Servlet 2.2 Specification Errata

April 27, 2000

1) Clarify in javadoc for HttpRequest the following encoding rules for these API calls.

getServletPath() - decoded
getPathInfo() - decoded
getRequestURI() - remain encoded
getContextPath() - remain encoded
getPathTranslated() - remain decoded

2) Fix the security example on p74 and p75 of the spec.

On p75 replace the following:


<security-constraint>
    <web-resource-collection>
      <web-resource-name>SalesInfo</web-resource-name>
      <url-pattern>/salesinfo/*</url-pattern>
      <http-method>GET</http-method>
      <http-method>POST</http-method>
      <user-data-constraint>
        <transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee>
      </user-data-constraint>
      <auth-constraint>
        <role-name>manager</role-name>
      </auth-constraint>
    </web-resource-collection>
  </security-constraint>

With this:


<security-constraint>
  <web-resource-collection>
    <web-resource-name>SalesInfo</web-resource-name>
    <url-pattern>/salesinfo/*</url-pattern>
    <http-method>GET</http-method>
    <http-method>POST</http-method>
  </web-resource-collection>
  <user-data-constraint>
    <transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee>
  </user-data-constraint>
  <auth-constraint>
    <role-name>manager</role-name>
  </auth-constraint>
</security-constraint>

Note: <user-data-constraint> and <auth-constraint> were in the wrong place.

3) Fix typos in status code listings p58 of the spec document.

SC_METHOD_NOT_FOUND -> SC_METHOD_NOT_FOUND (note the zero instead of the O)
SC_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED -> SC_HTTP_METHOD_NOT_SUPPORTED

4) Clarify rules for getPathInfo() and getServletPath() in the case of a request mapped to the default servlet (i.e. mapped to '/').

incoming request: http://host/contextRoot/foo/bar

getRequestURI() = contextRoot/foo/bar
getServletPath() = /foo/bar
getPathInfo() = null