Frank,
> > Martin, I can't get a HttpServletRequest from Filter.init.
> > I can get a ServletContext... but I can also get that from a
> > ServletContextListener. So I can throw away this silly Filter now.
>
> One reason a filter would be better is you can fully
> construct the URL dynamically,
Frank, your solution (using the ServletContext) does work. Thanks.
Martin, I can't get a HttpServletRequest from Filter.init.
I can get a ServletContext... but I can also get that from a
ServletContextListener.
So I can throw away this silly Filter now.
Cheers everyone.
-Original Message---
Thanks, I might try that.
I already made a javax.servlet.Filter, that catches the first request to
the server, calls HttpServletRequest.getContextPath(), and stores the
result.
Of course the Filter actually gets hit on *every single request* to the
server. You might call it a brute force solution
Thanks Tim.
-Original Message-
From: Tim Funk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 21 December 2005 11:23
To: Tomcat Users List
Subject: Re: ServletContextListener - how to detect http path of web
application?
There is no way to detect the contextPath on servletInit. It can only be
done
af
Hi,
Apols for a newbie question, I didn't have much luck with the archives
or in Google.
In my ServletContextListener.contextInitialized method, I need to detect
the public http path of my web app.
i.e. http://servername/approot/
How can I do this?
event.getServletContext().getResource("/") give
