On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 05:43, Daniel Brown wrote: > Richard, > > You could use HttpServletRequest.getPathInfo() to read the extra path > information after servlet name, read the corresponding object from disk, set > an appropriate MIME type, and then send the object back in the response. > > But it's a lot of new code for something that doesn't seem like a good thing > to do. >
I had thought about that and decided it was a bit inelegant a solution (especially when it should be easier and require no additional code). > Why not just, > - use a standard webapp structure, > - map the servlet to '/someservlet' as you describe, > - make an images subdirectory, and > - link to the images using <img src="images/foo.gif"> from within your > servlet? > That's what I'm trying to do. The question I have is where should the images directory go in the webapp layout and how do I configure web.xml so that the servlet doesn't catch requests to /someservlet/images/foo.gif? Right now what I have is a situation where the servlet is mapped to /. So the servlet address is http://localhost:8080/someservlet. I have the images directory at the root of the webapp (so there is a drectory $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/someservlet/images). But when I try and retrieve an image using http://localhost:8080/someservlet/images/foo.gif the servlet is sent the request. My web.xml is as below. <webapp> <display-name>SomeServletOfMine</display-name> <servlet> <servlet-name>TheServlet</servlet-name> <servlet-class>com.some.Servlet</servlet-name> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>TheServlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> </webapp> So what above needs to change so that a URL of http://localhost:8080/someservlet/images/foo.gif is not processed by TheServlet? Thanks. > Then, Tomcat does all the work for you. Use the ROOT webapp if you don't > want the name of the webapp in the URL. > > If you want all requests to run through the servlet for security reasons, or > something, then you should possibly consider using a Servlet 2.3 Filter > instead - this is exactly what they're designed for. > > Dan. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Richard Wallace [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 30 January 2003 00:17 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: web.xml servlet and resources > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > This is a fairly simple problem but I haven't been able to find an > > answer anywhere (I've been looking for the past day or two). I'm hoping > > this is a common situation and is possible, but from what I've seen I > > can't see how. > > > > What I want is for the resources (images, css files, etc.) to be in a > > path relative to the servlet. So, if I have an images directory and the > > servlet URL is http://www.domain.com/some-servlet, the images should be > > accessible from this URL, http://www.domain.com/some-servlet/images. > > So, I want to set the URL pattern for some-servlet to be /. If I do > > that then every URL beginning with that will be grabbed by the servlet, > > including http://www.domain.com/some-servlet/images/logo.gif (as an > > example). > > > > Suggestions? Thanks. > > -- > > Richard Wallace > > AIM, Inc. (www.a--i--m.com) > > Information Systems Consultants > > > > "Providing New Technology, > > the Old-Fashioned Way" > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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] -- Richard Wallace AIM, Inc. (www.a--i--m.com) Information Systems Consultants "Providing New Technology, the Old-Fashioned Way" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
