On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Russ Trotter wrote:
> Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 10:42:11 -0700
> From: Russ Trotter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: Tomcat Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Tomcat Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: servlet-path, path-info and Filters
>
> Hello again Craig,
>
> Well, after going back into my filter setup again, I see that for Tomcat
> 4.0.1, i have the same setup that I describe in my example below (e.g. a
> url-pattern of "/files/*" for the <filter-mapping> element in web.xml) but
> the call to getServletPath() inside that filter returns "/files/foo.jpg" and
> getPathInfo() returns null for a request of "/context/files/foo.jpg".
>
It's the <servlet-mapping> pattern that drives getServletPath() and
getPathInfo(), not the <filter-mapping> pattern. What's your servlet
mapping look like?
> Where's the error? (me, Tomcat, the spec, or all of the above) :-)
>
> russ
>
Craig (this is straying into a topic for TOMCAT-USER instead of here ...)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Tomcat Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 9:09 AM
> Subject: Re: servlet-path, path-info and Filters
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>
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Russ Trotter wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 23:04:40 -0700
> > > From: Russ Trotter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Reply-To: Tomcat Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: Tomcat Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Subject: servlet-path, path-info and Filters
> > >
> > > Does anyone here know what the official correct handling of
> > > ServletRequest.getServletPath() and ServletRequest.getPathInfo() should
> be?
> > > More specifically, if I specify a filter with an url-pattern of
> "/files/*"
> > > and I make a request to "/context/files/foo.jpg", what should
> > > getServletPath() and getPathInfo() return?
> > >
> > > I've observed some differing behavior between Tomcat 4.0.1 and Jetty in
> this
> > > regard and the spec doesn't explicitly clear up the issue between the
> two.
> > >
> >
> > The rules are in the Servlet 2.3 Specification, section 11. In your
> > particular example, getServletPath will return "/files" and getPathInfo()
> > will return "/foo.jpg".
> >
> > > Thanks,
> > > russ
> > >
> >
> > Craig
> >
> >
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