Hi Malcom,
> In the latest spec. (2.2) there seems to be some confusion
> about the mapping between URIs and servlets.
>
> In the section in 5.4 (Request Path Elements) the example
> of pattern /lawn and /garden, for example, would not
> resolve to LawnServlet and GardenServlet, according to
> the servlet mapping rules in section 10.2
>
> Surely the patterns are /lawn/* and /garden/* instead.
Yes you are right. In section 10.2 we state that in the /lawn pattern case that
the container should only look for an exact match. So in Table 2 (5.4) the
breakdown is not correct.
What the example in 5.4 should be, to clarify, is:
Table 1:
Servlet Mapping Pattern: /lawn/*
Servlet: LawnServlet
Table 2:
Request Path: /catalog/lawn/index.html
Context Path: /catalog
Servlet Path: /lawn
PathInfo: /index.html
and, as you say, the same for /garden/*.
Thank you for bringing this up. We have a couple of other errata/clarifications
to make - I hope to post them out later to everyone this week or early next
week.
>
> Also, there is nothing in the specification to say what
> the following methods do:
>
> getMinorVersion()
Returns the minor version of the Servlet API that this servlet container
supports. All implementations that comply with Version 2.2 must have this method
return the integer 2.
> getMajorVersion()
Returns the major version of the Java Servlet API that this servlet container
supports. All implementations that comply with Version 2.2 must have this method
return the integer 2.
> getServerInfo()
Returns the name and version of the servlet container on which the servlet is
running. The form of the returned string is servername/versionnumber. For
example, the JavaServer Web Development Kit may return the string JavaServer Web
Dev Kit/1.0. The servlet container may return other optional information after
the primary string in parentheses, for example, JavaServer Web Dev Kit/1.0 (JDK
1.1.6; Windows NT 4.0 x86).
(from the javadoc: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/2.2/javadoc/index.html)
- Danny
Dr Danny Coward
Web Java, Java Software Group
Sun Microsystems
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
___________________________________________________________________________
To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body
of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST".
Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html
Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html
LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
