Hello all, Suppose I'm running slashdot.org except coded with Java instead of Perl. I want the main page served by a servlet named index but without any redirects. So when the user types
http://slashdot.org/ into their browser and goes there they won't be redirected to http://slashdot.org/index. The real slashdot.org doesn't automatically redirect you to index.pl. You just see http://slashdot.org/ in your location bar. So, I tried to set this up with Tomcat and have only found a partial-solution that isn't completely satisfactory. My application's web.xml contains <!-- ... --> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>index</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>article</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/article</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <!-- ... --> Then, I edited the site-wide web.xml in conf/ so that the default servlet is no longer mapped to "/" but instead to the various types my site uses like: <!-- ... --> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>default</servlet-name> <url-pattern>*.gif</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>default</servlet-name> <url-pattern>*.css</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <!-- ... --> If I don't do that then my images and css will no longer load. I thought just simply making the change I made to my application's web.xml would be sufficient, but apparently the meaning of servlet-mapping to "/" isn't the intuitive thing of just mapping requests for "/" to index and nothing else; it maps all other request URIs not given servlet-mappings in those 2 web.xml files to the index servlet instead of to the default servlet. That's what servlet-mapping to something broader like "/*" or "/**/*" or something should do; mapping to just "/" shouldn't give the effect it does. So if I do http://localhost:8080/foo then I'll get the index servlet unless foo=article or blah.gif, etc. I'd rather get a NOT FOUND message for random URIs. I suppose editing org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet is a possibilty, but there HAS to be a better approach! For example, can I set up a default servlet that checks if the request is for "/" and if it is then pass the request and response to the doGet (or doPost, as the case may be) index servlet method? (And if it's not for "/" then pass the request and response to the usual DefaultServlet method.) This is frustrating! Any and all replies really appreciated. Thanks a bunch! A.Z. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
