"Bailey, Jeff A" wrote:
> Assuming i have this in a file called test.jsp
>
> <jsp:forward page="somepage.jsp" />
>
> Is there an easy way to update the url so that it shows the true location of
> the file http://blah.net/somepage.jsp instead of http://blah.net/test.jsp ?
>
Forwarding happens on the server side, so the client browser is oblivious to it.
All it knows is that a response was returned for this request. If you really want
to change the displayed location, use a sendRedirect() call instead, and pay the
performance price.
>
> URL rewriting was a possible option but I cant figure out how to make it
> work if i want to move to a different directory level. (ie <jsp:forward
> page="/root/somepage.jsp" /> where the current page is located at
> /root/somedir/someotherdir/test.jsp)
>
None of this is going to help you change what the location bar in the browser
shows, for the reason described above. As used in the servlet specification, "URL
rewriting" is a technique to maintain sessions when cookies are disabled -- it has
nothing to do with forwarding.
I normally do my web applications in a framed environment, or in a customized
window with no location bar, to avoid having to worry about this issue. My goal is
to provide enough GUI controls in the user interface for any navigation the user
wants (just like you have to do in a classical GUI app), without any reason to care
about the displayed location, or about the Previous and Next buttons.
>
> Help :)
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Jeff
>
Craig McClanahan
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