Tomcat: possible to exclude jars during app deployment?
By default, Tomcat prevents webapps from loading several .jars which are part of the Tomcat distribution (eg the servlet and JSP APIs) – … Read more
servlets
Get the POST request body from HttpServletRequest
I am trying to get the whole body from the HttpServletRequest object. The code I am following looks like this: if ( request.getMethod().equals(“POST”) … Read more
How to define servlet filter order of execution using annotations in WAR
If we define webapp specific servlet filters in WAR’s own web.xml, then the order of execution of the filters will be the same … Read more
What does the servlet value signify
I am getting a bit confused here. In our application we are having a few servlets defined. Here is the excerpt from the … Read more
Difference between / and /* in servlet mapping url pattern
The familiar code: <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>main</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>main</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> My understanding is that /* maps to http://host:port/context/*. How about /? It … Read more
How to use a servlet filter in Java to change an incoming servlet request url?
How can I use a servlet filter to change an incoming servlet request url from http://nm-java.appspot.com/Check_License/Dir_My_App/Dir_ABC/My_Obj_123 to http://nm-java.appspot.com/Check_License?Contact_Id=My_Obj_123 ? Update: according to BalusC’s … Read more
What is WEB-INF used for in a Java EE web application?
I’m working on a Java EE web application with the following source code directory structure: src/main/java <– multiple packages containing Java classes src/test/java … Read more
Java / Jakarta EE web development, where do I start and what skills do I need? [closed]
As it currently stands, this question is not a good fit for our Q&A format. We expect answers to be supported by facts, … Read more
Where to place and how to read configuration resource files in servlet based application?
In my web application I have to send email to set of predefined users like [email protected], so I wish to add that to … Read more
Maven dependency for Servlet 3.0 API?
How can I tell Maven 2 to load the Servlet 3.0 API? I tried: <dependency> <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId> <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId> <version>3.0</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> I use http://repository.jboss.com/maven2/ … Read more
