servlet-mapping and url-pattern

[Galpin, Charles]

Hi all

I want to convert an existing servlet to an Action, but I'm having trouble
getting a servlet mapping to work (using weblogic 7.0).

Currently, I can use an URL like /tiles/with/these/parameters

And the servlet mapped to /tiles/* then parses the req.getRequestURI()
output to access the parameters. FYI, this is to get the browser to cache
dynamic image requests - if you can suggest a better way, please do so.

Anyway, I can't get a servlet action mapping to do the same thing. I've
tried a number of things, but it seems I can't do the same thing. The
general ide would be to have

Web.xml:

  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>tiles/*</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>

Struts-config.xml:

  <action path="/tiles" type="com.us.view.web.GetTileAction">            
  </action>

Any ideas?

tia
charles