[further to this]
Looking at the proposed final draft of the 2.3 spec, it seems that
redirecting to a welcome file isn't specified: the request should be
forwarded instead - at least, the way I read the specs for
javax.servlet.RequestDispatcher, together with section 8.4 and 9.9
Cheers,
jan
On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Jan Grant wrote:
> (Apologies for double sightings, mail barf)
>
> I sent the original to tomcat-user but, on perusing the source, it
> appears this list might be a better target.
>
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Jan Grant wrote:
>
> > Using tomcat 3.1, I could create an index.jsp file which would display
> > properly when the user requested the base directory.
> >
> > Under tomcat 3.2.1, a request for "blah/" generates a 302 redirect to
> (also 3.3m2)
> > "blah/index.jsp" rather than just serving up the content of index.jsp!
> >
> > Is there any way to revert to the former (preferable) behaviour?
>
> Hmm, looking closer it seems that according to
> org/apache/tomcat/request/StaticInterceptor.java (3.2.1) or
> src/share/org/apache/tomcat/modules/generators/StaticInterceptor.java
> (3.3m2)
>
> // Send redirect to the welcome file.
> // This is consistent with other web servers and avoids
> // gray areas in the spec - if the welcome file is a jsp,
> // what will be the requestPath - if it's the dir, then
> // jasper will not work. The original code created a
> // RequestDispatcher and the JSP will see an included
> // request, but that's not a specified behavior
>
> I don't think that "behaving like other web servers" in this respect -
> especially when it comes to a grey area of the spec - is a very good
> idea... See
> http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI
> (item labelled "software mechanisms" in particular)
>
> Currently, it appears that if I wish to avoid broadcasting my use of
> JSPs, I've just got to code servlets and use those instead. This isn't
> particularly satisfactory.
>
> I know everyone's (justly) proud of tomcat, but there's no need to ram
> the implementation mechanisms for a website down people's throats.
>
> What's the likelihood of revising this decision?
>
> Cheers,
> jan
>
>
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