any java code for - window.location.href

Hi All,

I have a scenario, where I currently on the page (say: www.abc.com/forummodules/2010/abc/index.html) and then I click a url (say: www.abc.com/forummodules/2010/report.html?param1=xyz) and if the user is not logged in then he/she is redirected to login page (say: www.abc.com/forummodules/login) before being directed to actual url.

Now the in address bar it shows url: www.abc.com/forummodules/2010/report.html?param1=xyz but I am on login page actually.

I want that address in the url i.e www.abc.com/forummodules/2010/report.html?param1=xyz
when I do request.getRequestedURL() I get www.abc.com/forummodules/login?param1=xyz

doing javascript i can get that required address (using: window.location.href) but is there any way in java to achieve this

Thanks in advance

- dp

You could have the page you don't want do a redirect to the page you do.

Does request.getRequestURI() give you more accurate information? Strait from the javadoc, "The web container does not decode this String."

Hi Pete,
This doesn't works.. It gives same Login page url.

Hi Jeanne,
Can you please describe it in more detail..

Thanks
- dp

dp sharma wrote:Hi Jeanne,
Can you please describe it in more detail..

And without a typo that confuses matters ?

Sure.

In MVC, you normally forward to a JSP. A servlet also lets you redirect to another URL. I was thinking you could forward from the URL you don't want to the one you do. Although now that I think about it more, I don't remember if a redirect actually changes the URL in the browser. I know if you press F5 (refresh), it submits to the second URL. I just don't recall what shows in the address bar.

A redirect will cause the browser's address bar to change.

Bear Bibeault wrote:A redirect will cause the browser's address bar to change.

Thank you. Turns out I pay much more attention to the behavior than the URL. It's good to know.