Haha, got it...
The url I had was http://localhost/myApp/logon.jsp,
so getPathInfo() is null, but getServletPath() was logon.jsp
Kinda obvious really :)
Cheers
Chris
Jeff Hubbach wrote:
>Chris,
>
>I just wanted to make sure you're checking for the right thing in your
>code, and if you are I apologize.
>For the following example URL:
>http://www.foo.com/FooServlet/testme?hey=you
>
>Assume that FooServlet and FooServlet* are both mapped to FooServlet.
>
>Here are the results of the following calls:
>HttpServletRequest request = (HttpServletRequest)pageContext.getRequest();
>String servletPath = request.getServletPath();
>// here servletPath = /FooServlet, same as cgi.SCRIPT_NAME
>String pathInfo = request.getPathInfo();
>// here pathInfo = /testme, same as cgi.PATH_INFO
>String queryString = request.getQueryString();
>// here queryString = hey=you, same as cgi.QUERY_STRING
>
>If you want some very helpful documentation on CGI variables and their
>definitions, check out this URL:
>http://cgi-spec.golux.com/draft-coar-cgi-v11-03.html
>
>Jeff Hubbach.
>
>On Fri, 20 Jul 2001 10:36:40 +1200
>Chris Callaghan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I'm trying to get the request path for a page from inside a custom tag.
>>The tag itself extends TagSupport.
>>
>>I'm getting the ServletRequest object from the pageContext.getRequest()
>>- this object is an instanceof HttpServletObject, but when I ask it for
>>pathInfo() I get null...
>>
>>HttpServletRequest request = (HttpServletRequest)
>>
>pageContext.getRequest();
>
>>String path = request.getPathInfo(); // aways null?
>>
>>Is there a way to do this inside the tag, or will I have to pass the
>>path in from the JSP?
>>
>>Cheers
>>Chris
>>
>>
>
>
