I noticed some posts about people having problems loosing the session
information when using JSPs with servlets. For examples if I did the
following in a JSP:
<FORM ACTION="/servlet/com.mycom.MyServlet" ... >
when MyServlet got control, the Session was empty.
I found out that if I did this the "right way" and defined the servlet in
my web.xml, e.g.,
<servlet>
<servlet-name>theServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>com.mycom.MyServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>theServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>someServlet</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
and in the JSP said:
<FORM ACTION="someServlet" ... >
then all worked fine.
You may have to adjust the path a bit depending upon where your
JSP is, etc. The Tomcat mapping trace can help you debug
mapping problems.
This seems like it is a Tomcat bug, but the above is not only a
workaround, but a more maintainable way of doing things.
Frank Lawlor
Athens Group, Inc.
(512) 345-0600 x151
Athens Group, an employee-owned consulting firm integrating technology
strategy and software solutions.
