ServletMapping (not solved yet)

[Erik Pragt]

Hello everybody,
I'm programming a webpage, and I currently have some problems, of which I would like to share one with you
The problem is that I'd like to have one servlet which processes all requests. Not really a problem, but I wanted to use a servlet mapping for this. The web.xml looks something like this (btw, I'm using Jrun 3.1):

<servlet-mapping>
  <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
  <servlet-name>actionservlet</servlet-name>
</servlet-mapping>

Now if I type http://localhost/index.html, my servlet grabs this request, and if I do a System.out on request.getRequestURI(), it prints out: /index.html. Exactly what I expected, and exactly according to plan.
Now, the problem is, I'm (almost) not working with html, but with jsp. But if I access (e.g.) index.jsp on my localhost (so I type: http://localhost/index.jsp) my servlet does NOT grab the request. No system.out, nothing.
I have really no idea why this happens, and now my head hurts, and the only smart thing I could come up with was posting my question here. So if you please could help me, it would really save me on the medication.
Thanks for your help,
Greetings, Erik
[ November 14, 2002: Message edited by: Erik Pragt ]
[ November 14, 2002: Message edited by: Erik Pragt ]

[Mike Curwen]

I've never used JRun, so I can't help you find *where* it is... but there is probably a more 'global' mapping of *.jsp that JRun must use to invoke the JSP compiler.

[Erik Pragt]

Hello Mike,
I found out the same thing, so you are right. But do you know how to bypass this?
What my real question is, is how do I execute a servlet for every server request?
I hope someone can help me?
Greetings, Erik

[Priya Rangan]

Erik,
Does specifying a url mapping of <url-pattern>/*.jsp </url-pattern> invoke your servlet?

[William Brogden]

To execute a servlet with EVERY service request you will have to substitute your own version of whatever JRun uses. This would be possible on Tomcat because there is a configuration option and you can get the source of the various parts.
Bill

[Erik Pragt]

Hello, thanks for your answers and suggestions.
Putting *.jsp in the web.xml doesn't solve it, unfortunately. Neither is 'hacking' into JRun really an option, cause it also has to run on iPlanet 4.1 and Tomcat..
What I did was changeing the web.xml a little. Now, not the whole webserver ('/') but a part ('/admin') is protected. But that construction also doesn't work 100%. I posted a new thread here, please have a look. Thanks
https://coderanch.com/t/355511/Servlets/java/Authentication-again-not-solved-yet
Erik