I think I don't really understand how it works. So if my request abc.com/a doesn't even get to B.war i.e abc.com/b then how would having filters in web.xml help.
Also, is adding just <rule> not enough? Why do we also need to add a filter. On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Ken Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Something like the following might be helpful for your web.xml: > > <filter> > <filter-name>UrlRewriteFilter</filter-name> > > > <filter-class>org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter</filter-class> > <!-- > <init-param> > <param-name>logLevel</param-name> > <param-value>sysout:DEBUG</param-value> > </init-param> > --> > </filter> > > <filter-mapping> > <filter-name>UrlRewriteFilter</filter-name> > <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> > <dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher> > <dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher> > </filter-mapping> > > If you uncomment the "init-param" items above, youll get debug output. > > And of course you'll need a file "urlrewrite.xml" in your WEB-INF to > express the rules you want. One of my projects has rules that > look like this: > > <rule> > <from>^/ContactUs$</from> > <to type="forward">/ContactUs.do</to> > </rule> > <outbound-rule> > <from>^/ContactUs.do$</from> > <to>/ContactUs</to> > </outbound-rule> > > My own experience is that tuckey rewrite is very fast. > > --Ken > > > On Sep 30, 2008, at 1:35 PM, Mohit Anchlia wrote: > >> I am using Tomcat 5.5 and I need to change the URL for eg: abc.com/A >> to abc.com/B. I read about UrlRewrite at tuckey.org as suggested by >> this user group. So as I understand I need to do >> the following: >> >> 1. In my servlet B.war file I need to edit web.xml and add the >> following at the top: >> >> <filter> >> <filter-name>UrlRewriteFilter</filter-name> >> <filter- >> class>org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter</filter- >> class> >> </filter> >> <filter-mapping> >> <filter-name>UrlRewriteFilter</filter-name> >> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> >> </filter-mapping> >> 2. Redploy >> >> My question is if I put it in B.war in web.xml then how will this work >> because abc.com/A will not be routed to B servlet. Since it will not >> be routed then how and where will the translation occur? >> >> Is there any performance overhead of using UrlRewrite? >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
