/**
* Allows one to forward the following request and response using the request dispatcher.
*
* @param resource the resource to forward the request/response to.
* @param request the http request to forward.
* @param response the http response to forward.
* @throws javax.servlet.ServletException
* @throws java.io.IOException
*/
protected void forward(String resource, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
RequestDispatcher rd = request.getRequestDispatcher(resource);
rd.forward(request, response);
}
