I just learned about filters and managed to get one up and running in a few
minutes. Amazing!
I originally had it mapped as:
<filter>
<filter-name>webAuthFilter</filter-name>
<filter-class>edu.asu.vpia.example.WebAuthFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>webAuthFilter</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
It's working a little _too_ well. I'm using Struts, and the filter seems to
be getting hit repeatedly before I finally see the page appear. My guess is
that each 'forward' gets filtered.
I tried to change it to:
<url-pattern>/*.do</url-pattern>
So that my initial "welcome" page won't get filtered, and so hopefully only
the initial /editContact.do hit will get filtered, and only once.
Unfortunately, this isn't working--
URL's like http://abc.def.ghi/dev/processContact.do aren't getting filtered,
and neither are
ones with parameters in the URL:
http://abc.def.ghi/dev/editContact.do?contactKey=4100&action=edit
So I'm guessing I've done the url-pattern wrong, but all the examples I can
find just have /* to filter all requests. I thought I saw a reference to an
example app that uses filters, but I don't see it in the examples that came
with 4.1.12.
Thanks for any hints...
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Wendy Smoak
Applications Systems Analyst, Sr.
Arizona State University PA Information Resources Management
