Can't access static resources (.html) files in Apache Tomcat 7.0.52 -

even though found similar queries on topic can't find answer suitable problem. requirement follows -

i have installed app (myapp) in webapps dir of apache tomcat ver 7 web server. dir structure

/  |  |----api/  |  |----web-inf/  |  |----meta-inf/ 

i have static html files in "api" dir(say index.html) want access in following way through browser - http://localhost:8080/myapp/api/index.html

however, can't access static resources (html files) in way. far know static outside web-inf can accessed directly through browser can't it.

my web.xml looks -

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/xmlschema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" xsi:schemalocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd" id="webapp_id" version="3.0">   <display-name>myapp</display-name>    <servlet>        <servlet-name>jersey rest service</servlet-name>        <servlet-class>com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.servletcontainer</servlet-class>        <init-param>           <param-name>javax.ws.rs.core.application</param-name>           <param-value>com.mycomp.myapp</param-value>        </init-param>        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>    </servlet>    <servlet-mapping>         <servlet-name>jersey rest service</servlet-name>         <url-pattern>/myapp/*</url-pattern>    </servlet-mapping>     <welcome-file-list>         <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>    </welcome-file-list> 

i'll appreciate on this.

thanks.

try replacing value tag url-pattern different name /rest/* instead of myapp. try accessing url.