Shepherd, As you know, you can configure a filter for the type of dispatching. Types are INCLUDE, FORWARD, ERROR, and * (star). Maybe you should list those out.
Also if you create a servlet, can you submit it as a JIRA patch? Paul On 9/14/07, Shepherd, Darren S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All, > > > > This is regarding Struts 2.0. > > > > I've just ran into what I believe is a bug in WebSphere 6.0 and 6.1 where > the filter chain does not get hit on certain RequestDispatcher includes. So > I have two options here: > > > > 1. Get IBM to fix the bug > 2. Rewrite the Filter Dispatcher as a Servlet > > > > My experience is that if I engage IBM my bug will be fixed some time in > 2008 (seriously). I'm supposed to be in production before that. So let me > know if this is a terrible idea. I'm going to take the filter dispatcher > and turn it into a servlet. We do not serve static files from struts. If > we do wish to server static files, I will write a filter specifically for > that. > > > > Darren > >