URL Rewriter 1.1

URL Rewriter is a tool for rewriting URL in Servlet. It is similar to mod_rewrite. This project is written in Java and it is licensed under LGPL.
< span style=color:blue >< b >Main features:< /b >< /span >< br/ >
- Easy installation
- Easy extension. You can easily write new tags.
- Maven support.
< b >Installing Rewriter< /b >
If you are not using Maven you need to add this two jars to classpath (eg. WEB-INF/lib/): softeu-rewriter-1.1.jar and xom-1.1.jar.
If you are using Maven add dependency to pom.xml:
< !-- url rewriter -- >
< dependency >
< groupId >cz.softeu< /groupId >
< artifactId >softeu-rewriter< /artifactId >
< version >1.1< /version >
< scope >runtime< /scope >
< /dependency >
this library is not yet in main Maven repository, so add SoftEU repository to pom.xml:
< repositories >
< repository >
< id >softeu-repo< /id >
< url >http://maven.softeu.cz/< /url >
< /repository >
< /repositories >
Add to web.xml:
< !-- url rewriter -- >
< filter >
< filter-name >RewriterFilter< /filter-name >
< filter-class >cz.softeu.rewriter.RewriterFilter< /filter-class >
< /filter >
< filter-mapping >
< filter-name >RewriterFilter< /filter-name >
< url-pattern >/*< /url-pattern >
< /filter-mapping >
Create WEB-INF/rewriter-config.xml:
< rewriter-config xmlns:b="http://rewriter.softeu.cz/basic/" >
< b:regex >
< from >^/news/(.*)$< /from >
< to >/news.jsf?id=$1< /to >
< /b:regex >
< /rewriter-config >