Request Dispatcher

why we use RequesDisptcher getNamedDispatcher(String name)

can anyone give the full description of getNamedDispatcher(String name)

Have you tried the API?

http://java.sun.com/j2ee/sdk_1.2.1/techdocs/api/javax/servlet/ServletContext.html

I googled out this; think it answers your question.

http://java.boot.by/wcd-guide/ch03s05.html

hi

RequestDispatcher rd1=servletContext.getrequestDispatcher("/servleturlpattern");

Here you are passing the url pattern of the servlet.

RequestDispatcher rd1=Request.getNamedDispatcher("servletname");

getNamedDispatcher is the method as part of the Request interface.For this method you are passing the servlet name(this name you are providing as part of the web.xml(<servlet><servletname>servletname</servlet-name></servlet>

Hi friends

What I want to know is as follows

1.getNamedDispatcher(String name)

where name is the name of the servlet given in deployment descriptor under <servlet-name> element
and in deployment descriptor under <servlet-class> element we are given the name of the class of the servlet

2.getRequestDispatcher(String path)

where path is the location of the resources(Servlet,jsp,html etc) which we want to dispatch in our current servlet

SO WHAT I WANT TO ASK IS :

IF THE CASE IS THE ABOVE THEN WHY WE HAD THE NEED OF
getNamedDispatcher(String name),because the
getRequestDispatcher(String path)solves our purpose

Thanks

Amit,

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with getRequestDispatcher(String) method, you can pass the control to any resource be it static or dynamic.And more over the path has to start with "/" as it is taken with refernce to the root context.

but in case of getNamedDispatcher(String), you can pass only to dynamic resource.

regards
Naresh Waswani

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