forward in a servlet

[Javed Mohammed]

Hi,

I just started a web app with login jsp and a servlet. When the login is successful, user should get a welcome message,
other wise login page should be displayed with error message. This is working fine except for one small glitch.

my login URl is
loclahost:8080/webApp/Login.jsp

when the servlet is forwarding, the url in the address bar is displayed as
http://it-laptop2:8080/webApp/servlet/controlerservlet

insted of
loclahost:8080/webApp/Login.jsp

Is this normal or am I doing something wrong?

I am using Tomcat 6 server and my servlet code looks like this.....

 import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import com.lbc.bean.*;
 
public class ControllerServlet extends HttpServlet {
 

 public void init(ServletConfig config)
  throws ServletException {
 
  super.init(config);
 }
 
 public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
  HttpServletResponse response)
  throws ServletException, IOException {
 
  // If it is a get request forward to doPost()
  doPost(request, response);
 }
 
 public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request,
  HttpServletResponse response)
  throws ServletException, IOException {
 
  String target = "";
  String action = request.getParameter("act");
  if(action.equals("authenticate")) {
Validate v= new Validate();
if (v.validateUser(request, response) == 1)
target = "/welcome.jsp";
else
target = "/Login.jsp";
  }
  // Forward the request to the target named
  ServletContext context = getServletContext();
 
  RequestDispatcher dispatcher =
   context.getRequestDispatcher(target);
  dispatcher.forward(request, response);
 }
 
 public void destroy() {
 }
}
   

[Bear Bibeault]

As this is not Tomcat-specific, it has been moved to the Servlets forum.

[Ben Souther]

A forward doesn't change the URL in the address window at all.
Can you post the page containing the login form?

[Bosun Bello]

As already mantioned, forwarding occurs on the backend and the user is not aware that it happened since teh URL remains the same. i.e in this case controllerServlet.

[Javed Mohammed]

okay, I thnk I got it.

Sicne the foward does not change the URL, it is stying the same on the browse. I guess I was concerned for no reason. As mentioned earlier, the app is working fine

Thank ya'all for the help.