I apologize for not being clear. The code is in the init method.
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 6:14 PM, André Warnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Abhi wrote:
>
>> This is an issue with the way getServletContextName() is implemented in
>> Resin and Tomcat. In Tomcat this returns the display-name of the
>> application
>> where as in Resin it returns the URL prefix for the servlet context. Once
>> I
>> added a display name to my web application I am getting the context name
>> in
>> Tomcat.
>>
>> What I actually want is the URL prefix for the servlet context. The method
>> to access this would be httpServletRequest.getContextPath(). But I want to
>> access this in a filter.
>>
>
> And is there any reason why you cannot ?
> I have this in a filter :
>
> public void doFilter(ServletRequest req, ServletResponse resp,
> FilterChain chain) throws IOException, ServletException {
>
> HttpServletRequest request = (HttpServletRequest) req;
> StringBuffer callURL = request.getRequestURL();
> ...
>
> }
> (and I suppose you can also call request.getContextPath())
>
>>
>> Does anybody know a container independent way to do this?
>>
> As far as I know, the above should be.
>
>
>
>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Abhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Mark.
>>>
>>> I am getting the context name using the session object
>>> session.getServletContext().getServletContextName()
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Mark Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Abhi wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I am trying to migrate my application from Resin to Tomcat 6.0.18. The
>>>>> application runs fine, but my application context name(the context is
>>>>> created) is coming as null in Tomcat.
>>>>>
>>>> How are you getting the context name?
>>>>
>>>> <web-app id="/Foo" root-directory="webapps/Foo"/>
>>>>>
>>>>> Can someone please let me know as to what exactly should I put in
>>>>> context.xml, where should I place it in Tomcat and should it be called
>>>>> context.xml or should it be renamed to my web application name?
>>>>>
>>>> In this case, you don't need a context.xml file. Just remove it from
>>>> your
>>>> webapp.
>>>>
>>>> If you had needed to use a context.xml file then it should located at
>>>> META-INF/context.xml inside your WAR.
>>>>
>>>> Tomcat will automatically extract it to CATALINA_BASE/conf/<engine
>>>> name>/<host name>/<name of web app>.xml
>>>>
>>>> For a WAR file foo.war in a default install this would be
>>>> CATALINA_BASE/conf/Catalina/localhost/foo.xml
>>>>
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>>
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>>> Cheers,
>>> Abhi
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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Abhi
