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Donald Woods resolved GERONIMO-3921.
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Resolution: Fixed
Fix Version/s: 2.2
2.1.1
2.0.x
> getContextRoot() returns forward slash rather than empty string for apps
> deployed to root context
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> Key: GERONIMO-3921
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-3921
> Project: Geronimo
> Issue Type: Bug
> Security Level: public(Regular issues)
> Components: Tomcat
> Affects Versions: 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.x, 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.2
> Reporter: Jay D. McHugh
> Assignee: Jay D. McHugh
> Fix For: 2.0.x, 2.1.1, 2.2
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> An app deployed to the root context should have "" returned by
> getContextRoot() - On Tomcat, we are returning "/".
> dcherk wrote:
> > I am deploying my war file into the root context with the following
> > deployment plan:
> > ----------
> > <web-app xmlns="http://geronimo.apache.org/xml/ns/j2ee/web-2.0";
> > xmlns:dep="http://geronimo.apache.org/xml/ns/deployment-1.2";
> > xmlns:naming="http://geronimo.apache.org/xml/ns/naming-1.2";
> > xmlns:security="http://geronimo.apache.org/xml/ns/security-1.2";>
> > ...
> > <context-root></context-root>
> > ...
> > </web-app>
> > ----------
> >
> > The application starts up properly, and responds on http://localhost, as
> > expected.
> >
> > However, when I examine request.getContextPath(), I get a forward slash:
> > "/".
> >
> > This is incorrect, as far as I can tell. According to the API
> > (http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/api/javax/servlet/http/HttpServletRequest.html#getContextPath()):
> > ----------
> > For servlets in the default (root) context, this method
> > [HttpServletRequest.html.getContextPath()] returns "".
> > ----------
> >
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