Unfortunately, this would change the request and breaks application functionality, it's a proxy already (IBM WBIMB Proxy Servlet - Message Broker)
Sincerely yours, Vadym Chepkov --- On Wed, 1/20/10, André Warnier <a...@ice-sa.com> wrote: > From: André Warnier <a...@ice-sa.com> > Subject: Re: multiple URI > To: "Tomcat Users List" <users@tomcat.apache.org> > Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 9:37 AM > Vadym Chepkov wrote: > > Unfortunately, I have to install such application in > ROOT context for this to work and I am trying to avoid it. > > > I think Chuck pointed you to one way of achieving this, > using the UrlRewriteFilter module (www.tuckey.org). > That is a third-party Tomcat add-on module (free) which > functions as a servlet filter (meaning it works on any > servlet engine, not only Tomcat), and fills a role similar > to the Apache httpd mod_rewrite module. > > Basically, the filter catches a request early (before the > servlets see it), examines it, and according to configurable > parameters, rewrites the URL and forwards it to another > webapp (or not). > > Unfortunately, I don't know enough myself to show you > exactly how to set this up, but my guess would be something > like : > > - suppose for now that you set up your webapp (the one you > wish to use to handle requests to /A or /B), under > tomcat/webapps/xyz > > - then in the web.xml of the existing ROOT application, add > the configuration for the UrlRewriteFilter. > You want it to check the URL for requests to either /A/* or > /B/*, and if it matches, then rewrite the URL to /xyz/A/* or > /xyz/B/* (for instance) and re-direct this request to your > webapp. > If it does not match, then you do nothing (and let the > request filter down to the normal ROOT app). > > - now comes the tricky bit of which I am not sure : how do > you set up your webapp/servlet, so that it will process > these /xyz/* URLs, as re-directed by the filter, and without > itself receiving the requests for /xyz directly ? > I believe for that you have to set it up somewhere else > than under /tomcat/webapps, and then tell Tomcat, > separately, where to find it. > But that's where my knowledge ends and someone else should > take over. > Of course you have to set up your webapp to handle the URLs > /xyz/A* and /xyz/B*. But the previous post showed you how to > do that. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
