title: How to stop Spring MVC blocking all other Servlets?
body: <p>I'm using Spring 2.5 MVC and want to add another third-party Servlet. The Problem is, that Spring MVC catches all request, so the Servlet isn't getting any request. Here a web.xml Snippet:</p>
  
  <p>
          SpringMVC
          org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet
          2
      </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;servlet-mapping&gt;
      &lt;servlet-name&gt;SpringMVC&lt;/servlet-name&gt;
      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;
  &lt;/servlet-mapping&gt;  
  
  &lt;servlet&gt;
      &lt;description&gt;This is the servlet needed for cache.type servlet, returns the packed resources&lt;/description&gt;
      &lt;display-name&gt;PackServlet&lt;/display-name&gt;
      &lt;servlet-name&gt;PackServlet&lt;/servlet-name&gt;
     &lt;servlet-class&gt;net.sf.packtag.servlet.PackServlet&lt;/servlet-class&gt;
  &lt;/servlet&gt;
  
  &lt;servlet-mapping&gt;
      &lt;servlet-name&gt;PackServlet&lt;/servlet-name&gt;
      &lt;url-pattern&gt;*.pack&lt;/url-pattern&gt;
  &lt;/servlet-mapping&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The /* mapping is really needed for the application, an pack:tag (the third-party Servlet) really need the mapping based on the file extension.
  Any possiblities to tell Spring not to process the request?
  Thanks and regards.</p>