Actually, its a bit more complicated, so I don't think Jay's solution (quoted below) will work.
I am using a security constraint with form based authentication. This means that I have to request a servlet that is in a constrained area. The container forwards the request to a login page outside of the constrained area. Once the login is processed, it goes back to the originally requested page. So, I have to actually have the query string passed in during the initial login. That is what I am trying to replace with an alias. Paul Phillips --On Sunday, April 7, 2002 12:09 PM -0600 Jay Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Did you try > > <servlet> > <servlet-name>controller</servlet-name> > <servlet-class>controller</servlet-class> > <!--This servlet-class needs to be the actual name of the servlet. If > name is com.mycompany.myproject.Controller, then that is what needs to > appear here.--> > </servlet> > <servlet-mapping> > <servlet-name>controller</servlet-name> > <url-pattern>/login</url-pattern> > </servlet-mapping> > > Don't worry about the query string being passed in to the servlet. That > will be passed by the container from the jsp to the servlet. > > Hope this helps! > > --Jay Gardner > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Phillips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 10:49 AM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: alias > > I need some generic advice... probably really easy. > > I have written an application with a controller servlet. The controller > servlet is event driven - every form submit button on one of the jsp pages > maps to > "controller?event=DOWHATEVER". After the controller does its thing, it > sends the puts the results in a session, and transfers control back to a > jsp page for display. My first attempt at MVC. > > My initial page is generated when the user types > > URL/whatever/controller?event=WELCOME > > Now I would like to make an alias that is like: > > "URL/whatever/login" which will map to > "URL/whatever/controller?event=WELCOME". > > What is the best way to do that? > > Not being much of an expert at the web.xml file, I tried the following > within web.xml: > > <servlet-mapping> > <servlet-name>controller</servlet-name> > <url-pattern>/controller</url-pattern> > </servlet-mapping> > > <servlet-mapping> > <servlet-name>controller?event=WELCOME</servlet-name> > <url-pattern>/login</url-pattern> > </servlet-mapping> > > That, most assuredly, did not work. > > How should I go about doing this? > > I guess I could change the code of my servlet so that if there is no event > definition provided, it goes to the welcome page... But it seems that > there should be some way to setup an alias like this. > > Thanks > Paul Phillips > > -- > To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___________________________________________________ Paul Phillips Director of Orchestral Activities, Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University "You must sing every note you play, sing even through the rests!" Arturo Toscanini -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
