Silverlight XAP file

How do i run silverlight(xap file) app on apache tomcat?

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A Silverlight XAP file is just a ZIP formatted archive of the Silverlight application - which being a client side technology doesn't need much in the way of server support.

You'll need to add the mime-type for .xap, which is "application/x-silverlight-app" to one of the web.xml files.  It's usually preferable to add it to your application deployment descriptor, in <yourapp>/WEB-INF/web.xml.

 <mime-mapping>
  <extension>xap</extension>
  <mime-type>application/x-silverlight-app</mime-type>
 </mime-mapping>