I was under the impression that to change the default servlet mapping, you
change the 'prefix' setting of org.apache.tomcat.request.InvokerInterceptor
in your server.xml file. I haven't needed to do it, though, so I don't know
if this is correct.
Give it a try.
Thanks,
--jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Raffle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Tomcat User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 12:02 AM
Subject: Mapping with InvokerServlet in Tomcat 3.2.1
> I've spent quite a few hours trying to migrate an existing Jserv 1.0
> servlet configuration to Tomcat 3.2.1, and I only have one question...
>
> Where is org.apache.tomcat.servlets.InvokerServlet ??
>
> According to the cvs, it was dropped a year ago, and yet in all the
> places that I've seen where it shows you how to change the servlet
> mapping (eg. from /servlet/* to /jbin/* in my case), it says to do
> this...
>
> <servlet>
> <servlet-name>
> invoker
> </servlet-name>
> <servlet-class>
> org.apache.tomcat.servlets.InvokerServlet
> </servlet-class>
> </servlet>
>
> <servlet-mapping>
> <servlet-name>
> invoker
> </servlet-name>
> <url-pattern>
> /jbin/*
> </url-pattern>
> </servlet-mapping>
>
> For me, this doesn't work. I can do something specific, such as:
>
> <servlet>
> <servlet-name>
> /jbin/xyz
> </servlet-name>
> <servlet-class>
> xyz
> </servlet-class>
> </servlet>
>
> That works. But the generic doesn't. I can't find InvokerServlet
> anywhere in the source or binaries, nor can I find any mention of the
> ...servlets package it's in. So it's either accidentally missing, or
> only the name is there for backwards compatibility, or the remapping
> mechanism is fundamentally broken. Or I've missed something!
>
> And yes, I have the directory structure right.
>
> I'm not looking for specific advice, unless it differs from the above.
> But it would be nice if someone who is 'in the know' would explain (a)
> where the InvokerServlet has gone, and (b) how the example above (almost
> verbatim from the FAQ) is ever supposed to work!
>
> Cheers!
>
> Andy.
>
