On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Dalia, Keith A - TOS-DITT1 wrote:
> I want to use the request.getPathInfo() but am not sure how it works with
> tomcat's config. When you alias you servlet you specify a path
>
> ie:
> <servlet>
> <servlet-name>TWAUTHID</servlet-name>
> <servlet-class>twauthid</servlet-class>
> </servlet>
>
> <servlet-mapping>
> <servlet-name>TWAUTHID</servlet-name>
> <url-pattern>/twauthid</url-pattern>
> </servlet-mapping>
>
> so in the twauthid servlet getPathInfo() returns null.
>
> Do I have to do something different with the url-pattern if I want to use
> getPathInfor()?
>
>
> TIA, Keith
>
You will want to use a servlet mapping like this:
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>TWAUTHID</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/twauthid/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
Now, a URL like "/myapp/twauthid/extra/path/info" will return
"/extra/path/info" from the getPathInfo() method.
Craig McClanahan
