William Yeo wrote:
> Hi all,
> Is there a way to use the RequestDispatch forward(request, response) method
> to another page at another server (i.e. not on the same server and root as
> the servlets)?
No. RequestDispatcher only works within the same webapp.
> I am trying to display a html page to the browser at another
> server. Can anyone answer my question. Cheers!
>
You have two basic choices:
* Use a response.sendRedirect() to redirect the user to the other server
* Use a java.net.URLConnection to read the response of the other server
into your servlet, and copy the response content to your own response.
>
> Regards
> William
>
Craig McClanahan
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