Hi This is with reference to my query in the thread: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=tomcat-user&m=104574185420433&w=2
Can somebody here tell me why I cannot use RequestDispatcher to get the resource "/WEB-INF/my.exe"? Thanks ~rf --- Erik Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > rf wrote: > > It is strange that RequestDispatcher considers > only > > jsp and html, why not other extns like jpg/gif or > why > > not just any other resource - is this because of > any > > security concern? > > I don't think it's security, but I looked at the > Servlet spec (page 55) > and couldn't find a specific reason. It looks like > it was originally > intended that a RequestDispatcher should represent > only a servlet, and > that you could forward to that servlet to continue > processing the > request, but there is also the include method of > RequestDispatcher for > when you wish to output /some/ data and then allow > the included resource > to continue processing. > > Perhaps the very fact that HTML files are allowed to > be the target > resources of RequestDispatchers at all was added on > at some later point > for developer convenience. Certainly there is more > [programmatic] > flexibility if you are forwarding to or including a > servlet (or JSP, > which is really a servlet). > > > Erik > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
