Is there any reason why my filter-mapping doesn't work

Question

when I declare a filter mapping like that :

<filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>MyFilter</filter-name>
    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>

It works when I browse http://localhost:8080/myApp/pages/test.action

But if I declare it like that :

<filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>MyFilter</filter-name>
    <url-pattern>/pages/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>

It doesn't works and I verified that my context path is myApp

My application is deployed on JBOSS 5.1

I hope someone could tell my what's wrong Thanks in advance

EDIT : All my filter-mapping :

<filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>encodingFilter</filter-name>
    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
<filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>requestInfo</filter-name>
    <url-pattern>*.action</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
<filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>struts2</filter-name>
    <url-pattern>*.action</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
<filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>CAS Single Sign Out Filter</filter-name>
    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
    <dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
    <dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>
<filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>HeaderFilter</filter-name>
    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
    <dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
    <dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>
<filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>CAS Authentication Filter</filter-name>
    <url-pattern>/pages/*</url-pattern>
    <dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
    <dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>
<filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>CAS Validation Filter</filter-name>
    <url-pattern>/pages/*</url-pattern>
    <dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
    <dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>   
<filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>CAS HttpServletRequest Wrapper Filter</filter-name>
    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
    <dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
    <dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>
<filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>CAS Assertion Thread Local Filter</filter-name>
    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
    <dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
    <dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>

What exactly are you trying to achieve? I use filter for /* and then add excludes for the pages I don't want filtered. — Lenymm, Jul 25 '13 at 08:49

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 30 '13 at 17:50

If you give anything in url-mapping, it tries to map for that mapping itself, rather than trying to figure out your entered URL.

Try :

http://localhost:8080/myApp/pages/pages/test.action

If this works then you will have to change your action mapping in the struts configuration file.

Is there any reason why my filter-mapping doesn't work

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