Damn, I hate the Servlet spec. They bury this detail in a bloody example
without ever mentioning it explicity! Damn.
Section 10.2.2, table 4, item 3 is the only place I can find (now that I
went explicitly looking for it) that describes this functionality.
Section 10.2 bullet one says that
* A string beginning with a ‘/’ character and ending with a ‘/*’ postfix is
used as a path mapping.
But it doesn't actually define what the hell a 'path mapping' is. What it
really seems to mean is that it maps to the servlet specified between the
'/' characters and allows PathInfo to be passed to the servlet.
The 3.2 PFD spec is no better.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Log:
> According to the spec, a servlet mapped to the url-pattern
> "/abc/*" should
> be invoked if the URL "/abc" is used. The prior fix allows
> "/abc" to fail
> to match "/abc/*" when used for a security-constraint allowing
> it to escape
> authorization.
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