[PLUTO-288] PortletRequestImpl.getContextPath() returns wrong value for root context

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.1.0-beta2
• Fix Version/s: 1.1.0
• Component/s: portlet container
• Assignee: David H. DeWolf
• Reporter: David Hay
• Created: 24/Jan/07 19:50
• Updated: 22/Feb/07 04:58
• Resolved: 03/Feb/07 21:31

Description

The javadoc for HttpServletRequest states that 'For servlets in the default (root) context, this method returns ""'. However PortletRequestImpl is returning the context path from the portletwindowimpl without checking for '/'. getContextPath should check for "/" as the context path and return "" in that case.

This particular problem causes problems with the c:url tag in JSTL. Referencing a resource with this tag will result in a double slash in the url, which can sometimes cause problems. That is <c:url value="/my/url" /> will result in the value "http://host//my/url" when the web application is in the root context.