Mapping jsp files

[sajan goel]

servlets has an advantage of mapping..we can hide actual servlet path and thus we can force user to follow appropriate forms.

Coming to jsps is it possible to hide the actual path of the jsp file?If no then its a drawback and user may directly access jsp without following appropriate forms??

<servlet>
    <servlet-name>newjsp</servlet-name>
    <jsp-file>/jsp1.jsp</jsp-file>
  </servlet>
 <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>newjsp</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/somethingnew.do</url-pattern> //it didn't worked for me!!
  </servlet-mapping>

[ August 24, 2008: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]

[Bear Bibeault]

In a modern, properly constructed web application, direct access to JSPs is not performed. Rather, page controllers gain control first, perform any data manipulation necessary and then forward to a scriptless JSP page. The JSPs are generally placed under WEB-INF so that they can only be accessed via their page controllers.