servlet mapping naming

[John Schretz]

I would like my url pattern to show up in the address bar as a .jsp extension. Is it bad to define the url patten as i have below ConfirmOrder.jsp
Everything works fine, i just wasnt sure if there are any adverse effects. Or is there a better way to accomplish what i am trying to do?

Thanks
John

  <servlet>
    <servlet-name>ConfirmOrderServlet</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>cart.ConfirmOrderServlet</servlet-class>
  </servlet>
  
  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>ConfirmOrderServlet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/ConfirmOrder.jsp</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>

[Bear Bibeault]

Why?

[John Schretz]

lol

why not?

it just seems that most of the jsp sites i go to have extensions on all of their url's

[Bear Bibeault]

That's because they are using an old-fashioned Model 1 app structure as opposed to a best-practice Model 2/MVC architecture. It's not something to be proud of.

[John Schretz]

got it.

btw i read your Scriptless JSP Pages article. Probably one of the most informative things i read on the internet. It cleard up alot of things in my learning of jsp/servlets, and definatly made my application better.

Thanks,
John

[Bear Bibeault]

Very cool. Thanks for the feedback!