How do you do a forward with a fully qualified address like http://...

[JavaDeveloper34]

Hey,

I learned that you can't use a forward(req,resp) when you are trying to go to a fully qualified address like http:\\cnn.com. I want to be able to do something like a forward so that I can use the req and resp parameters. However know I am doing a redirect call.

Does anyone know any other options I have?

Thanks,

JD

 

[byam]

you can only forward to a URI in the same web application. if your forwarding URL is to the same application but in fully qualified address, you would have to strip out the HTTP schem, domain name, and context name from the URL. e.g. if the FQA is

http://your.domain.com/context_name/folder1/folder2/mypage.jsp

then you will need to strip out "

http://your.domain.com/context_name"

and just forward to "/folder1/folder2/mypage.jsp"

if however, the URL in FQA is to another web site, then you can only redirect it but not forward, by:

response.sendRedirect("

http://www.cnn.com");