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Bill,

Bill Barker wrote:
> "Christopher Schultz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 
>>       <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
>>       <url-pattern>/mymodule/sexy*</url-pattern>
>>       <url-pattern>/mymodule/sexy</url-pattern>
>> 
>> That is, map both "/sexy*" and "/sexy" to the servlet.
> 
> 
> Nope, "/sexy*" is an exact-match pattern to a URL that is literally 
> "/myapp/sexy*".  The servlet-spec doesn't implement arbitrary regex 
> patterns, only the ones specified.  In this case you need to have the 
> url-pattern to be /sexy/* to get a prefix match.  And, yes, this will match 
> to a URL of "/myapp/sexy" (with an empty pathInfo).

I'm pretty sure that the trailing "/" is required in the pattern
"/sexy/*", so it would match "/sexy/" but not "/sexy". I don't think
that / counts as part of a wildcard expression.

- -chris

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