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Asked: 2026-05-16T22:14:38+00:00

I have a developed a Restlet application. I would like to return a JSP

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I have a developed a Restlet application. I would like to return a JSP file on a URL request through Restlet. How can I achieve this without using a redirect?

i.e.
Let’s say I have the file “contact.jsp” on mydomain.com and I want people to be able to access contact.jsp at http://mydomain.com/contact

Thus, in Restlet, I would have: 

router.attach("/contact", MyResource.class);

But how can I return the “contact.jsp” page? I know that a redirect would work, but I don’t want users to see the “.jsp” in “http://mydomain.com/contact.jsp“… or is there another strategy that would work without even using restlet? Maybe some modification of my web.xml file?

Edit (2009-08-14):

My answer posted below doesn’t work on App-Engine and Restlet. It does work however, if I don’t include Restlet, or allow Restlet to have a url-pattern of “/*”

What would be ideal is to have a subclass of the Router that allows me to do this:

router.attach("/contact", "/contact.jsp");

Thanks!

Edit (2009-08-17):

I’m surprised I haven’t had any responses since I posted a bounty. Will someone comment and let me know if my question/problem isn’t clear?

Edit (2009-08-17):

Interesting observation. When using the method described by “Rich Seller” below, it works when deployed on Google App-Engine and not locally. Additionally, If I call http://mydomain.com/contact.jsp on Google App-Engine it bypasses Restlet and goes straight to the JSP. But, locally, Restlet takes over. That is, http://localhost:8080/contact.jsp does not go to the JSP and goes to Restlet. Do deployed app-engine applications respond differently to URLs as their local counterpart?

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  1. Editorial Team

    “I would like to return a JSP file on a URL request through Restlet” – My understanding is JSP’s are converted to servlets. Since Servlets are orthogonol to Restlets not sure how you can return JSP file through Restlet.

    Assuming you are asking for a way to use JSP in addition to Restlet, This is best achieved by mapping your restlets to a rootpath such as /rest instead of /* and using the .jsp as usual.

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