How can I get to the root of the application.

[Tom Kowalski]

I have got problem, and I really need your help ^^.

Let's assume that the user is at this page:
http://localhost:8080/WebIndex/test/student/log.jsp

Now I would like to redirect him to the
http://localhost:8080/WebIndex/index.jsp

how can I do it?

I don't want to write something like this:

response.sendRedirect("http://localhost:8080/WebIndex/index.jsp");

becouse this address is temporary of course. I was trying with RequestDispatcher:

getRequestDispatcher("/index.jsp");

but it is opening this page:
http://localhost:8080/WebIndex/test/student/index.jsp

[Pawel Nowacki]

I guess you could use request.getContextPath() to build a path to the given resource:

 
 request.getContextPath()+"/index.jsp"

  

Not sure, if its the best solution, though.

[Tom Kowalski]

// ok

[Omer Haderi]

the following code:

response.sendRedirect("/index.jsp");

should get you to the root of the server: http://localhost:8080/index.jsp

HF page 136, relative paths:
if the path starts with the forward slash / then the container builds the complete URL relative to the web container itself
if you do NOT provide the forward slash / then the container builds the URL relative to the original request URL

the spec does not say anything about the forward slash!!!

maybe you do not use the forward slash

enjoy!

[Bear Bibeault]

Omer Haderi wrote:maybe you do not use the forward slash

Yes. He does. In fact, the answer prefixing the context path is the correct answer.