Brij, I think I saw a usable filter solution when reading through the code of Security Filter. If I recall correctly, their filter code uses the HttpServletRequestWrapper class and adds their own getUserPrincipal() orverloading method. Surely you could do the same with your getServletPath() by overriding it in a subclass of HttpServletRequestWrapper.
The Java code this model is class org.securityfilter.filter.SecurityRequestWrapper in CVS at: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/securityfilter/securityfilter/src/shar e/org/securityfilter/filter/SecurityRequestWrapper.java?rev=1.9&view=auto To implement the HttpServletRequestWrapper subclass within a filter, see org.securityfilter.filter.SecurityFilter in CVS at: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/securityfilter/securityfilter/src/shar e/org/securityfilter/filter/SecurityFilter.java?rev=1.23&view=auto Regards, David -----Original Message----- From: Brij Naald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 3:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Filter/... My application needs to know the path of the servlet which is going to be called. Therefore the filter does: setLastServlet(((HttpServletRequest)request).getServletPath()); and then the filter invokes the servlet wtih a wrapper around its request The wrapper overrides the public Object getAttribute(String name) and only gives access to the attribute with name 'name' if the servlet which is called has the right path for that attribute. Therefore the wrapper needs to now the 'LastServlet'. (So the problem is that the filter is only invoked at the beginning of the request. When a servlet does dispatcher.include, the setLastServlet of the filter won't be called anymore, and the "LastServlet" isn't the correct one anymore) -------------------------- >Interesting issue. Anyway, can't think of anything that solves it in a >clean >way. > >If you give me (if you can) further information about what your filter >does, >I could give it a try at thinking about an alternative solution. > >Cheers, > >F. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
