How to redirect to JSP inside WEB-INF folder

Question

I have a jsp with a NAV in it, which further contains and UL with the following elements as shown in the code below,

     

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Answer 1

You need to invoke a servlet through href on the LI.

In the servlet, you need to use requestdispatcher to redirect to your jsp

RequestDispatcher dispatcher=getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher( "/WEB-INF/sample.jsp" );
dispatcher.forward( request, response );

=================EDIT : Sample Code =========================================

Index.html

     

        
Home
        
Access Control
        
Site Administration
        
Dashboard
        
Visitor Management
      
                

Servlet code

@WebServlet("/MyServlet")
public class MyServlet extends HttpServlet {
    protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
            HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
        RequestDispatcher dispatcher = getServletContext()
                .getRequestDispatcher("/WEB-INF/sample.jsp");
        dispatcher.forward(request, response);
    }

    protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request,
            HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
        doGet(request, response);
    }

}

Jsp location :

WEB-INF/sample.jsp