PM85666: Web 2.3 Struts 1.1 - change to context root refactors path relative jsp hrefs to be more efficient

APAR status

• Closed as duplicate of another APAR.

Error description

• Abstract: ...
  When changing the Context Root of a web 2.3 struts 1.1 project
  in RAD 8.0.4.1, it refactors path relative jsp hrefs to be more
  efficient. But the change was not wanted.
  
  Problem:
  
  A Web 2.3 Struts 1.1 project targeting Tomcat 5.0 in RAD v6.0
  was migrated to RAD 8.0.4.1 targeting Tomcat 5.5.
  When changing the Context Root of a web 2.3 struts 1.1 project
  in RAD 8.0.4.1, it refactors path relative jsp hrefs to be more
  efficient. But the change was not wanted.
  
  Relative URLs were changed to more efficient and still correct
  Web References. Style wise, the refactoring should preserve
  links and leave a relative link relative.  Even though,
  references did appear to clean up relative content to make it
  more efficient, the change was unexpected and  not wanted. The
  only expected change was the Context Root name. In a large
  project its difficult to check every jsp for such proposed
  changes in the wizard. Leave absolute path locations unchanged.
  
  Recreate:
  
  1. You have a web 2.3 struts 1.1 project 'devTis'
  2. Right click and go to Properties -? Web Project Settings -?
  Context Root: devTis
  3. Change context root to: accTis
  4. Hit OK and get the refactor dialog showing all changes that
  will occur.
  
  When you hit OK you get the 'Rename Context Root' wizard when
  changing the Context Root (CR) property, that shows a selectable
  checklist of Changes to be performed [No Preview Available]
  , however with a side by side preview/differences view when you
  select web.xml or say a given jsp page:
  [x] Rename context root from 'devTis' to 'accTis'
  [x] Update links
  // which shows a subset checklist of
  ..
  ..[x] web.xml
  ..[x] *.JSP pages   // many JSP pages
  ...
  
  Observation: (Links are made relative in JSP files)
  
  JSP 'page links' are offered to be changed from Document root
  (== WebContent) absolute path locations to  locations relative
  to the current page
  
  Example File Affected:
  ..\WebContent\edu.someschool.this.Wizards.JSP\SomeReport.jsp
  , which is referenced in another JSP in this folder
  
  BEFORE:
  ?div id='pf_caption'?
  ?a
  href='../edu.someschool.this.Wizards.JSP/SomeReport.jsp'?Printer
  Friendly?/a??/div?
  
  AFTER:
  ?div id='pf_caption'?
  ?a href='SomeReport.jsp'?Printer Friendly?/a?
  ?/div?
  
  
  Local fix:
  There is no known workaround at this time, short of de-selecting
  affected jsp pages. This can be problematic for a very large
  project to check every jsp page.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• This APAR is a duplicate of PM79444
  

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