So then what about absolute URIs? How is the application
supposed to determine if there was an absolute URI in the
request, and if so, what it was?
Stan Bailes
Quadcap Software
Danny Coward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Yup - Craig is of course quite right. I've noted the confusing javadoc
comments
> and incorrect example as a javadoc bug for us to fix.
>
> - Danny -
>
> Danny Coward
> Servlet Spec Lead & Web Java
> Java Software Group, Sun Microsystems
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> > > But what about about absolute URLs in requests?
> > >
> > > For example, if the request line looks like:
> > >
> > > GET http://java.sun.com:80/index.html HTTP/1.1
> > >
> > > The documentation for getRequestURI() specifies that the value
> > > returned contains the protocol part up until the start of the query
> > > string, which seems to be in conflict with the other requirements
> > > specified above.
> > >
> >
> > At least for the 2.2 specification, that statement in the Javadoc
comments is
> > incomplete, because it fails to point out that the scheme, host, and
port are
> > stripped off for the request URI. In addition, the second example case
is
> > incorrect. In your example above, the getRequestURI() call should
return
> > "/index.html".
> >
> > >
> > > Can somebody clarify this? What should getRequestURI() and
> > > getContextPath() return in this case?
> > >
> >
> > As mentioned above, getRequestURI() returns "/index.html". You cannot
examine
> > a request URI and determine what getContextPath() will return unless you
know
> > how context paths have been configured in your server. For example,
consider
> > the case of Jakarta Tomcat in it's default configuration, which has a
context
> > mapped to "/examples" along with the default context.
> >
> > Given a request URI "/examples/index.html" you will get a context path
of
> > "/examples".
> >
> > Given a request URI of "/otherdir/index.html", you will get a context
path of
> > "" because it will be handled by the default context.
> >
> > >
> > > Stan Bailes
> > > Quadcap Software
> > > http://www.quadcap.com
> > >
> >
> > Craig McClanahan
> >
> >
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