Tomcat URL rewriting instructions for Tomcat
Using rewrite Valve
Tomcat 8 can be configured using RewriteValve. See http://tonyjunkes.com/blog/a-brief-look-at-the-rewrite-valve-in-tomcat-8/ for examples.
Instructions for UrlRewriteFilter
UrlRewriteFilter (commonly referred to as Tuckey) is a Java web filter for compliant web application servers such as Tomcat, Jetty, Resin and JBoss. Unfortunately UrlRewriteFilter depends on XML with its extremely strict syntax.
Append the servlet-mapping markup to the end of the <filter mapping> element in your WEB-INF/web.xml
Add the pretty urls rule markup to the <urlrewrite> element to your WEB-INF/urlrewrite.xml configuration.
Restart the web application server.
Servlet-Mapping markup
Copy < servlet-mapping >
< servlet-name >CFMLServlet</ servlet-name >
< url-pattern >/rewrite.cfm/*</ url-pattern >
</ servlet-mapping > Example markup with UrlRewriteFilter and Wheels pretty URLs for WEB-INF/web.xml.
Copy < filter >
< filter-name >UrlRewriteFilter</ filter-name >
< filter-class >org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter</ filter-class >
</ filter >
< filter-mapping >
< filter-name >UrlRewriteFilter</ filter-name >
< url-pattern >/*</ url-pattern >
< dispatcher >REQUEST</ dispatcher >
< dispatcher >FORWARD</ dispatcher >
</ filter-mapping >
< servlet-mapping >
< servlet-name >CFMLServlet</ servlet-name >
< url-pattern >/rewrite.cfm/*</ url-pattern >
</ servlet-mapping > Pretty URLs Rule markup
Copy < rule enabled = "true" >
< name >CFWheels pretty URLs</ name >
<condition type="request-uri" operator="notequal">^/(flex2gateway|jrunscripts|cfide|cf_scripts|cfformgateway|cffileservlet|lucee|files|images|javascripts|miscellaneous|stylesheets|wheels/public/assets|robots.txt|favicon.ico|sitemap.xml|rewrite.cfm)</condition>
< from >^/(.*)$</ from >
< to type = "passthrough" >/rewrite.cfm/$1</ to >
</ rule > A complete barebones WEB-INF/urlrewrite.xml configuration example with pretty URLs.
Copy <? xml version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-8" ?>
<! DOCTYPE urlrewrite
PUBLIC "-//tuckey.org//DTD UrlRewrite 4.0//EN"
"http://www.tuckey.org/res/dtds/urlrewrite4.0.dtd">
< urlrewrite >
< rule enabled = "true" >
< name >CFWheels pretty URLs</ name >
<condition type="request-uri" operator="notequal">^/(flex2gateway|jrunscripts|cfide|cf_scripts|cfformgateway|cffileservlet|lucee|files|images|javascripts|miscellaneous|stylesheets|wheels/public/assets|robots.txt|favicon.ico|sitemap.xml|rewrite.cfm)</condition>
< from >^/(.*)$</ from >
< to type = "passthrough" >/rewrite.cfm/$1</ to >
</ rule >
</ urlrewrite >