of the directory where the document would be uploaded should be fetched from a parameter in web.xml. I have not use web.xml before and only know that it makes entries for each servlet. I am not able to see this file in my web application project that i am making in netbeans. Please help me with this. Thank you.

Answer 1

It should be located in YOURPROJECT\web\WEB-INF folder, so the full path will be: YOURPROJECT\web\WEB-INF\web.xml

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EDIT (Aug 21, 2015)

Got a downvote with a comment from duffymo, that my answer is not correct.

And I decided to illustrate my answer with step-by-step pictures to avoid any misunderstanding.

I am going to illustrate Netbeans behaviour in Linux (Ubuntu) and Windows (Windows 7) operating systems.

Linux:

1. Let's create a simple Java Web project with default settings.

2. We're going to the project folder to inspect the contents of this folder:

note, that web folder is there.

3. Navigating further:

You can create a web.xml file in this folder manually or do it using Netbeans via project context menu "New -> Create -> Other":

Now, we're navigating YOURPROJECT\web\WEB-INF\ folder to see, that web.xml is there:

The same rules are correct for windows operating system, check the pictures below:

You can create web.xml here:

or use Netbeans, as I described above.