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As in the example below, if a resource to be served is not matched within the resource handler the <code class="literal">DefaultHandler</code> will take care of producing a 404 page.
This class is a useful template to either extend and embrace or simply provide a similar implementation for customizing to your needs.
There is also an <a class="link" href="error-handler.html" title="Error Handler">Error Handler</a> that services errors related to the servlet api specification, so it is best to not get the two confused.</p><div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><div xmlns:jfetch="java:org.eclipse.jetty.xslt.tools.JavaSourceFetchExtension" xmlns:fetch="java:org.eclipse.jetty.xslt.tools.SourceFetchExtension" xmlns:d="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:l="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/xmlns/l10n/1.0" xmlns:xslthl="http://xslthl.sf.net" xmlns:gcse="http://www.google.com" xmlns:date="http://exslt.org/dates-and-times" class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title"><i class="fa fa-asterisk" aria-hidden="true"></i> Note</h3><p>The <code class="literal">DefaultHandler</code> will also handle serving out the <code class="literal">flav.ico</code> file should a request make it through all of the other handlers without being resolved.</p></div></blockquote></div><pre xmlns:jfetch="java:org.eclipse.jetty.xslt.tools.JavaSourceFetchExtension" xmlns:fetch="java:org.eclipse.jetty.xslt.tools.SourceFetchExtension" xmlns:d="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:l="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/xmlns/l10n/1.0" xmlns:xslthl="http://xslthl.sf.net" xmlns:gcse="http://www.google.com" xmlns:date="http://exslt.org/dates-and-times"><code>    Server server = new Server(8080);
    HandlerList handlers = new HandlerList();
    ResourceHandler resourceHandler = new ResourceHandler();
    resourceHandler.setBaseResource(Resource.newResource("."));
    handlers.setHandlers(new Handler[]
    { resourceHandler, new DefaultHandler() });
    server.setHandler(handlers);
    server.start();</code></pre></div></div><script type="text/javascript">
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