Hide .jsp extension or change display name on URL

java, jsp, servlets

Solution

You already have `publications.jsp` mapped to a URL-pattern. Why are you not using this URL pattern to access the jsp. ?

<servlet>
  <servlet-name>pub</servlet-name>
  <jsp-file>/publications.jsp</jsp-file>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
  <servlet-name>pub</servlet-name>
  <url-pattern>/publications</url-pattern> <!-- Use this URL -->
</servlet-mapping>

If you hit the URL `http://somehost/SciArchive/publications` , it will automatically call your jsp in the back-ground and the URL will remain the same (without the page name i.e without .jsp).

Problem

How to hide .jsp extension or change display name on URL? I'm using servlet-jsp communication. my web.xml code is ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app version="2.5" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"> <servlet> <servlet-name>pub</servlet-name> <jsp-file>/publications.jsp</jsp-file> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>pub</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/publications</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <servlet> <servlet-name>SciArchive</servlet-name> <servlet-class>controller.SciArchiveController</servlet-class> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>SciArchive</servlet-name> <url-pattern>*.sci</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <welcome-file-list> <welcome-file>home.jsp</welcome-file> </welcome-file-list> </web-app> ``` I want to hide .jsp extenstion in URL `..../SciArchive/publications.jsp` to `..../SciArchive/publications`

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