It's a bit clearer, I've found some help for filters with Tomcat. As far as I understand, I'll write a filter class, and add that to the web.xml
But should I apply it in Tomcats web.xml here: $TOMCAT_ROOT$/conf/web.xml or Axis web.xml here: $TOMCAT_ROOT$/webapps/axis/WEB-INF/web.xml Anne Thomas Manes wrote: > > "Filter" generally refers to a Servlet filter. It gets invoked before > the HTTP request is passed to Axis. "Handler" refers to either an Axis > handler or a JAX-RPC handler. > > Anne > > On 8/17/06, jansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> Short question. >> Using a filter to filter out a certain request, is that the same as using >> a >> custom handler? >> Are Filters and Handlers the same thing?? >> Or what is a filter?? Where/How do I define a filter? >> >> I've found pretty much help on using Handlers, but very little about >> filters. >> >> I need to catch a HTTP post without an envelope (empty HTTP body, HTTP >> header Content-Length: 0) before axis throws the "SAXParseException: >> Premature end of file" back to the client. >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Handler-vs.-Filter-tf2119971.html#a5846757 >> Sent from the Axis - User forum at Nabble.com. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Handler-vs.-Filter-tf2119971.html#a5852049 Sent from the Axis - User forum at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
