Thanks for the replies, everybody! I'm going to take a look at the Url 
Rewrite Filter pointed out by Peter Kiraly because it looks like the 
simplest solution at this point. We're currently running under glassfish 
on port 80, so I'm hoping to keep Apache out of the mix unless we 
absolutely need it.

-emily

Emily Lynema wrote:
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> Date:    Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:22:07 -0400
> From:    Emily Lynema <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: implementing cool uris in java
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> 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
> 
> -emily

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