Hello Friends,
I have some problem in understanding sendRedirect.
I have written one servlet for redirecting to a different servlet
/web/HelloWorld -target - to which TestRedirect servlet should be redirected
/web/TestRedirect - redirecting servlet
My package in tomcat
is webapps\karthik\web-inf\classes\com\web\HelloWorld
webapps\karthik\web-inf\classes\com\web\TestRedirect
i have written response.sendRedirect("HelloWorld"); in TestRedirect
FYI http:\\localhost:8080\karthik\index.html is the page
I clicked a link to goto TestRedirect which directs me to HelloWorld
HTML FILE HAS THIS
<FORM method = "GET" action = "web/TestRedirect">
After clicking the link servlet was redirected to my target HelloWorld servlet and address bar value changed to karthik\web\HelloWorld
BUT
when i gave \web\HelloWorld in the TestRedirect
Ex: response.sendRedirect("\web\HelloWorld");
it was not working and always it goes to root directory which is contradictory to kathy sierra book.
when i give \ it should go to karthik directory.
from http:\\localhost:8080\karthik\web\TestRedirect
i.e http:\\localhost:8080\karthik\web\HelloWorld
but it goes to http:\\localhost:8080\web\HelloWorld
It is not taking my web app
can anyone explain it please
My web.xml
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Redirect</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>com.web.TestRedirect</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Redirect</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/web/TestRedirect</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>HelloWorld</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>com.web.HelloWorld</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>HelloWorld</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/web/HelloWorld</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
JAVA FILE HAS THIS
response.sendRedirect("/web/HelloWorld");
I have some problem in understanding sendRedirect.
I have written one servlet for redirecting to a different servlet
/web/HelloWorld -target - to which TestRedirect servlet should be redirected
/web/TestRedirect - redirecting servlet
My package in tomcat
is webapps\karthik\web-inf\classes\com\web\HelloWorld
webapps\karthik\web-inf\classes\com\web\TestRedirect
i have written response.sendRedirect("HelloWorld"); in TestRedirect
FYI http:\\localhost:8080\karthik\index.html is the page
I clicked a link to goto TestRedirect which directs me to HelloWorld
HTML FILE HAS THIS
<FORM method = "GET" action = "web/TestRedirect">
After clicking the link servlet was redirected to my target HelloWorld servlet and address bar value changed to karthik\web\HelloWorld
BUT
when i gave \web\HelloWorld in the TestRedirect
Ex: response.sendRedirect("\web\HelloWorld");
it was not working and always it goes to root directory which is contradictory to kathy sierra book.
when i give \ it should go to karthik directory.
from http:\\localhost:8080\karthik\web\TestRedirect
i.e http:\\localhost:8080\karthik\web\HelloWorld
but it goes to http:\\localhost:8080\web\HelloWorld
It is not taking my web app
can anyone explain it please
My web.xml
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Redirect</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>com.web.TestRedirect</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Redirect</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/web/TestRedirect</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>HelloWorld</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>com.web.HelloWorld</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>HelloWorld</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/web/HelloWorld</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
JAVA FILE HAS THIS
response.sendRedirect("/web/HelloWorld");