servlets

How to use a servlet filter in Java to change an incoming servlet request url?

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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 steps below, I came up with the following code: public class UrlRewriteFilter implements Filter { @Override public void init(FilterConfig config) throws ServletException { // } @Override public void doFilter(ServletRequest req, ServletResponse res, … Read more

What is WEB-INF used for in a Java EE web application?

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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 <– multiple packages containing JUnit tests src/main/resources <– includes properties files for textual messages src/main/webapp/resources <– includes CSS, images and all Javascript files src/main/webapp/WEB-INF src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/tags src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/views The folder I’m interested in is … Read more

Java / Jakarta EE web development, where do I start and what skills do I need? [closed]

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Where to place and how to read configuration resource files in servlet based application?

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In my web application I have to send email to set of predefined users like [email protected], so I wish to add that to a .properties file and access it when required. Is this a correct procedure, if so then where should I place this file? I am using Netbeans IDE which is having two separate … Read more

Maven dependency for Servlet 3.0 API?

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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/ but what repository would be correct? Addendum: It works with a dependency for the entire Java EE 6 API and the following settings: <repository> <id>java.net</id> <url>http://download.java.net/maven/2</url> </repository> <dependency> <groupId>javax</groupId> <artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId> <version>6.0</version> <scope>provided</scope> … Read more