It originally came up in response to inquiries about how to enforce MVC. If all the JSPs are under WEB-INF, then the only possible way to get to them is through an action. Users can't just bookmark a JSP and pop into the middle of something.
Though, if you self-impose the recommended model of linking only to actions, the value of actually storing the pages under WEB-INF diminishes, since the address of the page is never directly exposed to the user. To make use of the multi-configuration capabilities in the nightly build, linking through actions is required, and so I expect to see fewer and fewer Struts applications that link directy to JSPs. -- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY US -- Developing Java Web Applications with Struts -- Tel: +1 585 737-3463 -- Web: http://husted.com/about/services Eddie Bush wrote: > > Ok, silly question time. Why would you want to put your pages under > WEB-INF? Honestly, I don't see why you would, but ... I'm hardly a 'guru'. > > Thanks, > > Eddie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob Breeds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 11:58 AM > Subject: Re: changing from *.do to /do/* screws up everything? > > > > > Thanks for suggestion but I can't use <html:base> because all my JSPs are > > under WEB-INF\pages > > > > Putting <html:base/> in will cause images (and any relative urls) to have > > URLs of > > <img src="WEB-INF/pages/images/find_obj.gif"> > > > > which is even worse (doesn't work at all) and defeats the point of putting > > pages under WEB-INF! > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > > > |--------+-------------------------> > > | | Bryan | > > | | Field-Elliot | > > | | <bryan_lists@ne| > > | | tmeme.org> | > > | | | > > | | 27/02/2002 | > > | | 17:49 | > > | | Please respond | > > | | to "Struts | > > | | Users Mailing | > > | | List" | > > | | | > > |--------+-------------------------> > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------| > > | > | > > | To: Struts Users Mailing List > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | > > | cc: > | > > | Subject: Re: changing from *.do to /do/* screws up > everything? | > > | > | > > | > | > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------| > > > > > > > > > > Put this inside the <head> block of all your JSP pages: > > > > <html:base/> > > > > Here is a URL to the docs for this tag: > > > > http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/doc-1.0.2/struts-html.html#base > > > > It solves exactly this problem. > > > > Bryan > > > > On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 10:39, Rob Breeds wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > I hope this is me being dumb but I have a working Struts application > that > > > uses a *.do servlet mapping for ActionServlet > > > > > > Because I found that the servlet spec doesn't allow partial URL mappings > > > for security (eg. I can't specify a url-mapping of '/pub*'), I must now > > > change my app to use /do/* > > > > > > Seems like a fine idea, and Ted says its cool :) > > > > > > So, I changed the servlet mapping to '/do/*' and references to '*.do' in > > my > > > JSPs. > > > > > > Now my app sort of works but all relative links are now broken - CSS, > > > images, JavaScript files > > > > > > e.g. I have a URL of '<rest of path>/do/header' and this is specified in > > > the config file as: > > > > > > <action path="/header" forward="/WEB-INF/pages/header.jsp"/> > > > > > > The page loads OK but the JSP references images like this: > > > > > > <img src="images/find_obj.gif"> > > > > > > This used to work because images was a directory directly under the war > > > directory, but now, the image has a path of <img src > > > ="/do/images/find_obj.gif"> which isn't found. Simarly for references to > > > CSS files and JS files. > > > > > > why is the /do/ prefix being added? > > > > > > > > > Please could anyone tell me what I have to do to get my JS, CSS and > > images > > > to load without changing every reference to them in every JSP to > include > > a > > > /do/? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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]> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
