I’m having some problems with forwarding and where the JSP file refuses to forward even though I’m forwarding : I start from here :
index.html :
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head><title>Bank application</title>
<link rel="stylesheet"
href="./css/styles.css"
type="text/css"/>
</head>
<body>
<table class="title">
<tr><th>Web Bank application</th></tr>
</table>
<br/>
<fieldset>
<legend>Login Page - please enter your Username and Password</legend>
<form action="loginPage">
Username: <input type="text" name="username"><br>
Password : <input type="text" name="password"><br>
<input type="submit" value="Login">
</form>
</fieldset>
<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>
</body></html>
with the screen :
Then I move to that JSP file – adminPage.jsp:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head><title>System Administrator Page</title>
<link rel="stylesheet"
href="./css/styles.css"
type="text/css"/>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello ${name.firstName} ${name.lastName} , You've logged in successfully!</h1>
<h1>
Please choose one of the following options
</h1>
<fieldset>
<legend>Add a new manager to the bank system</legend>
<form action="adminAdds1">
<a href="WEB-INF/results/adminAddNewManager.jsp">Press here to continue</a>
</form>
</fieldset>
<fieldset>
<legend>Add a new employee to the bank system</legend>
<form action="adminAdds2">
<a href="WEB-INF/results/adminAddNewEmployee.jsp">Press here to continue</a>
</form>
</fieldset>
</body></html>
with that screen :
but when I click either one of the two options , and move to adminAddNewEmployee.jsp of adminAddNewManager.jsp , I get this , over and over again , even though both files are located at the same folder of adminPage.jsp:
HTTP Status 404 -
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type Status report
message
description The requested resource () is not available.
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Apache Tomcat/7.0.28
where the project tree is :
How can I fix this ? I understand that WEB-INF requires some forwarding , but where do I put the forwarding ? in the JSP ?
but note that I use href and it still failing .
Regards
EDIT:
in adminPage.jsp is added that :
<fieldset>
<legend>Add a new manager to the bank system</legend>
<form action="adminAdds1">
<a href="src/servlets/Admin1">Press here to continue</a>
</form>
</fieldset>
and created a new servlet Admin1.java :
package servlets;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.annotation.WebServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
@WebServlet("/adminAdds1")
public class Admin1 extends HttpServlet {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException
{
request.getRequestDispatcher("/WEB-INF/results/adminPage.jsp").forward(request, response);
}
}
but when I run the all thing again I get :
HTTP Status 404 - /WebBank/src/servlets/Admin1
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type Status report
message /WebBank/src/servlets/Admin1
description The requested resource (/WebBank/src/servlets/Admin1) is not available.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Apache Tomcat/7.0.28
Files inside WEB-INF are not directly accessible from client.
One way would be change
Inside SomeServlet get method do
Second way: