The HTTP/1.0 spec defines a URI as: ... rel_path = [ path ] [ ";" params ] [ "?" query ] ...
The Servlet spec states: The session id must be encoded as a path parameter in the URL string. The name of the parameter must be jsessionid. Quoting "Ruth, Brice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Saul Q Yuan wrote: > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Ruth, Brice [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 9:32 AM > >>To: Struts Users Mailing List > >>Subject: Re: how to disable (or work around) jsessionid in html:img > >>sources > >> > >>James Mitchell wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>A bit of history on this subject: > >>> > >>>* From: Craig R. McClanahan > >>>* Subject: Re: Why would jsessionid not appear? > >>>* Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 12:09:26 -0700 > >>> > >>>The jsessionid path parameter will only be added if the servlet > >>>container > >>>does not know whether your client supports cookies. How Tomcat > >>> > >>> > >handles > > > > > >>>this (probably typical of others): > >>> > >>>* On the first response in a session, send the session id > >>> both ways (cookie and encoding). > >>> > >>>* If the subsequent request comes back with a cookie, turn > >>> of URL rewriting for the remainder of this session. > >>> > >>>* If the subsequent request comes back without a cookie, > >>> keep on rewriting. > >>> > >>>Craig > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>So, with that having been said, all you have to do is > >>>tell all your users to hit refresh whenever they access > >>>your site. > >>> > >>>That way, all external links and images will work. > >>> > >>>If you find that unacceptable, you could: > >>> > >>>Move the contents of index.jsp to index2.jsp, then: > >>> > >>> Put a meta refresh tag as your initial page (index.jsp). > >>> <META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" > >>> content="2;URL=http://www.yoursite.com/index2.jsp";> > >>> > >>> or > >>> > >>> Add some javascript that sends the user to index2.jsp. > >>> (similar to above) > >>> > >>> or > >>> > >>> Use <logic:redirect> or any number of ways in a scriptlet > >>> to redirect to index2.jsp > >>> > >>> > >>>On the Struts-Atlanta web site (http://www.struts-atlanta.org), > >>>I take a slightly different approach. > >>>At the top of my index.jsp, I do this: > >>> > >>><logic:present parameter="refresh"> > >>><bean:parameter id="refreshed" name="refresh"/> > >>></logic:present> > >>> > >>><logic:notEqual name="refreshed" value="true"> > >>><logic:redirect page="/index.jsp?refresh=true"/> > >>></logic:notEqual> > >>> > >>> > >>>What this does is refresh the page one time only. This method works > >>> > >>> > >for > > > > > >>>me because I am not posting or processing any forms with this page > >>> > >>> > >which > > > > > >>>would not work correctly if I had. > >>> > >>>Hope that helps. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>Thanks, James. > >> > >>Ignoring for the moment how these workarounds smack of "hack", this > >>doesn't solve the problem of people visiting the site w/o cookies > >>enabled. What I don't understand is why the delimiter ';' is being > >> > >> > >used, > > > > > >>instead of the traditional '?' - which Apache wouldn't have a problem > >>stripping off and serving up the proper file with ... > >> > >> > > > > > >That seems to be a rule in the Servlet specification on URL rewriting > >for passing session info. > > > >http://www.jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/first/jsr053/servlet23_PFD > >.pdf > > > > > >Saul > > > > > > > > > Seems strange that a rule would be set that breaks IETF standards, > doesn't it? Or am I seeing this totally wrong? > > -- > Brice D. Ruth > Sr. IT Analyst > Fiskars Brands, Inc. -- Kris Schneider <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> D.O.Tech <http://www.dotech.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
