Using regular expressions for filter-mapping

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I know I cannot use regular expressions for the url-pattern of a filter-mapping, but I wanted to know if it is possible somehow to map the filter using something like /foo/.+/*

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 05 '12 at 00:05

No. As to wildcard matching, the <url-pattern> only supports prefix (/folder/*) or suffix (*.extension) matching.

If you want more finer grained matching like as possible with Apache HTTPD's mod_rewrite, then use Tuckey's UrlRewriteFilter or OCPSoft Rewrite instead. They support mod_rewrite-like expressions by XML configuration.

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 05 '12 at 04:48

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No. URL Patterns in Servlet does not support regular expressions. They can be only of these below three types:

Exact Pattern For Ex, /folder/abc.html, /folder/abc
Directory Pattern For Ex, /folder/abc/*
Extension Pattern For Ex, *.js, *.reports etc

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Using regular expressions for filter-mapping

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