Thanks everyone. I guess I would have to use the Url Rewrite Filter by Paul Tuckey. I thought there was a better way of doing this.
Cheers, Ben On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 09:04:37 -0400, Shapira, Yoav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > You can also do this with one (or more, if you want, depending on the > exact requirements) Filters. That prevents the need for a separate > servlet and any associated session overhead, so the performance argument > is even more moot. > > Yoav Shapira > Millennium Research Informatics > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Steffen Heil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 11:18 AM > >To: 'Tomcat Users List' > >Subject: AW: Search engine friendly URLs > > > >Hi > > > >> If you want to be able to scale your application, you need to be able > to > >move the static image handling out of tomcat to a separate web server. > >Using > >Tomcat to handle both application chores and web serving chores will > limit > >the overall scalability of your system. > > > >I strongly disagree. > >Tomcat is nearly as fast as apache in serving images. > >So, yes, you can save a little time using apache, BUT remeber that the > >apache slows tomcat down. You need cpu-cycles for apache, for mod_jk > and > >additionally for tomcat. Those cycles for apache and mod_jk are not > >nessesary, since tomcat can work standalone. > >So the question comes down to decide wether the overhead of handling > apache > >and mod_jk for dynamic content is smaller then the difference of apache > and > >tomcat in serving images. I guess with current versions of tomcat the > >overhead to apache and mod_jk is even bigger. > >Hence, tomcat alone will be faster. > >(Please also consider, that static content will mostly be taken from > the > >browsers cache, whereas dynamic content needs to be received from > tomcat. > >That means that the time won by using apache for static content needs > to be > >a magnitude higher than the overhead of mod_jk. That's simply not the > >case.) > > > >Tomcat cannot do rewriting, that is correct, but it does not need to: > >I use url such as: > > /content/pages/test.htm > >where content is mapped to my servlet. > >The parameter is simply the rest of the url. > > > >You could do: > > http://localhost/site.do/books/architecture > >and parse the rest of the url to > > section = books > >and > > subsection = architecture > > > >Simply map site.do to your servlet. > > > >Reagrds, > > Steffen > > This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, > and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. > This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may > not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not > the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer > system and notify the sender. Thank you. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
