Package jakarta.servlet.http

Interface HttpServletMapping

public interface HttpServletMapping

Allows runtime discovery of the manner in which the HttpServlet for the current HttpServletRequest was invoked. Invoking any of the methods must not block the caller. The implementation must be thread safe. Instances are immutable and are returned from HttpServletRequest.getHttpServletMapping().

Following are some illustrative examples for various combinations of mappings. Consider the following Servlet declaration: 

 
 <servlet>
     <servlet-name>MyServlet</servlet-name>
     <servlet-class>MyServlet</servlet-class>
 </servlet>
 <servlet-mapping>
     <servlet-name>MyServlet</servlet-name>
     <url-pattern>/MyServlet</url-pattern>
     <url-pattern>""</url-pattern>
     <url-pattern>*.extension</url-pattern>
     <url-pattern>/path/*</url-pattern>
 </servlet-mapping>

The expected values of the properties for various incoming URI path values are as shown in this table. The servletName column is omitted as its value is always MyServlet.

Expected values of properties for various URI paths
URI Path (in quotes) matchValue pattern mappingMatch
"" "" "" CONTEXT_ROOT
"/index.html" "" / DEFAULT
"MyServlet/index.html" "" / DEFAULT
"/MyServlet" MyServlet /MyServlet EXACT
"MyServlet/foo" "" / DEFAULT
"/foo.extension" foo *.extension EXTENSION
"/bar/foo.extension" bar/foo *.extension EXTENSION
"/path/foo" foo /path/* PATH
"/path/foo/bar" foo/bar /path/* PATH
Since:
Servlet 4.0

  • Method Details

    • getMatchValue

      String getMatchValue()

      Return the portion of the URI path that caused this request to be matched. If the getMappingMatch() value is CONTEXT_ROOT or DEFAULT, this method must return the empty string. If the getMappingMatch() value is EXACT, this method must return the portion of the path that matched the servlet, omitting any leading slash. If the getMappingMatch() value is EXTENSION or PATH, this method must return the value that matched the '*' excluding any leading '/'. See the class javadoc for examples.

      Returns:
      the match.

    • getPattern

      String getPattern()

      Return the String representation for the url-pattern for this mapping. This method returns the pattern exactly as specified in the descriptor or Java configuration.

      Returns:
      the String representation for the url-pattern for this mapping.

    • getServletName

      String getServletName()

      Return the String representation for the servlet-name for this mapping. If the Servlet providing the response is the default servlet, the return from this method is the name of the default servlet, which is container specific.

      Returns:
      the String representation for the servlet-name for this mapping.

    • getMappingMatch

      MappingMatch getMappingMatch()

      Return the MappingMatch for this instance.

      Returns:
      the MappingMatch for this instance.