While it is a part of the HTML 4.0 spec, it was actually introduced in the
HTML 2.0 specification, introduced in 1995.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/html/rfc1866.txt
See section 5.2.2 for more information. Browser support for it has been
around for quite some time as well (I believe since at least version 2.0 of
Netscape)
Darren.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mike Clark
> Sent: September 2, 2000 8:41 AM
> To: Orion-Interest
> Subject: Re: URLs in web apps
>
>
> Indeed it is.
>
> Mike
>
> Kevin Duffey wrote:
>
> > HI,
> >
> > Is that a HTML 4.0 tag? I never saw that one before.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mike Clark
> > > Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 6:48 AM
> > > To: Orion-Interest
> > > Subject: Re: URLs in web apps
> > >
> > >
> > > Alternatively, you could use this syntax...
> > >
> > > <html>
> > > <head>
> > > <base href="<%= request.getContextPath() %>" />
> > > </head>
> > > <body>
> > > <a href="file.jsp">click</a>
> > > </body>
> > >
> > > In general, the servlet engine automatically maps the directory
> > > name to the
> > > application, but references to URLs from standard HTML tags are not
> > > automatically mapped. When the <base href> tag is used, all
> > > relative URLs are
> > > resolved relative to this value. If your application is mapped
> > > to the directory
> > > "myapp", then in the example above the href would reference
> > > "/myapp/file.jsp".
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > Kevin Duffey wrote:
> > >
> > > > I think your ok..but I use the request.getContextPath() in
> a "included"
> > > > header file on all my JSP pages. I assign it to a contextPath
> > > string var and
> > > > use it in all my href tags <a href="<%= contextPath
> > > > %>/path/file.jsp">click</a>
> > > >
> > > > But, I believe the spec allows relative paths to the root of
> > > the web app.
> > > > So, if your root is /, and the dir is i3-web, and you have
> a linke to
> > > > /path/page.jsp, it would be from /i3-web/path/page.jsp.
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Kurt Hoyt
> > > > > Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 7:31 PM
> > > > > To: Orion-Interest
> > > > > Subject: URLs in web apps
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I've noticed an inconsistency in how URLs are used within the
> > > > > servlet engine
> > > > > in Orion. Perhaps I've never had to deal with this since this
> > > is the first
> > > > > servlet engine I've used that supports .war files,
> server.xml, web.xml
> > > > > files, etc.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a web app that is deployed like this:
> > > > >
> > > > > server.xml contains this line:
> > > > > <application name="i3" path="../i3"/>
> > > > >
> > > > > default-web-site.xml contains this line:
> > > > > <web-app application="i3" name="i3-web" root="/i3"/>
> > > > >
> > > > > application.xml contains these lines:
> > > > > </module>
> > > > > <web>
> > > > > <web-uri>i3-web</web-uri>
> > > > > <context-root>/</context-root>
> > > > > </web>
> > > > > </module>
> > > > >
> > > > > I expect that absolute URLs used anywhere in my JSPs (and
> > > that includes <a
> > > > > href="..">, <%@ include file="..." %>, and
> > > response.sendRedirect() calls)
> > > > > would look like this /i3/<rest of URL>. However, I've
> noticed that for
> > > > > anything other than <a href="..."> tags, the /i3 is implied
> > > and all I need
> > > > > is /<rest of URL> for absolute paths.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have two questions:
> > > > > 1. What does the context-root element do? The servlet and JSP
> > > specs are
> > > > > pretty vague about this.
> > > > >
> > > > > 2. Should I be calling request.getContextPath() and using
> it to create
> > > > > absolute URLs for <a href="..."> tags or just try and use
> > > relative URLs
> > > > > within the <a href="..."> tags?
> > > > >
> > > > > Kurt in Atlanta
> > > > >
> > >
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> > > //
> > > // Mike Clark
> > > //
> > > // Clarkware Consulting
> > > // Enterprise Java Architecture, Design, Development
> > > //
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> > >
> > >
> > >
>
> --
> //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> //
> // Mike Clark
> //
> // Clarkware Consulting
> // Enterprise Java Architecture, Design, Development
> //
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