Java HttpServletRequest get URL in browsers URL bar

Question

So I\'m trying to grab the current URL of the page using Java\'s request object. I\'ve been using request.getRequestURI() to preform this, but I noticed that when a java cla

Answer 1

String activePage = "";
    // using getAttribute allows us to get the orginal url out of the page when a forward has taken place.
    String queryString = "?"+request.getAttribute("javax.servlet.forward.query_string");
    String requestURI = ""+request.getAttribute("javax.servlet.forward.request_uri");
    if(requestURI == "null") {
        // using getAttribute allows us to get the orginal url out of the page when a include has taken place.
        queryString = "?"+request.getAttribute("javax.servlet.include.query_string");
        requestURI = ""+request.getAttribute("javax.servlet.include.request_uri");
    }
    if(requestURI == "null") {
        queryString = "?"+request.getQueryString();
        requestURI = request.getRequestURI();
    }
    if(queryString.equals("?null")) queryString = "";
    activePage = requestURI+queryString;