Frank, You got it. The filter configuration, in the web.xml file, was intercepting ALL requests (<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>). I really thought that the filter would intercept only requests for Servlets, not all HTTP requests...
Thanks ! This problem was really pissing me off... :) Regards Roberto On 4/28/05, Frank W. Zammetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Question: are the requests for images and CSS files also going through the > filter? I'm wondering if those requests are getting forarded to the logon > page too, which obviously wouldn't work. > > -- > Frank W. Zammetti > Founder and Chief Software Architect > Omnytex Technologies > http://www.omnytex.com > > On Thu, April 28, 2005 1:25 pm, Roberto said: > > Hi, > > > > I have a small java application, in which a servlet processes the > request > > and then > > calls a JSP to present the data. Everything is OK with that > configuration. > > Then, I decided > > to create a servlet filter, to redirect every request to that > application, > > to a login page first. > > > > The code of that filter is the following: > > > > ****************************** > > public final class ApplicationFilter implements Filter { > > private FilterConfig _fc = null; > > > > public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) > > throws ServletException { > > this._fc = filterConfig; > > } > > > > public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, > > ServletResponse response, > > FilterChain chain) > > throws IOException, > > ServletException { > > > > try { > > RequestDispatcher rd = > > _fc.getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher("/login"); > > rd.forward(request, response); > > } catch (Exception e) { > > System.out.println("Exception: " + e.getMessage()); > > e.printStackTrace(); > > } > > } > > > > -- (the rest was intentionally omitted) -- > > ******************************************* > > > > > > The redirection works great, BUT all images and CSS referenced in the > JSP > > file are not > > loaded after the request passes through the filter. The application runs > > perfectly, and takes > > the user to the login screen, and after that, to the application. The > > application does some > > database queries and returns the data correctly. BUT, everything without > > images or the > > styles defined in the CSS file. > > > > Just to make a test, I put the CSS file contents directly inside the JSP > > file, and it > > worked great. In this case, images were not loaded also... > > > > The process flows like this: > > > > Request --> Filter --> login (a servlet) --> login.jsp --> queryDB (a > > servlet) --> queryDB.jsp > > > > When I disable the filter, in the web.xml file, everything works as > would > > be > > expected. > > > > The configuration in web.xml is OK: all servlets are set, as is the > filter > > itself. > > > > I'm using Tomcat 5.0.28 on a Gentoo Linux system, with POSIX threads and > > kernel > > 2.6.9. The hardware is a P IV HT 3.2 Ghz. > > > > I also checked the archives of this list, but was unable to find any > > reference to a problem > > like this one. Does anyone know what is happening ? > > > > Regards, > > Roberto > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
