javax.servlet.http

Interface HttpServletMapping

public interface HttpServletMapping

Allows runtime discovery of the manner in which the HttpServlet for the current HttpServletRequest was invoked. Invoking any of the methods must not block the caller. The implementation must be thread safe. Instances are immutable and are returned from HttpServletRequest.getHttpServletMapping().

Following are some illustrative examples for various combinations of mappings. Consider the following Servlet declaration:

 <servlet>
     <servlet-name>MyServlet</servlet-name>
     <servlet-class>MyServlet</servlet-class>
 </servlet>
 <servlet-mapping>
     <servlet-name>MyServlet</servlet-name>
     <url-pattern>/MyServlet</url-pattern>
     <url-pattern>""</url-pattern>
     <url-pattern>*.extension</url-pattern>
     <url-pattern>/path/*</url-pattern>
 </servlet-mapping>
 

The expected values of the properties for various incoming URI path values are as shown in this table. The servletName column is omitted as its value is always MyServlet.

Expected values of properties for various URI paths

URI Path (in quotes)	matchValue	pattern	mappingMatch
""	""	""	CONTEXT_ROOT
"/index.html"	""	/	DEFAULT
"/MyServlet"	MyServlet	/MyServlet	EXACT
"/foo.extension"	foo	*.extension	EXTENSION
"/path/foo"	foo	/path/*	PATH

Since:

4.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
MappingMatch	getMappingMatch() Return the MappingMatch for this instance
String	getMatchValue() Return the portion of the URI path that caused this request to be matched.
String	getPattern() Return the String representation for the url-pattern for this mapping.
String	getServletName() Return the String representation for the servlet-name for this mapping.

Method Detail

getMatchValue

String getMatchValue()

Return the portion of the URI path that caused this request to be matched. If the getMappingMatch value is CONTEXT_ROOT or DEFAULT, this method must return the empty string. If the getMappingMatch value is EXACT, this method must return the portion of the path that matched the servlet, omitting any leading slash. If the getMappingMatch value is EXTENSION or PATH, this method must return the value that matched the '*'. See the class javadoc for examples.

Returns:

the match.

Since:

4.0

getPattern

String getPattern()

Return the String representation for the url-pattern for this mapping. If the getMappingMatch value is CONTEXT_ROOT or DEFAULT, this method must return the empty string. If the getMappingMatch value is EXTENSION, this method must return the pattern, without any leading slash. Otherwise, this method returns the pattern exactly as specified in the descriptor or Java configuration.

Returns:

the String representation for the url-pattern for this mapping.

Since:

4.0

getServletName

String getServletName()

Return the String representation for the servlet-name for this mapping. If the Servlet providing the response is the default servlet, the return from this method is the name of the defautl servlet, which is container specific.

Returns:

the String representation for the servlet-name for this mapping.

Since:

4.0

getMappingMatch

MappingMatch getMappingMatch()

Return the MappingMatch for this instance

Returns:

the MappingMatch for this instance.

Since:

4.0