not quite. Going to another application is done via
ServletContext.getContext(). This is from the api docs for
getRequestDispatcher:
"The pathname must begin with a "/" and is interpreted as relative to the
current context root. Use getContext to obtain a RequestDispatcher for
resources in foreign contexts. This method returns null if the
ServletContext cannot return a RequestDispatcher"
this is what getContext says:
"This method allows servlets to gain access to the context for various parts
of the server, and as needed obtain RequestDispatcher objects from the
context. The given path must be absolute (beginning with "/") and is
interpreted based on the server's document root. "
strange, though that they would call a path absolute that starts with "/".
Anyway, in case of sendRedirect (and everywhere else unless otherwise
mentioned, as Magnus said) I vote for "context root relative"
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephan Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Orion-Interest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Samstag, 15. Juli 2000 04:00
Subject: Re: sendRedirect in orion and jrun
>Hi,
>
>I think Orion is wrong (if expands / to your relative directory)
>
>http://www.foobar.com/bar/
>
>"/" should expand to http://www.foobar.com
>"" should expand to http://www.foobar.com/bar
>"/bar" should expand to http://www.foobar.com/bar
>
>if you can't expand to other things than "/" -> "/bar", you cannot
>redirect to another application directory on your server.
>
>-stephan
>
>At 11:18 14.07.00 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm struggling with this too. Tomat does what JRun does, interprets
relative
>URLs as arelative to the root rather than the the context. I think Orion's
>implementation makes more sense, but the spec is unclear. It simply says
>that relative URLs must be translated to abosolute URLs, that's all.
>
>If Tomcat is the reference implementation, then by definition it is
"right",
>even if it's wrong. That being said, unless Tomcat changes itself,
shouldn't
>Orion follow suite?.
>
>--
>Duane Fields
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Managing Engineer, Web Development
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: ""Jen Hsien Huang"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Newsgroups: uo.listserv.orion
>Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 10:33 AM
>Subject: RE: sendRedirect in orion and jrun
>
>
> > Of cause, since API says server will resolve relative, so Orion is
right.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-]On Behalf Of
>Christian Sell
> > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 7:43 PM
> > To: Orion-Interest
> > Subject: sendRedirect in orion and jrun
> >
> >
> > from within a servlet, i am making the following call:
> >
> > response.sendRedirect("/");
> >
> > interesting thing: in orion, this takes me back to the context root of
the
> > web application. In JRun 3.0, it takes me to the root of the web server.
>As
> > far as I can see, the API docs say that the server will resolve relative
> > URLs, but which one is right in this case?
> >
> > Christian Sell
> >
>
>
