So does it mean even if the URL is abc/a it will still be routed to the abc/b servlet even though Urlrewrite.xml rule is inside B.war. I am confused in the sense that for tomcat to know if it has to route that request to abc/b wouldn't the URLrewrite need to occur somewhere outside of B.war?
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Ken Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Below... > > On Sep 30, 2008, at 1:58 PM, Mohit Anchlia wrote: > >> 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. > > request abc.com/a "doesn't get to B.war" BECAUSE it is changed to > abc.com/b. > >> >> Also, is adding just <rule> not enough? Why do we also need to add a >> filter. > > You need the filter to apply the rule to the incoming request to convert as > you desire. > >> >> 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] >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
