url-pattern

[Ravissant Markenday]

hi evryone, i've been using this line in the dd for quite sometime without knowing its exact purpose, heres a part of the dd ive written:

<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>index</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/run</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

can neone please tell me what exactly the "url-pattern" does internally?

thanks in advance,
Ravissant

[Bear Bibeault]

"neone" is not a word. please use real words when posting.

This declaration will cause the servlet named "index" (presupposed to be defined elsewhere in the deployment descriptor) to be executed whenever a URL with the servlet path "/run" is encountered.

[Ravissant Markenday]

thanks for the post bear and yes i'll be more careful and use "real words" next time on .Thank you once again

regards,
Ravissant