Web.xml servlet redirection question

Hi everyone;
As you know web.xml file allows you to enter something like this
     <servlet-mapping>
          <servlet-name>application1</servlet-name>
          <url-pattern>/application1</url-pattern>
     </servlet-mapping>
so you can find your application.
As you know it is case sensitive so if a user enters /Application1 it wouldn't be found. I was wondering if i could put a node in there that would redirect requests from Application1 to application.
Any ideas ?
Stev

oh i wasn't aware that i could put multiple nodes in there like this
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>application1</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/application1</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>application1</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/Application1</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>application1</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/APplication1</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
is there a way to simply make this case insensitive and all requests get translated to the lowercase versioN?
Stev

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