use request.gePathInfo() to get the path. Then parse the string and use
RequestDispatcher.forward("/products/Toys/index.jsp?myparam="+langString).
The forward() will not be subject to further filter processing.Charlie > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Riek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 11:27 AM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: help with multilingual JSP sites pls. using a Filter to > rewrite the URL ? > > > > Sorry, I'm not making myself clear here. My JSPs do exactly > as you suggest > so that I have one JSP serving up French and English pages, > depending on > the language that the user selected on my site. > Here is the problem explained very simply. I have a sitemap > as follows: > /en > --> /Products > --> Toys/index.jsp > --> Decoration/index.jsp > /fr > --> /Products > --> /Toys/index.jsp > --> /Decoration/index.jsp > > As you can see, this is braindead. If I wish the > functionality of the English section > of the site to be the same as that of the French part of the > site, then any change > to a JSP in the 'en' part must be repeated within the 'fr' > site. This is not > scalable and is tedious. > > Instead, it would be much better if I had one site structure > which served up the > whole site. > > /Products > --> /Toys/index.jsp > --> /Decoration/index.jsp > > Any changes to functionality only have to be made in one > place and both the > french viewers and english viewers will experience the same > user experience, > just in different languages. (I use the properties files as > you suggest to > serve up different languages). > > The problem however is "how does /Products/Toys/index.jsp" > know whether > the user is viewing in English or French ? The easy way would > be to have the > user select a language on entering the site and then store > the language > preference in a cookie which I check before serving up pages. > However, > users may access the site from a search engine or from direct > URLs due to > promotions. I would like a request for > /en/Products/Toys/index.jsp to be > sent to /Products/Toys/index.jsp but with a 'lang' parameter > set to 'en'. > Likewise for the french part of the site. > > Surely somebody has had to encounter this sort of problem in > dealing with > pan-European sites ? > > Stephen. > > > > Triptpal Singh Lamba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:One way you > can do this is using property files. > > Prop_ file name _ language code.properties > > So for say abc.jsp , you have abc_en.properties and abc_fr.properties. > > At comple time the JSP calls a class you write at server > which gives say String languageCode = > ObjectName.getLaguageCode(param 1 ,param 2); %> > > Then all JSP elements are picked from there. > Thanks > Tript Singh > > > > > > --------------------------------- > With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a > size that fits your needs > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
