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Asked: May 14, 20262026-05-14T04:41:51+00:00 2026-05-14T04:41:51+00:00

Say in my web.xml file, I define a servlet like so: <url-pattern>/MyURL/*</url-pattern> How do

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Say in my web.xml file, I define a servlet like so:

<url-pattern>/MyURL/*</url-pattern>

How do i access anything passed in the * in my servlet? I’m planning to use use this scheme for pretty(-ish) URLs.

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    2026-05-14T04:41:51+00:00Added an answer on May 14, 2026 at 4:41 am

    The HttpServletRequest#getPathInfo() is exactly for this purpose.

    String path = request.getPathInfo();
    

    That’s all. No need to substring the servlet path from it as suggested in another answer here. Also see my answer on your other question.

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