[opencms-dev] dots in folder names give weblogic a problem when using jsps

[Denham, Martin]

Hi,

I have found out why weblogic 8.1 has problems with OpenCms jsp templates.  For Example weblogic fails to load
/opencms/jsp/online/system/modules/org.opencms.welcome/jsptemplates/welcome.jsp.jsp
although I can see welcome.jsp.jsp in the file system.

My initial thought was that weblogic could not cope with the .jsp.jsp extension, but it successfully loaded a test jsp from opencms/Test.jsp.jsp

It still loaded fine after I moved Test.jsp.jsp to 
/opencms/jsp/online/system/modules/Test.jsp.jsp

However, it FAILED to load after moving it to 
/opencms/jsp/online/system/modules/org.opencms.welcome/Test.jsp.jsp

I raised a BEA support case and was informed that dots are package separators and because jsp's are compiled to servlets in a package you cannot use dots in url folder names if accessing a jsp.  That means the package of Test.jsp.jsp will be opencms.jsp.online.system.modules.org.opencms.welcome whereas we would probably expect something like opencms.jsp.online.system.modules."org.opencms.welcome", which confuses weblogic.

So, I am still stuck with non-functioning jsps.  How difficult would it be to use folders without dots in?  It seems as if certain folders are integral to OpenCms e.g. system/modules/org.opencms.templates.

regards

Martin



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