https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=46131

           Summary: for a root context getContextPath returns "/" after a
                    forward
           Product: Tomcat 6
           Version: 6.0.18
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Servlet & JSP API
        AssignedTo: dev@tomcat.apache.org
        ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


Javadoc for HttpServletRequest#getContextPath() says:
For servlets in the default (root) context, this method returns ""

As long as i do no forward Tomcat does it right.
However, when forwarding via a Filter to another resource the result of
getContextPath() changes from "" to "/".

Small demo code:

public class TestFilter implements Filter {
 public void doFilter(ServletRequest req, ServletResponse resp, FilterChain
chain) {
  String path = ((HttpServletRequest)req).getContextPath();
  System.out.println("Filter context path:" + path);
  //prints ""

  RequestDispatcher disp = req.getRequestDispatcher("/testservlet");
  disp.forward(request, response);
  }
  ...
}

public class TestServlet extends HttpServlet {
 public void service(ServletRequest req, ServletResponse res) {
  String path = ((HttpServletRequest)req).getContextPath();
  System.out.println("Servlet context path:" + path);
  //prints "" but when coming from filter prints "/"
 }
}

Small issue but i've had big problems when using JSF (myfaces) and
UrlRewriteFilter for a root context application.
As long as no rewriterule matches, JSF generates URLs like "/path/to/file.jsf"
which the browser interprets as "http://www.myhost.com/path/to/file.jsf";.
But when a rewriterule matches (and a  forward is processed)
JSF generates URLs like "//path/to/file.jsf" which the browser interprets as
"http://path/to/file.jsf";

My workaround:
A HttpServletRequestWrapper which overrides getContextPath()
public String getContextPath() {
 return "/".equals(super.getContextPath()) ? "" : super.getContextPath();
}


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