[servlet-dev] ServletContext.getContext seems to be optional, but some T

[arjan tijms <arjan.tijms@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

ServletContext getContext(String uripath) in the type ServletContext has the following note in its javadoc:

"In a security conscious environment, the servlet container may return null for a given URL."

However, the TCK has a number of tests where the ServletContext can definitely not be null:

response.getWriter()

        .println("Before dispatch=" + System.currentTimeMillis());

ac.dispatch(

        request.getServletContext().getContext("/servlet_js_dispatchtest1_web"),

        "/DispatchTests10?testname=dispatchTest10");

See https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/jakartaee-tck/blob/master/src/com/sun/ts/tests/servlet/api/jakarta_servlet/dispatchtest/DispatchTestServlet.java

Interestingly, some other tests in the TCK do explicitly take the null into account, like here:

// we expect ServletContext object that corresponds to the named URL or Null

    ServletContext context2 = context.getContext(alternateServlet);

    if ((context2 == context) || (context2 == null)) {

      passed = true;

See: https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/jakartaee-tck/blob/master/src/com/sun/ts/tests/servlet/api/jakarta_servlet/servletcontext/TestServlet.java#L468

Thoughts?

Kind regards,

Arjan