[Jetty-support] Using multiple servlet contexts

[Jan S. <jan...@gm...>]

I'm having some problems deciding how to best set up my embedded Jetty
server.  The use case is as follows:

- I have a number of servlets that are mapped below the root "/" context.
So, each servlet is at "/servletA", "servletB" etc.
- Now I need to add another servlet that is mapped to a context below the
others, i.e. "sub/servletX".  (Actually, the single servlet has multiple
mappings at this level)

So far I have the following setup:

Server -> ServletContext("/") -> ServletHandler -> a number of (Servlet
Holder -> Servlet), each with its own mapping.

I tried adding the new servlet by specifying ("sub/servletX)" as the context
when adding it to the top level servlet handler, but this didn't work.  It
seems I can only map to a top level path when adding servlets to this, i.e.
the context can't contains any "/"'s .  Is this the case?

I realise I may need to add another ContextHandler for the sub-context.  I'm
not clear on how to best do this though.  I see two options:
  1. Add another servlet context with ("/sub") at the same level as the
existing ServletContext for "/", then add "servletX" to this.
or
  2. Add a ContextHandler as a sub-handler of the ServletHandler, with "sub"
as context path, and add the servlet to this.

I suspect option 2 is the right one, as otherwise the servlet context would
"swallow" all requests, as it maps to the "/" path.  Is this correct?

Any comments on whether I'm going in the right direction would be highly
appreciated.  (I'm using Jetty 6.1.4 on Java 6)

Thanks,
Jan