Jeremy Boynes wrote:
> Lyndon Samson wrote:
> > The JSP PageContext.forward method takes a relative URI.
> > However I'd like to forward control to an in-memory
> > representation of a JSP rather than a URI backed by a
> > file in the filesystem.
> Isn't that a servlet mapping, where your "in-memory JSP"
> is really a servlet?
The Servlet/JSP container is responsible for loading/unloading as necessary.
As a general rule, the servlet class would be memory resident once invoked.
> > A CMS for example may want load its JSP pages from a
> > DBMS rather than the filesystem.
Orthogonal issue. Not sure where tomcat would have the best hook for that,
since I have not looked, but perhaps a Valve. Craig would probably be the
best person to ask. It is not something in the Servlet Specification.
--- Noel
