On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Remy Maucherat <r...@apache.org> wrote: > On Tue, 2010-09-14 at 12:26 +0100, Mark Thomas wrote: >> You need to be able to quote the section of the spec that demonstrates >> it is wrong. Having quickly scanned the 2.5 and 3.0 specs I think you >> are going to find that there is no clear definition of whether filters >> are processed before or after welcome files. Currently, Tomcat handles >> welcome files first. >> >> If you can find some spec language that requires filters to be processed >> before welcome files, the bug is valid. If you can't it is "won't fix" >> and I'll add clarifying the order to my list of issues to raise with the >> EG for Servlet 3.1 > > Welcome files was never specified as a forward in the first place, since > that's what the user expects to some extent. Similarly, welcome files > without a physical file has also been an area with disagreements. > > Rémy >
Its not a "Forward" filter anyway. Its a "Request" filter, also note my testing may not have matched the origional reporters situation. (I had welcome files defined and the file existed). He may have been using a servlet for all I know. Its not specified. Wes --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org
