invoking servlet from another servlet

[indra sen]

I want to invoke face servlet from login servlet.
here is the web.xml file
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>LoginServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>login.LoginServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>

I have tried
request.getRequestDispatcher("/Faces Servlet");
and
this.getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher("javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet"));
both are returing null.can anybody help me...
Thanks in advance...

[Raghavan Muthu]

I think the whitespace in "Faces Servlet" might cause this harm. Can you try removing the space (and it should look as that of LoginServlet) and run again?

For the second part, try replacing the "." with "/" but the path should be relative to the context root.

[Bear Bibeault]

Where are the URL mappings for the servlets?

[Rahul Bhattacharjee]

Originally posted by Raghavan Muthu:
I think the whitespace in "Faces Servlet" might cause this harm.

I guess servlet name can contain spaces.Leading and trailing spaces are ignored.

[Amol Nayak]

you cannot use /Faces Servlet.. its the servlet name.

What have you put in servlet-mapping ?

[indra sen]

<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>LoginServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>login.LoginServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>


request.getRequestDispatcher(path);
and
this.getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher(path);
So, path means the <servlet-name> or <servlet-class> from web.xml?

[Amol Nayak]

No,

see there is another <servlet-mapping> tag

<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>XYZ Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/xyzservlet</url-pattern>
<servlet-mapping>

now you use /xyzservlet foe getting the request dispatcher.

Try this and see if it solves your problem.

[Amol Nayak]

Another thing,

The <servlet-name> of <servlet-mapping> should match the
<servlet-name> of <servlet> tag..

[Raghavan Muthu]

Originally posted by Rahul Bhattacharjee:
I guess servlet name can contain spaces.Leading and trailing spaces are ignored.

Thanks for the info Rahul. Let me try it out.

[Bear Bibeault]

I ask again, where are the URL mappings for the servlet? Why are you ignorning my and Amol Nayak's replies?

[indra sen]

Thanks Amol ,it works ....
so it is the servlet mapping in web.xml

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