-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Emily -- You could front Tomcat with Apache, then use Apache mod_rewrite plus mod_proxy_html to modify the URLs. We did something close to that at OhioLINK: http://dltj.org/article/apache-httpd-and-tomcat/ It isn't an exact match for what you'd like to do, but I think it is close enough... Peter On Jul 3, 2008, at 12:22 AM, Emily Lynema wrote: > I'm looking around for tools to implement cool uris in java. I've > been studying the restlet framework tonight, and while it sounds > cool, I think it would also require a complete re-write of an > application that is currently based on the Servlet API. And, of > course, I'm working under a time crunch. > > Is there anything out there to assist me in working with cool uris > besides just using regular expressions when parsing URLs? > > For example, I'd like to create URLs like: > > http://catalog.lib.ncsu.edu/record/123456 > > instead of: > > http://catalog.lib.ncsu.edu/record?id=1234565 - - -- Peter Murray http://www.pandc.org/peter/work/ Assistant Director, New Service Development tel:+1-614-728-3600;ext=338 OhioLINK: the Ohio Library and Information Network Columbus, Ohio The Disruptive Library Technology Jester http://dltj.org/ Attrib-Noncomm-Share http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iD8DBQFIbMXf4+t4qSfPIHIRAjcrAJ93msZHiobzGsOgIdwQF4K+8tPzKwCgh08f Pe/ZT92mSXjqR1UbJNgtnAs= =/HC6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----