> Grant Doran wrote:
>
> getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher("/index.jsp").forward(request,
> response);
> }
> else
> {
> System.out.println("[GATEWAYSERVLET]Authentication failure.
> Username:[" + username + "] Password:[" + password + "]");
>
> request.getSession().setAttribute("LoginFailure","true");
>
> BUGGER ME! I AM HERE AFTER ALL
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> How can this be? Execution of the servlet(thread) is supposed to cease
> immediately and control handed to the target.
>
> Am I missing something?
You might want to try to return from your method ;-) Forwarding a
request does not mean that execution of your method does not continue.
Just like in any code, control reverts to the method after forward
returns.
sven
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