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> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Emily Lynema > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 12:22 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [CODE4LIB] implementing cool uris in java > > 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 There are a number of ways you can create them, but they depend upon your Web server and application infrastructure. For example, if you are using Apache for a Web server you can could use mod_rewrite or if you are using Tomcat for a Web server you could use URL rewrite. Since you mentioned that your application is using the Servlet API, you could write a Servlet interceptor or Servlet filter to process the request before it gets to your application. The easiest is to use mod_rewrite or URL rewrite. This is what we did for our Terminology Services project to hide those ugly SRU URL's. Andy.