Thanks for the explanation Chris.
Seema > Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 14:34:05 -0400 > From: ch...@christopherschultz.net > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > Subject: Re: HttpServletRequest Tomcat 5.5.29 to 7.0.52 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Seems, > > On 3/20/14, 1:52 PM, Seema Patel wrote: > > > > > >> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 21:12:09 +0400 Subject: Re: > >> HttpServletRequest Tomcat 5.5.29 to 7.0.52 From: > >> knst.koli...@gmail.com To: users@tomcat.apache.org > >> > >> 2014-03-20 20:55 GMT+04:00 Seema Patel <seema...@hotmail.com>: > >>> I think I have fixed the error I had. I have downgraded to > >>> Java 6 update 45, to see if it worked on there, but it didn't. > >>> I stayed with Java 6 to try and resolve the issue. Basically > >>> in my WEB-INF/web.xml file I have the following: > >>> > >>> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>Auth Filter</filter-name> > >>> <url-pattern>*.jsp</url-pattern> > >>> <url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern> > >>> <dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher> </filter-mapping> > >>> > >>> All requests go to the doFilter() function. In Java 5.5.29 it > >>> wasn't sending .jsp requests to the the doFilter, even though > >>> the above is in the web.xml file. In Java 6 and above, it sends > >>> the .jsp file to be processed as well. So if I comment out or > >>> take out the <url-pattern>*.jsp</url-pattern> line, my code > >>> works. > >>> > >>> I don't know what's changed in the Java 6 code for this to not > >>> work. Does anyone know why this is so I have an understanding > >>> of it? > >>> > >>> Thanks again to all that have helped with this, I know I threw > >>> out multiple questions, just didn't want to leave anything out > >>> :) > >>> > >> > >> I guess s/Java/Tomcat/ in several places above. > >> > >> Support for multiple <url-pattern>s did not exist in old versions > >> of Servlet Specification, so only one of the patterns would > >> work. > >> > >> Support for <dispatcher> also did not exist in old versions, but > >> "REQUEST" is the default value here, so there is no difference. > >> > > > > If <dispatcher> didn't exist and support for multiple > > <url-pattern>s did not exist in older versions, then I don't know > > why the previous developers used it (I know this is nothing to do > > with you all). > > > > > >> You can validate your web.xml file against DTD or schema it uses > >> in any decent XML editor. > >> > > > > My knowledge of all this isn't very good, could you please tell me > > what you mean by DTD or schema and could you give me an example of > > some XML editors I could use? Thanks > > XML uses DTDs or Schemas for semantic validation. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document_type_definition > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML_Schema_%28W3C%29 > > Your XML files should either have a <!DOCTYPE> at the top indicating > which DTD to use for validation or an xmlns[:namespace] definition at > the top to use for Schema validation. > > Example of DTD: > <!DOCTYPE mbeans-descriptors PUBLIC > "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Model MBeans Configuration File" > "http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/dtds/mbeans-descriptors.dtd";> > > (Note that the SYSTEM id above -- the URL -- actually does not point > to a valid DTD, so it may not work. Tomcat's mbeans-descriptors.xml > files do not actually declare any DTD, but this is the DTD to which > those files are expected to adhere.) > > Example of Schema: > <web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"; > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee > http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"; > version="2.5" > metadata-complete="true"> > > Many XML editors will already know how to validate as long as the > definitions are in the files. Eclipse already does this, but sometimes > it's just stupid and tells you there is no DTD/Schema even though > there clearly is one. > > - -chris > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1 > Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJTKzSdAAoJEBzwKT+lPKRYjVEP/3/sP9tCM/pL+7H7Ani8GKdk > bYGCMbO08+VBVHr8eoU8dc33ScQ7jwqw86fGmvTjzJEtsZQyHtL1jkouTxiSMd9U > Qsv/sZcnR/JlY9rixo4wO05Oh/pqX6QQ3QSlaKTvKYELS0dN2RFTRcHYfWB99tll > wdHE5mgytreUG8wpURGjCroftQLvrw+NxlD1GqAL6x+tt9kScEe1skWO2E95QKjG > 5VtabDQJusfPzjCA0vj4bRILJdFPf5q9hEpBumvqXoMC2pJbYXdLWCtTB8JbVRtn > FKex92ygdZhnIhzVgjAFNNbc/QacXgwdT33FmhpLBeMm9ZVOhQWehLtRBu/Ugdni > 6af60lU6ScGJ7cDZZS1uVvGdXsnlg3up9Fy9GXokHlI91GoBE5sar7BzdsA+OMzb > At+evpXwuhbyiyDbumoqdLZFb7xIXur4diw04UeSIaFNJVUdtkF2VoOrNW0+8W/V > vEzj0b2V5CPJTPgg3AIuuF//2r0FLdRSZMUVaF0/idneyujtH4o3Uc5jBWcVZqCU > 2eDNuDVUdTXwUlwOmL6jgF4C8dC9REJ5Lw5A9scwiaFaXt+c70UCKIXfI0LCdBsT > k19KaBjbyRJyb5u9qE2bQQBQETvz4iCTJ/lUj3GDVtnsjeoeQxzJx0AtzAgSyVL5 > U+Gxnbt3JejhsCmkGfib > =tcq7 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org >
