Where to put robots.txt in tomcat 7?

Question

I'm using Tomcat 7 to host my application. I've used a ROOT.xml file under tomcat-home\conf\Catalina\localhost

<Context 
  docBase="C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\mywebapp\MyApplication" 
  path="" 
  reloadable="true" 
/>

This is to load my webapp in the root context.

But now I'm confused as to where to put the robots.txt and sitemap.xml files. When I put in under C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\mywebapp\MyApplication, it doesn't show up.

I've also tried placing it inside C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\webapps\ROOT , just in case. But nothing works. I'm still getting 404 not found. Can anyone please guide.

p.s. My web application runs fine. It's just that my robots.txt file is unreachable.

EDIT

My web.xml file:

    <filter>
        <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>
        <filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy
        </filter-class>
    </filter>

    <filter-mapping>
        <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>
        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
    </filter-mapping>

Answer 1

Just put the robots.txt in Tomcat_DIR/webapps/ROOT/