On Feb 13, 2014, at 9:42 AM, André Warnier <a...@ice-sa.com> wrote: > Daniel Mikusa wrote: >> On Feb 13, 2014, at 8:25 AM, Campbell, Lance <la...@illinois.edu> wrote: >>> Java 7 & Tomcat 7 >> For future reference, please specify the full version numbers in use. >>> In a servlet when doing I a RequestDispatcher.forward to another servlet >>> does this create a new Tomcat AJP connection or does it reuse the same >>> connection ? >> "Forwards a request from a servlet to another resource (servlet, JSP file, >> or HTML file) on the server." >> http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/servletapi/javax/servlet/RequestDispatcher.html#forward(javax.servlet.ServletRequest, >> javax.servlet.ServletResponse) > > I think that this does not really answer the OP's question, or maybe not > clearly. > > It is a bit difficult to answer, because in fact it doesn't have anything to > do with the connection, and yet.. > > Let's try this : > > - It certainly does not create a new connection, be it AJP or otherwise. > - It doesn't "re-use" the existing connection. Its is just that the same > connection continues to exist while this is taking place, and it just > continues to use it to read request data from, and output response data to. > - It doesn't have anything to do with the Connector through which the > connection was established. > - It is purely internal to the server, say like "ok, I'll use that servlet > code to respond to the client, instead of this one.”
That’s what I take as the important part here. As the JavaDoc says, it happens “on the server”. Ex: (forward) Browser -> Tomcat -> ServletA - [forward] -> ServletB -> Response This is in contrast to a redirect, which would cause the user’s browser to make a second request. Ex: (redirect) Browser -> Tomcat -> ServletA - [redirect] -> Response (3xx) Browser -> Tomcat -> ServletB -> Response Dan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
