问为什么服务方法中的request.getPathInfo()返回null？

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<a href="tmp.do">Test link to invoke cool servlet</a>

<!-- SERVLET (centralized entry point) -->
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>RedirectHandler</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>com.masatosan.redirector.Redirector</servlet-class>
    </servlet>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>RedirectHandler</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>

 public class Redirector extends HttpServlet {

        protected void service(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
            try {
                //test - THIS RETURNS NULL!!!!
                System.out.println(request.getPathInfo());

                Action action = ActionFactory.getAction(request); //return action object based on request URL path
                String view = action.execute(request, response); //action returns String (filename) 
                if(view.equals(request.getPathInfo().substring(1))) {
                    request.getRequestDispatcher("/WEB-INF/" + view + ".jsp").forward(request, response);
                }
                else {
                    response.sendRedirect(view);
                }
            }
            catch(Exception e) {
                throw new ServletException("Failed in service layer (ActionFactory)", e);
            }
        }
    }//end class