Re: Using RewriteFilter defined in web.xml within application

Beautiful! Thanks Keith, exactly what I needed.

Tim

On 6/19/06, Keith Fetterman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tim,
>
> I am not sure what you asking for here.  But just in case, maybe this
> will be helpful.  You can retrieve the original URI for a request using
> request attributes if you have used the RequestDispatcher's forward or
> include functionality.  Take a look at pages 65 and 66 in the Servlet
> 2.4 specification.  Here is an excerpt from the document for the
> attribute parameters for a forward:
>
>
> SRV.8.4.2 Forwarded Request Parameters
> Except for servlets obtained by using the getNamedDispatcher method, a
> servlet that has been invoked by another servlet using the forward
> method of RequestDispatcher has access to the path of the original
> request. The following request attributes must be set:
>
> javax.servlet.forward.request_uri
> javax.servlet.forward.context_path
> javax.servlet.forward.servlet_path
> javax.servlet.forward.path_info
> javax.servlet.forward.query_string
>
> These attributes are accessible from the included servlet via the
> getAttribute method on the request object and their values must be equal
> to the request URI, context path, servlet path, path info, and query
> string of the included servlet, respectively. If the request is
> subsequently included, these attributes are replaced for that include.
> If the included servlet was obtained by using the getNamedDispatcher
> method, these attributes must not be set.
>
> There are similar parameters for an include (page 65.)
>
>
> Tim Maurer wrote:
> > Silly of me to think even if I do grab the instance of my
> > RewriteFilter it'd be of any use. Nevermind that.
> >
> > Still, though, I'd like to retrieve the browser's original pre-rewrite
> > request URI without having to manually reverse the rewrites.
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > On 6/14/06, Tim Maurer <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >> In my web app I'd like to use request.getRequestURI() to dynamically
> >> construct URIs for various redirection purposes, but I'm
> >> inconvenienced by the fact that my app makes use of a RewriteFilter
> >> and request.getRequestURI() returns the true servlet's URI as opposed
> >> to the pre-rewrite URI used in the request.
> >>
> >> Am I missing an obvious way of making use of the RewriteFilter within
> >> my app? I've looked at com.caucho.server.webapp.Application for any
> >> hints in grabbing the filter from the context, but I'm stumped.
> >>
> >> Here's an example of a workflow in my app where I'd like this to work:
> >>
> >> 1. Unauthenticated user attempts to access a restricted resource
> >> 2. Servlet redirects user to login page, appending original request
> >> URI as a query parameter
> >> 3. User logs in, servlet redirects to originally requested URI via the
> >> query param
> >>
> >> Thanks for any help,
> >> Tim
> >>
>
>
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