>I'm very new to server side java, so if this isn't possible please
>let me know. Why can't a servlet be setup to handle all requests.
>Then if the user is registered just return whatever page they
>requested, otherwise return the login screen? I know very little
>about jigsaw, but this would be analogous to setting up a
>location handler in Apache.
Yes. this can be done.
Jigsaw actually has a rather neat way of doing this... any resource
that needs authentication can be protected with an authentication
filter which recieves the request before the servlet.
The filter can also act as a valve... ending the request before it
gets to the servlet if authentication failed.
GNU-Paperclips offers a similar (but less complex and comprehensive)
system,
Nic Ferrier
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