On Friday 2008.10.17, at 04:01 , Jerome Louvel wrote:
[...]
In combination with MODE_EQUALS, you could also add a variable for
your
extensions like: "/foos/{foo}/bar.{ext}". That could reduce the
number of
alternative routes you would have to attach.
Yes and no. I use that trick but I still have to also have e.g.:
/foos/{foo}/bar
as well since the dot shouldn't be there if there's no extension. When
I last looked, I couldn't find any way to make things optional (so if
it's still not possible to do that in the latest versions, I'd suggest
looking into it -- something like /bar(.{ext})? so that it hangs
together properly).
FWIW, I do send both to the same resource and just have the resource
look for the optional parts. e.g.:
ext = (String) request.getAttributes().get("ext");
if (null == ext)
ext = "";
I've also used a combination of EQUALS and the default STARTS_WITH to
keep the numbers of routes a bit more manageable.
Take care,
John
