> Open a URLConnection to the real page, read the data > and write it to your > output stream. This can be done in a servlet or a > filter.
Thanks. I have been giving it a try and it is not as much work as I thought it would be. I don't know why I was trying so hard to find a way around but I think that writing a 'proxy' servlet will end up being the quickest way to an end in this case. --- "Cox, Charlie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ope [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 12:38 PM > > To: Tomcat Users List > > Subject: Re: Using Tomcat as a proxy? > > > > > > > > > Why would you want to use a Java Servlet > Container > > > to do proxying? It's like > > > using a Space Shuttle to do door-to-door > delivery. > > > If you need proxying, use > > > Squid or Apache. > > > > The reason I have to do this is to make the best > of a > > rather brain dead product deployment. This is not > a > > long term fix but it is only a temporary fix to > keep > > customers happy for two months until we can change > > everything. I got thrown into the whole mix after > the > > fact. Unfortunately installing Apache or Squid > (my > > first suggestion) on the clients site is not an > > option. > > > > > If you want to have pieces of other sites inside > > > your webapp, the it is a whole > > > new ball game. > > > > Ultimately this is the idea. Basically we need to > use > > our webapp to get a page from another server and > pass > > it back to the user but make it appear that it > came > > from our webapp. It is an ugly thing to do but I > need > > to find a quick fix before I can work on a real > fix. > > If you have any ideas, suggestions or links I > would > > appreciate it. > > Open a URLConnection to the real page, read the data > and write it to your > output stream. This can be done in a servlet or a > filter. > > Charlie __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
