Way to forward in JSP to a different URL

Question

Hi,
I need to forward the user to a different page keeping the sensitive user information(like credit card details). The problem is that the forward function seems to be looking for the URL inside the same home.
If I'm trying to forward from http://www...../app1 to http://www...../app2 the forward function looks for the app2 inside app1 folder and I'm getting the error page not found.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Generally,<jsp:forward> element forwards the request object containing the client request information from one JSP file to another file, in the same application context as the forwarding JSP file.
<jsp:forward page={"relativeURL" | "<%= expression %>"} />
The relative URL looks like a path-it cannot contain a protocol name, port number, or domain name. The URL can be absolute or relative to the current JSP file. If it is absolute (beginning with a /), the path is resolved by your Web or application server.
Also, To forward the request to another context, try out the following method :
To forward from Context ct1 to Context ct2:
1) Turn the crossContext attribute to "true" in server.xml
2) In your code:
<% ServletContext ctxB = application.getContext("/ct2");
RequestDispatcher rdB = ctxB.getRequestDispatcher ("<file_name_relative_to_context_ct2");
rdB.forward(request, response); %>