Imagine a company currently using PHP who decides their app has grown past the constraints of PHP. It would be silly of them to change the file extension on their URIs just because they're changing technology, so they just map *.php to the Struts Servlet.
Of course, if the web developers at that company were really smart, they'd have been following the guidelines described in http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.html and wouldn't have such a problem. Few people do this, though. -- Jeff On 7/28/05, John Henry Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I mapped to .html but not .asp, and I doubt many people would map java > apps to .php, .asp or .aspx in hosting companies (Of course u can > technically but I can not see the benefit). That's why I assume if I see > .php, I know it is php site with 99% confidence. > > The reason for our mapping to html was that this page is rather stable > and I don't change their contents over time (in general). And for > security reason as Stéphane said. For PHP and perl it is very simple to > do that. For java it is a little more difficult but manageable. It can > give you more URL addresses as Neil said. > > As for jsf, is it .jspx? or maybe mapping to others? It is possible jsf > maps to html. jsf using .aspx? It is unthinkable even technically > possible. > > John H. Xu > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Neil Erdwien" > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" > Subject: Re: JSF is the beginning of the end of Struts !!! > Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:01:29 -0500 > > > > > I presume preserving URLs is the reason to map one technology's > > default extention to another. For example, if you have a static > > web site with files than end in .html, and switch to Java/Struts, > > then you can map *.html to the Struts' action servlet. > > > > The end users' bookmarks don't have to change, but you're really > > running a Struts action under the covers. > > > > > > Stéphane Zuckerman wrote: > > > John Henry Xu a écrit : > > > > > >>>> Actually, my favorite sites are the > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> ones that map "*.asp" to the Struts servlet. Gotta love people > that > > >>> bend minds like that! > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> I cannot imagine what motivates people tried to map there > servlets to > > >> .asp. Even I could easily map my site to .aspx, I would not do > that. > > >> Although I respect MS, I am not really a huge fun of Microsoft. > If I > > >> implement sites with Java, I want java take credits. If I > implement sites > > >> in PHP, I want PHP take credits, I would not map that to .asp. > If I use > > >> .net, I don't map it to jsp also. If I saw a site ends with .php > or > > >> .aspx, I assume that was a php and .net site, and I belieave I > am right > > >> on that with 99% confidence. > > > > > > > > > I guess this is against wannabe crackers. Yes, yes, I know, > security > > > through obscurity, blah blah blah... Well, once you've done > everything > > > that isn't obfuscation-related, there is only obscurity that > remains, > > > and frankly, it does help gain a few {minutes,hours} before the > nasty > > > black hats break the server. :-) > > > > > > > -- Neil Erdwien, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Web Technologies Manager > > Computing and Network Services, Kansas State University > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > John H. Xu > > > http://www.usanalyst.com > > http://www.GetusJobs.com (The largest free job portal in North America) > > -- > ___________________________________________________________ > Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com > http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
