weird thing happeing in my application

[Senthil Kumar]

i a have servlet like this,
package jstlTest;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import java.io.*;

public class jstlTest1 extends HttpServlet
{
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req,HttpServletResponse res) throws IOException,ServletException
{
System.out.println("Inside Jstl test");

RequestDispatcher dis = req.getRequestDispatcher("jstltest.jsp");
dis.forward(req,res);
}
}

and in my DD
<servlet>
<servlet-name>jstlTest</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>jstlTest.jstlTest1</servlet-class>
</servlet>

<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>jstlTest</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/jstlTest/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<!-- setting init parameters for a jsp -->

so now when i access this servlet via http://localhost:8080/myapp/jstlTest
everything happens normal.
But when i use the url http://localhost:8080/myapp/jstlTest/ things go awry.i mean only 'Inside Jstl test' is printed in console and request is not forwaded to the jsp.it just hangs there.There is filter which will be triggered for any urls.will that be a problem.

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[ October 04, 2006: Message edited by: Senthil Kumar SS ]

[Nicky Eng]

<url-pattern>/jstlTest/*</url-pattern>


might be wrong in this code. but i'm sure. everythign else seem no wrong.

[Senthil Kumar]

can sombody point out where is the mistake

[Dilshan Edirisuriya]

please show your filter mapping part int the DD and filter class coding

[Mohd Fuzail]

I think the problem is with

RequestDispatcher dis = req.getRequestDispatcher("jstltest.jsp");

Please try to use absolute path instead of relative.

As second case jstltest.jsp is not acessible, please check container logs it whould have the corresponding error

[Venkat Perumalla]

Just do with req.getRequestDispatcher("/jstltest.jsp");

[Senthil Kumar]

Gee,
Now it's working guys when i use absolute path(with '/').but why is this?.I mean as long as i dont use request dispatcher in my servlet this doesn't make any difference('/' or without '/.').It works fine.
This happens only when i despatch requests.

[Dilshan Edirisuriya]

I think in "http://localhost:8080/myapp/jstlTest/" it searches for an subdirectory of jstlTest. correct me if I'm wrong