How do servlet mapping in web.xml that the path information is not lost

[Anoop Krishnan]

In my spring application I am using SiteMesh also.

I have a servlet mapping (web.xml) as given below for my dispatcher servlet

  
	<servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>NgpServlet</servlet-name>
		<url-pattern>/excellink/*</url-pattern> 
	</servlet-mapping>

The site mesh filter is configured as given below

    
	<filter>
		<description>
			This filter works as a response decorator. All configured mappings will be
			decorated with some additional html (header, footer, ...).
		</description>
		<filter-name>sitemesh</filter-name>
		<filter-class>com.financial.ngp.web.filter.NgpPageFilter</filter-class>
	</filter>
	<filter-mapping>
		<filter-name>sitemesh</filter-name>
		<url-pattern>*.view</url-pattern>
		<dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
		<dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
	</filter-mapping>
	<filter-mapping>
		<filter-name>sitemesh</filter-name>
		<url-pattern>*.form</url-pattern>
		<dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
		<dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
	</filter-mapping>

The decorator file for the site mesh contains the following mapping

    
	<decorator name="excellink_screener" page="excelScreenerShell.jsp">
		<pattern>/excellink/screener/*</pattern>
		<pattern>/excellink/screener/*.form</pattern>
		<pattern>/excellink/screener/*.view</pattern>
	</decorator>

The problem is when I use a URL with /excellink/screener/a.view It doesn't reach to the site mesh file which is excelScreenerShell.jsp.
but if I use a URL /screener/a.view it works !!!

That means the servlet mapping for NgpServlet removes the path /excellink

Is there any way to fix this with out touching the servlet mapping or changing the map in the decorator file ?

[Leonardo Carreira]

Hi Anoop..

How about if you configure your Dispatcher Servlet like this :

    
	<servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>NgpServlet</servlet-name>
		<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> 
	</servlet-mapping>

try to remove "excellink"..
please correct me if i'm wrong..

[Anoop Krishnan]

Hi Leonardo ,
Thank you for taking time to look in to my problem.
I know this solution already but this will break another application

I am just looking for a solution in web.xml with out changing the existing mappings

[Bear Bibeault]

Leonardo Carreira wrote:How about if you configure your Dispatcher Servlet like this :

mapping "/*" is never a good idea. That means that all requests, including those to images, CSS files, JavaScript files, JSP files and so one will be routed to the servlet.

[Leonardo Carreira]

Oops sorry..

Thanks Bear for your attention..