Hi,
I created an application which started as a conventional servlet. From within the start servlet I would like to forward to the Vaadin part of the application, because I would like to keep the
request
object.
Unfortunately I did not find a good solution for this. Finally I get an error message:
Failed to load the widgetset: …
In detail I have tried these steps:
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- Create a new Vaadin project named “VaadinTest”
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2. Create a servlet “Dispatcher”
package com.example.vaadintest;
...
public class Dispatcher extends javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet implements javax.servlet.Servlet {
...
protected void processRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException,
IOException {
RequestDispatcher dispatcher = request.getRequestDispatcher("/Vaadin.do");
dispatcher.forward(request, response);
...
3. Extend web.xml - note the changes in url-pattern
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Dispatcher</servlet-name>
<display-name>Dispatcher</display-name>
<description>Dispatcher</description>
<servlet-class>com.example.vaadintest.Dispatcher</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Vaadintest Application</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.server.ApplicationServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<description>Vaadin application class to start</description>
<param-name>application</param-name>
<param-value>com.example.vaadintest.VaadintestApplication</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<description>Application widgetset</description>
<param-name>widgetset</param-name>
<param-value>com.example.vaadintest.widgetset.VaadintestWidgetset</param-value>
</init-param>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Vaadintest Application</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/Vaadin.do</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Dispatcher</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/Dispatcher.do</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
4. Start application with
http://myhost/Dispatcher.do
After a few seconds an error box appears on the screen:
Failed to load the widgetset: …
Does anyone know the right way?
Thanks, Thorsten
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