How do you detect the URL in a Java Servlet when forwarding to JSP?

Question

I have a servlet that looks something like this:

public class ExampleServlet extends HttpServlet {
    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServ         


        

Answer 1

The URL the user (browser) requested can be accessed from the request by:

request.getRequestURL()

Alternatively the request has a whole bunch of accessors to get the various pieces of the URL as well as those on ServletRequest.

To redirect to a different URL change the response rather than the request:

response.sendRedirect(theURLToRedirectTo)

Answer 2

The question is vague and ambiguous (is the servlet calling itself on every forward again?), but it much sounds like that you need request.getAttribute("javax.servlet.forward.request_uri").