Hi, That's not a bad initial design. A better alternative would be to have an Authentication filter (mapped to /*), a monitor filter (mapped to /*), and your servlet mapped to /ServletMappedName. That'll make things a lot simpler, decoupled, robust, etc.
Yoav Shapira Millennium ChemInformatics >-----Original Message----- >From: Anderson, M. Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 10:10 AM >To: 'Tomcat Users List' >Subject: RE: <welcome-file-list> > >ok...essentially I have a url of the form >www.whatever.org/MyServlet/ServletMappedName where the servlet is titled >MyServlet and is mapped to "ServletMappedName" in the web.xml file so that >I >can avoid the servlet/package.MyServlet portion of the url. I'd prefer to >just call www.whatever.org/MyServlet and have it invoke the servlet that >gets invoked when /ServletMappedName is added to it. > >A little background on the site... > >"MyServlet" is essentially a "filter" which handles all page requests for >the site. This configuration allows me to monitor and authenticate all >page >requests. When "MyServlet" starts up it sends the user a Login.jsp page >which sends authentication parameters back to "MyServlet" and >allows/disallows the user access. Every page on the entire site runs >through the "MyServlet" filter. I don't know if this was the best setup >but >it was my first servlet/jsp site and it seemed logical. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Andoni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 9:45 AM >To: Tomcat Users List >Subject: Re: <welcome-file-list> > > >Yes, it is, in as much as any .jsp file IS a servlet. > >Why don't you describe more about what you want to achieve. > >For example what URL do you want your users to type in and what do you want >served first? > >Andoni. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Anderson, M. Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "'Tomcat Users List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 2:35 PM >Subject: <welcome-file-list> > > >> Is it possible to have a servlet be the <welcome-file> parameter in a >> welcome-file-list? If so, how do I invoke the servlet? >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> For additional commands, e-mail: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user- >[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user- >[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
