Preston L. Bannister wrote:
>
> To partly answer my own question, the following story is interesting:
>
> http://javalab.uoregon.edu/ser/WebOctober.html
>
> Sean Russell's (mis)adventures in choosing a web server :).
Sean's largest complaint is that not all servers support servlet
chaining (filtering), and those that do don't support chaining
the same way. The reason for this is simple: servlet chaining isn't
part of the official API. It's an add-on feature that's entirely
optional.
And you know, servlets aren't meant to be filters, so I don't think
you'll see official support anytime soon. If you want filtering,
you're going to have to do what Sean did: find a web server that
supports chaining how you want and use it.
I'd like to see development of a general server-side Java filter
mechanism. There are some great advantages to chaining, but
shoe-horning servlets into the role where a filter belongs isn't
long-term viable.
-jh-
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