Dummy servlet should do it (as mentioned by WES), I know this in case of WAS where you are going to create plugin-xml file for your HTTP server. Without a dummy servlet mapped to *.action or *.do, Http server would fail to route any request that is mapped to *.action or *.do in the filter.
--- On Thu, 10/8/09, Wes Wannemacher <w...@wantii.com> wrote: > From: Wes Wannemacher <w...@wantii.com> > Subject: Re: Servlet filter as front controller > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <user@struts.apache.org> > Received: Thursday, October 8, 2009, 1:15 PM > I was thinking about this issue > recently and wondered if simply > mapping a do-nothing servlet to * would workaround this... > I thought > about trying it, but I only have tomcat and jetty handy for > testing, > and this doesn't seem to be an issue on either one. > Although, a > do-nothing servlet would probably solve the other problem > of mapping > welcome-files to index.action. > > -Wes > > On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Struts Two <struts...@yahoo.ca> > wrote: > > I have mentioned this before in another thread that > Struts2 is breaking Servlet specification 2.4 in this > regard, but have heard no comment on it which means two > things either I have a point or I am way off. > > > > In Servlet specification 2.4 filters are not supposed > to be accessed directly as a resource. And anything other > than a jsp page need to have a Servlet mapping in order to > make it accessible (as per specification). > > > > Struts 1 had ActionServlet to which *.action or *.do > mapping was done. This sort of deviation from sped is > causing some folks issues when it comes to using some > appservers that follow the spec and you have to resort to > all sort of hacks to get around it. > > > > --- On Wed, 10/7/09, Arthur Neves <arthu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> From: Arthur Neves <arthu...@gmail.com> > >> Subject: Re: Servlet filter as front controller > >> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <user@struts.apache.org> > >> Received: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 11:57 PM > >> With the filter struts2 can intercept > >> all request. > >> > >> I think it's more difficult to do thinks like, > the > >> namespace struct with a > >> servlet,i dont have sure though. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Unmesh joshi > <unmesh_jo...@hotmail.com>wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > Hi,Struts2 uses servlet filter > >> > > >> > org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.filter.StrutsExecuteFilter > >> as front > >> > controller, rather than having a servlet act > as front > >> controller. Is there > >> > any specific advantage of using servlet > filter over > >> servlet (as in struts > >> > 1.1)? > >> > Thanks,Unmesh > >> > > >> > > >> > _________________________________________________________________ > >> > Great events make grand headlines – read > them all on > >> MSN India > >> > http://in.msn.com > >> > > >> > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > > Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real > people. Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at > http://ca.answers.yahoo.com > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > > > > > > > > -- > Wes Wannemacher > > Head Engineer, WanTii, Inc. > Need Training? Struts, Spring, Maven, Tomcat... > Ask me for a quote! > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > > __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org
