After sent out the previous email, I just recoginzed the orginal one was more than two weeks ago.
Sorry for unwanted reply. 22/02/2003 3:46:48 PM, Vernon Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >One way to deal with this issue is to break down the file type in the "someservlet" >directory rathen than having a URL >mapping for the whole directory. Say for all JSP files, you have > >> <servlet-mapping> >> <servlet-name>TheServlet</servlet-name> >> <url-pattern>/*.jsp</url-pattern> >> </servlet-mapping> > >Hope this helps. > >30/01/2003 10:40:33 AM, Richard Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>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. 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