This looks a lot like bugzilla #8092. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 9:06 PM Subject: filter and forward, bug?
> For the context surrounding this problem check my message to > tomcat-user earlier, it should not be required to reproduce the > glitch. > > Under Tomcat-4.0.3, using a filter that wraps the ServletRequest and > replaces servletPath produces an infinite loop if the target uses > RequestDispatcher.forward. > > Example: (posted at http://qlink.queensu.ca/~9cw4/test.zip) > > web.xml: filter-mapping /go.jsp to TestFilter > TestFilter: change servletPath to /loop.jsp > loop.jsp: pageContext.forward("not-there.jsp"); > > The request originally passed to TestFilter is modified by Tomcat to > have servletPath == "not-there.jsp". Because the filter's wrapper > conceals the change the forward actually leads to loop.jsp again, > etc. > > I think this is a bug, or at least the behavior makes very little > sense to me. I can nip through BugZilla and file a report as soon as > someone can conform I'm not just up too late at night. > > Thanks, > Chris > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
