> I am implementing the Java Servlet Form based login mechanism
> in my web
> application, and had a question. Is it possible for me to have a
> "default location" that a user goes to when they login? In many
> instances, a user will go directly to the login JSP, rather than
> requesting a web resource first (which then causes Tomcat to
> display the
> login page, and then redirect back to the resource after
> authentication). If they haven't requested a resource, I'd like the
> login to take them to their "home" (different roles have
> different homes
> in my application). The only way I see right now is to check
> and see if
> session.getAttribute( "tomcat.auth.originalLocation" ) is
> null, but that
> seems rather naughty... is this the only way of doing it. I have
> written my own Realm object (that extends BaseInterceptor) for
> authentication/authorization purposes. Could something be done in
> there?
One solution to to check the referring document and see if it's a valid
one otherwise go to default for user determined from database.
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