url-pattern for Exact Match

[Alec Lee]

HFS p586 says exact matching url-pattern must begin with a slash e.g.
<url-pattern>/Beer/SelectBeer.do</url-pattern>.

But according to servlet spec 11.2, it only says "all other strings are used for exact matches only" which imples with or without beginning slash e.g.
<url-pattern>Beer/SelectBeer.do</url-pattern>

So can I use the one without slash in DD and what would it matches?

[B.Sathish]

I don't think you can use without slash. I remember in my exam, there was a tricky question on this , asking to choose the right url-patterns. There were a few of them without slash. Based on what I read in HFSJ, I did not select them. I got it right as I know I got 100% on deployment and servlets.

[Nicky Eng]

<url-pattern> </url-pattern>

URL must start with " /Beer.do " ...

OR

use wild card " *.do "...