John and Jérôme, Thanks much, this is *exactly* what I need!
Cliff > -----Original Message----- > From: John D. Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 7:54 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: uriPattern exactness > > 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
