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Timothy Stone wrote:
I have to say, the behavior seems almost identical to the described
behavior of RequestDispatcher#include since control is given back to the
forwarding servlet. The subtle differences
Howdy,
One: as noted, return explicitly from the executing method OR
I like this one, as it's clear and simple. If you forward somewhere you
shouldn't be doing anything in the method afterwards.
Two: explictly use out.close() in the called resource. (not useful when
the called resource is
It should blow up at line 61. customer is null. Add a line 57.5:
return;
-Tim
Timothy Stone wrote:
List,
I'm having some trouble with using a RequestDispatcher, it works and
doesn't work.
#doPost( req, res )
...
50 Customer customer =
51 Customer.findCustomer( emailAddress, custData);
52
Tim Funk wrote:
It should blow up at line 61. customer is null. Add a line 57.5:
return;
-Tim
I know it's null :) That's the idea of checking to see if the customer
or the password on the request is null, or if the password is incorrect.
Forward the user to the /move/accounts.jsp. The forward is
Howdy,
The return; that Tim added is just as important as the null check...
Yoav Shapira
Millennium ChemInformatics
-Original Message-
From: Timothy Stone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 3:09 PM
To: Tomcat Users List
Subject: Re: RequestDispatcher anomolies
Shapira, Yoav wrote:
Howdy,
The return; that Tim added is just as important as the null check...
Yoav Shapira
Millennium ChemInformatics
Tim Funk wrote:
It should blow up at line 61. customer is null. Add a line 57.5:
return;
-Tim
I guess that the way I understood forward( req, res) was that
Shapira
Millennium ChemInformatics
-Original Message-
From: Timothy Stone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 3:36 PM
To: Tomcat Users List
Subject: Re: RequestDispatcher anomolies (Tomcat v4.1.24)
Shapira, Yoav wrote:
Howdy,
The return; that Tim added is just as important
Shapira, Yoav wrote:
Howdy,
I'm attaching a .zip file containing a .war that should help you
convince yourself. I'd attach the .war or the source files directly but
the listserv doesn't like that.
Note the Servlet Specification, v2.3, does not mention whether/when
method the method should return
