Does URL rewriting in JBuilder4 work?

Question

I am writing a shopping cart application.
To keep track of the products the user has chosen I am using a URL rewriting code that appends the product details to the URL and then requests the same page again.
<a href="<%= response.encodeURL(shopproducts.jsp?title="+title+"&item_id="+item_id+"&price="+price) %">">
In this page there is a response that will add the chosen product to the shopping cart using a piece of JSP code.
<% String title = request.getParameter("title");
In JBuilder4 when I click on the request code I get an error.
Unable to open location: Could not connect to: http://localhost:8080/myproject/easyshop/shopproducts.jsp;jsessionid=To1010mC02444678198891448At?title=Java 2&item_id=1&price=10
Is this because JBuilder dosent know how to keep track of the session ID?
If so how can I get round this or if not is there a better way to keep track of the items?
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Answer 1

Take a look at UrlRewriteFilter for URL Rewriting.
This particular URL http://localhost:8080/myproject/easyshop/shopproducts.jsp;jsessionid=To1010mC02444678198891448At?title=Java 2&item_id=1&price=10
has ;jsessionid=.............. after shoppingproducts.jsp
But a valid URL looks something like this
somepage.jsp?someValue=123&anotherValue=456
So having that semicolon instead of a question mark immediately after the .jsp , might be what's causing the error.
If you have doubts , try to access the page by putting the entire URL
http://localhost:8080/myproject/easyshop/shopproducts.jsp;jsessionid=To1010mC02444678198891448At?title=Java 2&item_id=1&price=10
into your browser.
If your browser can't connect then, what ever you are using to connect to that URL can't connect either.
Then remove the semicolon and jessionid part, and try to connect and see if it works.