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Tommy,
> Tommy,
> 
> On 6/15/19 21:51, Tommy Pham wrote:
>>>> Hi Mark,
>>>> 
>>>> After some research and thought about internal application
>>>> flow, I think the 'cleanest' is have TC's default servlet
>>>> handle the *.html requests and use the assigned filter to
>>>> restrict the access as desired.  Is there a better approach?
>>>> On that plan, I have this mapping for TC's default servlet
>>>> and init:
>>>> 
>>>> Filter AppFilterAccessLog's servlet mapping: Servlet name:
>>>> default , registered class:
>>>> org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet. Servlet
>>>> default's mapping: /img/* /css/* /WEB-INF/*
> 
> Uh... you sure you want that? What is stopping a client from
> requesting /WEB-INF/web.xml?
> 
>>>> /js/* Servlet default's init parameters: listings: false
>>>> debug: 0
>>>> 
>>>> If I use *.html instead of /WEB-INF/*, it goes into infinite
>>>> loop redirecting / forwarding until exception is thrown (I
>>>> think that root cause is servlets' startup ordering).  Below
>>>> are what my access log filter see for HttpServletRequest:
>>>> 
>>>> Attributes:
>>>> javax.servlet.forward.request_uri=/erm-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT/ 
>>>> javax.servlet.forward.context_path=/erm-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT 
>>>> javax.servlet.forward.servlet_path= 
>>>> javax.servlet.forward.path_info=/
>>>> 
>>>> javax.servlet.forward.mapping=org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationM
app
>
>>>> 
ing$MappingImpl@7fc1f887
>>>> 
>>>> 
> org.apache.logging.log4j.web.Log4jServletFilter.FILTERED=true
>>>> Class: org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationHttpRequest 
>>>> DispatcherType: FORWARD [javax.servlet.DispatcherType] 
>>>> HttpServletMapping: Class: 
>>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationMapping$MappingImpl 
>>>> MappingMatch: PATH MatchValue: setup/step_0.html Pattern: 
>>>> /WEB-INF/* ServletName: default
>>>> 
>>>> Below is from the actual filter assigned to TC's default
>>>> servlet intended to restrict access:
>>>> 
>>>> ContextPath: /erm-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT DispatcherType: FORWARD
>>>> PathInfo: /setup/step_0.html PathTranslated: 
>>>> D:\apache-tomcat-9.0.21\webapps\erm-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT\setup\step_0.htm
l
>>>>
>>>>
>
>>>> 
Method: GET
>>>> RequestURI: /erm-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/setup/step_0.html 
>>>> RequestURL: 
>>>> http://localhost:8080/erm-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/setup/step_0.html
>>>>
>>>> 
ServletPath: /WEB-INF ServletContext.ServletContextName: erm
>>>> response: org.apache.catalina.connector.ResponseFacade
>>>> 
>>>> I think everything seems correct except the PathTranslated.
>>>> It should be:
>>>> 
>>>> D:\apache-tomcat-9.0.21\webapps\erm-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT\WEB-INF\setup\st
ep_
>
>>>> 
0.html
>>>> 
>>>> where the file is.  I'm unable to find out why it's wrong
>>>> after a couple hours of searching since the the browser shows
>>>> an empty page...  The string "/WEB-INF/setup/step_0.html" was
>>>> passed to request.getRequestDispatcher(). According to the
>>>> doc [1], " If the path begins with a "/" it is interpreted as
>>>> relative to the current context root." everything is as it
>>>> should be right, other than PathTranslated?  Or did I
>>>> misunderstood the usage of getRequestDispatcher().forward()?
>>>> Currently, I have 4 filters in place and all are in passive
>>>> monitoring mode.  None of them have the code logic to perform
>>>> their intended functions.  3 filters mapped to URL /* and one
>>>> assigned to TC's default servlet.  I'll work out their
>>>> filtering order before the intended functions are 
>>>> implemented.
> 
> Filters are applied in a predictable order. I highly recommend
> reading the servlet specification to see how these things are
> defined to work. It's quite readable.
> 
> Why not allow Tomcat to serve everything in the web application
> (other than /WEB-INF/* and /META-INF/*) as usual? What is it that
> you need to put into there that you can't hide in some other way?
> 
> It sounds like you are unnecessarily complicating your life.
