This is pretty much exactly what I designed the FriendlyURLServlet to do. I'm in the middle of adding some functionality to that to allow you to specify a redirectHandler in web.xml that will cause all requests that match the servlet mapping to be passed directly to the handler.
so if you had a URL like this: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/messages_4_38946.cfm and your web.xml looked something like this: <servlet> <servlet-name>FUServlet</servlet-name> <display-name>FriendlyUrlServlet</display-name> <description>Translates friendly URLs to objects</description> <servlet-class>FriendlyURLServlet</servlet-class> <init-param> <param-name>redirectHandler</param-name> <param-value>/go.cfm</param-value> </init-param> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>FUServlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/cf_lists/*</url-pattern> <is-default>false</is-default> </servlet-mapping> /go.cfm would get the request with an extra URL variable called path. The value of that variable would be "/cf_lists/messages_4_38946.cfm" How you handle the processing of that variable and any subsequent redirection is entirely up to you. Spike Michael Dinowitz wrote: > I think I'm not making myself clear here. I'm speaking about a CF based url > rewriter, not a generic 404 catcher. If an url is written in a specific > manner (messages_4_33432) then it'll translate into a valid and expected > page. This is designed as a way to format specific pages that normally would > need url/form variables into static looking pages. > For example, a user or bot sees: > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/messages_4_38946.cfm > This is a valid url and any attempt to visit it will result in a valid > document. Behind the scenes this may be something other than a file named > messages_4_38946.cfm but that does not matter to the visitor. All they care > about is a link and a result. > > >>I done it ages ago, and I found it is not how the web is supposed to work, >>a >>404 error means page not found (as we all know) and that's what it should >>be >>used for, there are all kinds of ramifications when you use it for >>something >>else, for example; search engines will not pick your page up, fine if you >>don't want them listed in the first place. I think you are also opening >>yourself up for a security attack (not sure about the specifics anymore). >> >>Just my dos pesetas >> > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:198750 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
