diff --git a/SpringMVCHandlers/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/SpringMVCHandlers/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
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--- a/SpringMVCHandlers/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<web-app version="2.5" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee   
-    http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd">
-	<servlet>
-		<servlet-name>spring</servlet-name>
-		<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
-		<init-param>
-			<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
-			<param-value>classpath*:spring-servlet.xml</param-value>
-		</init-param>
-		<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
-	</servlet>
-	<servlet-mapping>
-		<servlet-name>spring</servlet-name>
-		<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
-	</servlet-mapping>
-</web-app>  
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