> From: David Goodenough [mailto:david.goodeno...@btconnect.com] > Subject: Re: trouble with url-pattern in a filter-mapping (tomcat 6) > > seems to me not to allow for anything without either a > leading / or a *.
Exactly as required by the spec. Did you read it? > SRV.11.2 Specification of Mappings > In the Web application deployment descriptor, the following syntax is > used to define > mappings: > • A string beginning with a ‘/’ character and ending with a ‘/*’ suffix > is used for path mapping. > • A string beginning with a ‘*.’ prefix is used as an extension mapping. > • A string containing only the ’/’ character indicates the "default" > servlet of the application. In this case the servlet path is the request > URI minus the context path and the path info is null. > • All other strings are used for exact matches only. Note the last bullet means you must have an _exact_ match with the URL, including the leading '/'. > Just changing it to a wildcard fixed it. The only thing I > changed was the <uri-pattern> tag, from "page.htm" to "*.htm". Which means every HTML file you've got will trigger the filter. - Chuck