> 
> -chris
> 
> 
>> I was using "/WEB-INF/*" as a test of the scaffolding for my
>> application since previously "*.html" ended up infinite loop
>> which, eventually, it threw an exception.  Now that I've got
>> "*.html" working, I'm still getting a blank page.  The HTML files
>> are only served as UI for the initial setup of the application.
>> There won't be any static files other than JS, CSS, and images
>> when the application is fully configured by administrator.  Here 
>> are the servlets configuration:
> 
>> Servlet name: default , registered class: 
>> org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet. Servlet default's
>> mapping: /img/* /css/* /js/* *.html Servlet default's init
>> parameters: listings: false debug: 0 Servlet name: AppServlet ,
>> registered class: com.sointe.web.AppServlet. Servlet AppServlet's
>> mapping: / Servlet AppServlet's init parameters: Servlet name:
>> jsp , registered class: org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet. 
>> Servlet jsp's mapping: *.jspx *.jsp Servlet jsp's init
>> parameters: fork: false xpoweredBy: false
> 
>> And HttpServletRequest's info:
> 
>> Attributes: 
>> javax.servlet.forward.request_uri=/erm-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT/ 
>> javax.servlet.forward.context_path=/erm-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT 
>> javax.servlet.forward.servlet_path=/
> 
>> javax.servlet.forward.mapping=org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationMap
ping$MappingImpl@5e9215c0
>>
>> 
org.apache.logging.log4j.web.Log4jServletFilter.FILTERED=true
>> DispatcherType: FORWARD [javax.servlet.DispatcherType] 
>> HttpServletMapping: Class:
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationMapping$MappingImpl 
>> MappingMatch: EXTENSION MatchValue: WEB-INF/setup/step_0 Pattern:
>> *.html ServletName: default
> 
>> and the actual filter assigned to TC's default servlet to
>> restrict access:
> 
>> AppFilterStaticFiles.doFilter:52 - Class: 
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationHttpRequest 
>> AppFilterStaticFiles.doFilter:53 - ServletContext Class: 
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContextFacade 
>> AppFilterStaticFiles.doFilter:54 - ContextPath:
>> /erm-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT AppFilterStaticFiles.doFilter:55 -
>> DispatcherType: FORWARD AppFilterStaticFiles.doFilter:56 -
>> Method: GET AppFilterStaticFiles.doFilter:57 - PathInfo: null 
>> AppFilterStaticFiles.doFilter:58 - PathTranslated: null
> 
>> AppFilterStaticFiles.doFilter:59 -
>> getServletContext().getRealPath() of ServletPath: 
>> D:\apache-tomcat-9.0.21\webapps\erm-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT\WEB-INF\setup\step
_0.html
>
>>  AppFilterStaticFiles.doFilter:60 - RequestURI: 
>> /erm-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/setup/step_0.html 
>> AppFilterStaticFiles.doFilter:61 - RequestURL: 
>> http://localhost:8080/erm-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/setup/step_0.html
>>
>> 
AppFilterStaticFiles.doFilter:62 - ServletPath: /WEB-INF/setup/step_0.ht
ml
>> AppFilterStaticFiles.doFilter:63 -
>> ServletContext.ServletContextName: erm 
>> AppFilterStaticFiles.doFilter:67 - response: 
>> org.apache.catalina.connector.ResponseFacade
> 
>> In looking at the code for ApplicationHttpRequest [1] for the 
>> getPathTranlated()
> 
>> @Override public String getPathTranslated() { if (getPathInfo()
>> == null || getServletContext() == null) { return null; } return
>> getServletContext().getRealPath(getPathInfo()); }
> 
>> and for the getRequestDispatcher()
> 
>> if (pathInfo == null) { requestPath = servletPath; } else { 
>> requestPath = servletPath + pathInfo; }
> 
>> Perhaps the getPathTranslated() could be ?
> 
>> if ( getServletContext() != null) { if (getServletPath() != null)
>> { if (getPathInfo() != null) {
> 
>> return getServletContext().getRealPath(getServletPath() + 
>> getPathInfo()); } return
>> getServletContext().getRealPath(getServletPath()); } } return
>> null;
> 
>> I think that would also fix the translated path I saw earlier
>> which resulted in a blank page for the browser.

I really don't understand why you need anything other than the plain,
vanilla, default configuration, here. If you can explain that, it will
go a long way towards anyone being able to help you.

- -chris
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