Re: forward request to URL outside current context

On Fri, 30 May 2003, Devang Shah wrote:

> I think forward() forwards request to the specified resource on the
> current server only. However you can use
> HttpServletResponse.redirect to redirect response to another
> server. You can also post to another URL from within HTML/JSP page.

Just to clarify, the question stated "outside the current *context*"
[emphasis added], not "outside the current server".  I believe someone
posted an solution using RequestDispatcher -- I'm not 100% sure that
will work, but I think it will.  Certainly easy to try.


> -----Original Message-----
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> C Cartwright
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 1:48 PM
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> Subject: [SERVLET-INTEREST] forward request to URL outside current
> context
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> is there a way that I can use the
> RequestDispatcher.forward(request,response) method to forward a request
> to an URL outside the current context?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -- john
>
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> Geospatial Data Services Group
> CIRES, National Geophysical Data Center/NOAA
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Milt Epstein
Research Programmer
Integration and Software Engineering (ISE)
Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
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