the filter is only applied on teh original request, not for forward() or include()
/* will match all files /mydir/* will only match the files in /mydir *.do will match all 'do' files - reguardless of path /*.do - invalid, you cannot mix path and wildcard. Charlie > -----Original Message----- > From: Wendy Smoak [mailto:Wendy.Smoak@;asu.edu] > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 5:57 PM > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > Subject: RE: Help with Filters > > > I wrote: > > <url-pattern>/*.do</url-pattern> > > So that my initial "welcome" page won't get filtered, and > so hopefully > only > > the initial /editContact.do hit will get filtered, and only once. > > Unfortunately, this isn't working-- > > It seems that the leading slash was incorrect. This seems to > be working to > filter *just* the Struts actions, and to only filter once per > "page" even > with the multiple forwards that occur: > > <url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern> > > Please let me know if I've still got it wrong. > > -- > Wendy Smoak > Applications Systems Analyst, Sr. > Arizona State University PA Information Resources Management > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
