I found an interesting situation, possibly a bug. I am using Orion 1.0.3b, and
in the WEB-INF/web.xml file I declare my <servlet-mapping> in the following
manner:
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Login</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/Login/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
I have a Form that calls this servlet. Like:
<HTML>
<BODY>
<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="/Login">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="action" VALUE="auth">
<INPUT TYPE="INPUT" NAME="j_username">
<INPUT TYPE="PASSWORD" NAME="j_password">
<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" NAME="Submit" VALUE="Submit">
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
This mapping works in WebLogic, but does not work in Orion. Well, it sort of
works....The correct servlet will be fired off, but the Request coming in is
empty. I do not see anything coming in from the form. But If I do the
following mapping:
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Login</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/Login</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
It works. The first mapping should work as well. Below I have copied part of
the Java 2 Servlet Specification v2.2 that deals with Mapping, which is Section
10. -- Notice servlet2 in the Mapping Examples. --
According to the spec(Java 2 Servlet Specification v2.2 -- SRV.10.2; Examples
are in SRV.10.2.2):
SRV.10.2 Specification of mappings
In the web application deployment descriptor, the following syntax is used to
define mappings:
- A string beginning with a '/' character and ending with a '/*' postfix is used
as a path mapping.
- A string beginning with a '*.' prefix is used as an extension mapping
- All other strings are used as exact matches only
- A string containing only the '/' character indicates that the servlet
specified by the mapping becomes the "default" servlet of the application.
SRV.10.2.1 Implicit Mappings
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SRV.10.2.2 Example Mapping Set
Consider the set of mappings in Table SRV.10-1
Table SRV10-1 Example Set of Maps
Path Pattern Servlet
/foo/bar/* servlet1
/baz/* servlet2
/catalog servlet3
*.bop servlet4
The behavior in Table SRV.10-2 would result.
Table SRV.10-2: Incoming Paths Applied to Example Maps
Incoming Path Servlet handling Request
/foo/bar/index.html servlet1
/foo/bar/index.bop servlet1
/baz servlet2
/baz/index.html servlet2
/catalog servlet3
/catalog/index.html "default" servlet
/catalog/racecar.bop servlet4
/index.bop servlet4
