Hi Marcus,
When we just consider that the domain-name mapping is not part of the exam we can say that the question is about everything behind the server (www.mysite.com)
so can
/base.html point to a servlet or can
/myapp/base.html map to a servlet. I would say it is the last option where myapp would be the context-root of the web-app.
Have a look at the following picture
Every web-app has to have a context-root, so the question is can the web-app have a context root of an empty
String (or does it need a name like myapp). The answer might be found in the HttpServletRequest interface method
String getContextPath().
Returns the portion of the request URI that indicates the context of the request. The context path always comes first in a request URI. The path starts with a "/" character but does not end with a "/" character. For servlets in the default (root) context, this method returns "".
It seems there is a possibility that this method returns an empty String, but how to create a servlet in the default (root) context I have no idea. Maybe this is only possible by the guys who make the web-container. This makes both answers possible.....
Regards,
Frits