I think you should manage this situation in the web.xml, don't include it in struts action servlet, just run it stand alone.
F. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Searle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 12:30 PM Subject: Migration of a servlet that uses pathinfo to struts > > We have a old servlet that is used to expose a set of directories > (with various checks for access etc). > > This is based on the use of request.getPathInfo() and the servlet has > a servlet mapping of /files/* > > http://server/app/files/path/to/file > > returns a path info of /files/path/to/file > > Now - the app is being migrated to the struts framework - and I'm not > sure how best to approach this. > > I have tried creating a struts action with a path="files/*" and this > is working for: > > http://server/app/do/files/filename.ext > > Pathinfo read from the request in the action execute method contains > /files/filename.ext > > However > > http://server/app/do/files/path/filename.ext > > returns a 500 error and > > 2003-11-17 10:57:59,447 ERROR [org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor] > Invalid path /files/path/ was requested > > in the log. > > I know that I can switch over to using a request parameter but I'd > like to avoid that if possible. > > Is this possible? > > I did try some searching in the archives - but I guess I'm not good at > phrasing the search string - so - any links to a previous answer would > also be great. > > Many thanks. > > -- > Chris Searle > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
