Context Root Problem

[Hector Diaz]

Hi,

I have a small app called myapp with a link a other page jsp:

<a href="/myapp/other.jsp">other page</a>

when I deploy this app with jboss locally this work sucessfully

htpp://localhost:8080/myapp/index.jsp

but when this app is in a server (ie: htpp://server/myapp/index.jsp) this link in a jsp doesn´t work, but when i change it for

<a href="/other.jsp">other page</a>

works fine again.
I don't understant what is the reason, but I need that this application to be independent of the server...

[K. Tsang]

Welcome to the Ranch Hector.

The context root in servlet and JSP can be retrieved by

request.getContextPath(); // in your case will show "/myapp" 

Everything after that is relative to this context root. So ideally you shouldn't need to include the "/" in front of other.jsp in order to trigger the link.

When you do testing, the effect on a server or locally should be the same.

[Bear Bibeault]

Because Java code should never be used in a JSP, the proper means to get the context path in a JSP is ${pageContext.request.contextPath}

You could also create URLs in JSPs with the JSTL <c:url> tag, which prepends the context path correctly.

See the JspFaq for more info.

[Hector Diaz]

K. Tsang wrote:Welcome to the Ranch Hector.

The context root in servlet and JSP can be retrieved by

request.getContextPath(); // in your case will show "/myapp" 

Everything after that is relative to this context root. So ideally you shouldn't need to include the "/" in front of other.jsp in order to trigger the link.

When you do testing, the effect on a server or locally should be the same.

Thanks a lot for your reply...