How to rewrite URL in Tomcat 6

Question

I'll build a web application and I want to use url rewriting. In apache this is done with mod_rewrite. But how can I rewrite urls with Tomcat 6?

I want to use Struts 2 framework.

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 14 '09 at 01:26

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I've used UrlRewriteFilter as a critical component of a couple of my tomcat-based apps, and have been totally happy with it.

answered Oct 14 '09 at 01:26

Jonathan Feinberg

Have you used it with Struts? – Enrique Oct 14 '09 at 01:32
No; I've never used Struts at all, sorry! – Jonathan Feinberg Oct 14 '09 at 01:52
But the author of UrlRewriteFilter does mention Struts in particular on the front page, in a context that suggests that it's compatible. – Jonathan Feinberg Oct 14 '09 at 01:53

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 14 '09 at 02:33

You can do wildcard mappings in your struts.xml:

<action name="*Crud" class="example.Crud" method="{1}">
...

Then I think you can set your default action extension to / in struts.properties:

struts.action.extension=/

As for the URL filter, here's a good blog post.

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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It could be a good idea to have Apache as a web server for static content in front of Tomcat application server.

In any case, there's a similar question.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

Community

answered Oct 14 '09 at 09:17

fglez

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