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Deploy the attached sample app.

Navigate to http://localhost:8080/start-page/

You will see this in the browser window:

HttpServletRequest.getRequestURI() = /start-page/index.jsp

Correct result would be:

HttpServletRequest.getRequestURI() = /start-page/
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Deploy the attached sample app. Navigate to http://localhost:8080/start-page/ You will see this in the browser window: HttpServletRequest.getRequestURI() = /start-page/index.jsp Correct result would be: HttpServletRequest.getRequestURI() = /start-page/
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Compatibility/Configuration

Reading HttpServletRequest.getRequestURI() from a servlet filter gives incorrect result if requesting the root URL of a webapp:

Requested URL	getRequestURI()	Correct?
`http://localhost:8080/myapp/foobar`	`/myapp/foobar`	OK
`http://localhost:8080/myapp/`	`/myapp/index.jsp`	Incorrect! Should be `/myapp/`

It seems like the filter sees the name of the welcome page instead of the incoming request URL. That's not correct.

I tested this with other containers like Tomcat, AS7 and Glassfish and all of them show the incoming request URL instead.