What if browser request url matches two Url patterns defined in two differnet <servlet mappings> tag

[Abhineet Kapil]

Hi

In web.xml

<servlet>
  <servlet-name>One<<servlet-name>
  <servlet-class>com.test.Test1<servlet-class>
<servlet>

<servlet>
  <servlet-name>Two<<servlet-name>
  <servlet-class>com.test.Test2<servlet-class>
<servlet>

<servlet-mappings>
  <servlet-name>One<<servlet-name>
  <servlet-class>*.do<servlet-class>
<servlet-mappings>

<servlet-mappings>
  <servlet-name>Two<<servlet-name>
  <servlet-class>*.xyz<servlet-class>
<servlet-mappings>

Now the request that comes from browser is >> Http://localhost:8080/MyConfusedApp/test

In such case please tell which servlet will be invoked as the request matches both the url patterns....

[Deepak Bala]

The URL does not match either pattern

[kamal preet]

I have taken two servlets with the same url pattern :

<servlet> <servlet-name>Test2</servlet-name> <servlet-class>com.test.Test2</servlet-class> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>Test2</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/test1/*</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <servlet> <servlet-name>Test1</servlet-name> <servlet-class>com.test.Test1</servlet-class> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>Test1</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/test1/*</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping>


And I hit below url on the browser :

http://localhost:8080/ServletTest/test1


In such a scenario when the requested url exactly matches 2 or more url patterns, Container traverses through the web.xml and invokes the last matching servlet.


So in the above case servlet Test1 gets invoked..

[Abhineet Kapil]

Thanks KP