Why are there magic attributes exposed in the Servlet spec?
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It's always seemed a little at odds with the principles of Java that the Java Servlet Spec (2.5 version here) includes a set of magic attributes containing info about included resources, namely:
javax.servlet.include.request_uri
javax.servlet.include.context_path
javax.servlet.include.servlet_path
javax.servlet.include.path_info
javax.servlet.include.query_string
It's not even specifically pointed out in the API documentation, only in the spec where it is a must for correct implementation.
This approach feels very wrong, an exposed implementation detail that clients will use and depend on. Why is this information exposed in this way?
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