Can two urls map to same servlet in web.xml

Question

Hello All,
I need to map the two urls in my web application with the same servlet.
I tried as follows:
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd" version="2.4" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee">
<description>Empty web.xml file for Web Application</description>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>TestServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>fileredirectsolution.TestServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>TestServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/testservlet</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>TestServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/filerepository/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>
However, I am getting an error while accessing the TestServlet.
When I remove the second servlet-mapping tag..it is working fine.
How can I map the two urls with the same servlet.
Thanks
Saikrishna

Answer 1

it is not ur requirement. but
i think it will help 2 u.
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd"; version="2.4"; xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee">
<description>Empty web.xml file for Web Application</description>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>TestServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>fileredirectsolution.TestServlet<;/servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>TestServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.xxx</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>
if ur configure web.xml like above.
any request that ends with .xxx call the TestServlet.
ex:
1)http://ip:port/contextpath/abc.xxx
2) http://ip:port/contextpath/xyz.xxx
here both urls calls the same servlet.
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