Re: Servlet Filters -> Apache Mod_Rewrite

[Joe Walnes]

> Has anyone thought of writing a Mod_Rewrite clone using Servlet Filters?
> Using something like the Jakarta ORO regex package this should be quite
> doable?
>
> Any reason that wouldn't work? (I've never actually used Mod_Rewrite, just
> read about it).

I've done something similar, but filters are not required. Simply create a
servlet that sends appropriate redirects then use <servlet-mapping>s to
assign it to URL's.

-Joe Walnes