Yeah, if you are worried about URL format, I would actually argue that you should encrypt the url so that users can't muck around with it.. I think the extra layer would be the way, and would be a nice "extension" to contribute back.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Henning P. Schmiedehausen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 11:59 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Two Problems > > > "Gray, Cameron C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >Henning, > > >The problem is a "what the user sees in the address bar" issue with the > >client, he wants "nice" urls. > > >I want to remap the URL not anything else... > > >For instance > ><context>/<servlet-mapping>/template/homePage.vm > >He would prefer as > ><context>/<servlet-mapping>/display/homePage.vm > > >I quote "he thinks template gives the wrong impression to visitors". > > Change the constant in the Turbine source code. Rebuild. That's what > Open Source is all about. :-) > > >He doesn't like the fact that "," translates to %23 when used in a link > >by IE. > > %23? %2C I'd say. (Growing up with 8085 assembler definitely left its > marks on me. ;-) ) %23 is the hash (#). > > However, as all the parts of the URI are really servlet parameters, > and all the variables in PATH_INFO, QUERY_STRING and the POST stdin > are equal, I'd say that you could build a TemplateLink that could use > POST or GET. > > >Any ideas? > > Well, this is IMHO looking for a solution that has no problem. Did you > ever look at the URIs that Amazon hands out? > > I see no problem here. If a customer really cares about the URIs that > an application hands out, one could build a layer between the TemplateURI > tool and the Template Service, which translates foo,bar,baz.vm to > xAbcD and then translates later xAbcD back to foo,bar,baz.vm . > > Regards > Henning > > -- > Dipl.-Inf. (Univ.) Henning P. Schmiedehausen INTERMETA GmbH > [EMAIL PROTECTED] +49 9131 50 654 0 http://www.intermeta.de/ > > RedHat Certified Engineer -- Jakarta Turbine Development -- hero for hire > Linux, Java, perl, Solaris -- Consulting, Training, Development > > "Fighting for one's political stand is an honourable action, but re- > fusing to acknowledge that there might be weaknesses in one's > position - in order to identify them so that they can be remedied - > is a large enough problem with the Open Source movement that it > deserves to be on this list of the top five problems." > -- Michelle Levesque, "Fundamental Issues with > Open Source Software Development" > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
