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Subject: Re: Tomcat 7 Application Context root url mapping broken after
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From: Zheng Yang <zhengyang4k@gmail.com>
To: Tomcat Users List <users@tomcat.apache.org>
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Thanks for the info.

If it happens as you describe it, then it should be a bug. Please file
> an issue in Bugzilla.
> http://tomcat.apache.org/bugreport.html#How_to_write_a_bug_report
>
>
I've filed a bug here:
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54955


> Can you attach to your report a simple web application, with source
> code, that reproduces the issue?
>
> Two questions:
> a) Is it specific to the context root (empty string) mapping?
>

Yes, only the empty string mapping will broke while the others are OK.


> b) Is it specific to annotations? (Does it work if you specify the
> mapping in web.xml)?
>
> Nope, both annotations and DD fail.


> BTW, support for such mappings was added to Tomcat 7 rather late (in
> 7.0.28 - bug 53356 ).  Apparently they are no so widely used.
>
>
> If this is the case, what is considered as best practice when I need a
servlet to handle context root?
The function I'm trying to achieve is a 2-face context root: For logged-in
users, show home.jsp with params passed from root servlet. For users not
logged-in, show index.jsp.


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Zheng Yang

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