Hi Igor,
Thanks for the clarification. I look forward to version 2. :)
Kind regards,
/james
Igor Vaynberg wrote:
> to better explain
>
> usually static resources are handled by the application server. the
> server knows it is serving a file and thus sets the last modified date
> of the resource to the last modified date of a file.
>
> so lets say you have
>
> /myapp/images/foo.gif
>
> and you map your wicket servlet to /*
>
> what happens is that when a request comes in for /myapp/images/foo.gif
> it will match the wicket servlet - so now it is wicket servlet's job to
> serve this file to the browser. now we are nice enough to provide
> support for this - but obviously we cannot do as good a job as the
> application server which has a lot more context.
>
> so we recommend mapping the servlet to something like /app/* so that
> foo.gif will be processed by the application server and only
> wicket-specific requests are processed by the servlet.
>
> in 2.0 what we did was instead of using a servlet use a filter
>
> the advantage of a filter is that unlike a servlet it can choose not to
> process the request and let whatever is next in chain try. so when using
> a wicket filter and a request comes in for foo.gif the filter chooses
> not to process it because it knows it is not a wicket-related request.
> since the filter didnt process it it falls on to the application server
> to try, and then it works.
>
> someone mind putting this on the wiki?
>
> -igor
>
>
>
>
> On 11/16/06, *Johan Compagner* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
> when using wicket 1.x and the WicketServlet (maybe we backport the
> filter to 1.3 i don't know yet)
> Don't have an servlet mapping of /*
> Because then the wicket servlet must do everything also as you
> notice the static resources
> Those resources should be handled by the right (default?) servlet of
> your app server.
> But with a servlet it is all or nothing. In 2.0 we fixed this then
> we also supply a filter
> so that we can pass it through to the next filter/servlet when we
> (the filter) doesn't want this request.
>
> so servlet mapping of /* is strongly not recommended!!
>
> johan
>
>
>
> On 11/16/06, * James Carnegie* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
> Hi Dipu,
>
> I don't know the answer to your problem, but I am experiencing
> it too
> and would be very interested in learning about any solutions you
> find.
>
> Customers need to be able to specify what URL's look like, so
> the Wicket
> framework should _not_ dictate this.
>
> Can someone explain why we cannot use the
> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
> and have static resources loaded properly (with correct headers
> etc)?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> /james
>
> Dipu wrote:
> > Hi Jean,
> >
> > Thanks for replying ,
> >
> > Context path is something like /myapp
> >
> > I don't understand why it doesnt add the last modified header
> to static
> > resources when the <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
> >
> > Regards
> > Dipu
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jean-Baptiste Quenot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
> > To: < wicket-user@lists.sourceforge.net
> <mailto:wicket-user@lists.sourceforge.net>>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 3:40 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Wicket-user] servlet-mapping
> >
> >
> > > What is the context path of your webapp within the servlet
> > > container?
> > >
> > > Have you seen this issue:
> > > http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-66
> <http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-66>
> > >
> > > All the best,
> > > --
> > > Jean-Baptiste Quenot
> > > aka John Banana Qwerty
> > > http://caraldi.com/jbq/
> > >
> > >
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