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List:       xml-cocoon-dev
Subject:    Re: [Proposal] Creating better portal urls
From:       Carsten Ziegeler <cziegeler () apache ! org>
Date:       2005-09-16 7:44:14
Message-ID: 432A77CE.6020905 () apache ! org
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Andreas Hochsteger wrote:
> Do you mean something like mod_rewrite for Apache 
> (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html)?
> 
Hmm, similar but as a Java component - so you have to code the rewriting
and can't configure it.

The current LinkService can be used to do the conversion from current
portal urls to "nice urls", so you only have to provide a component that
does the reverse.

Carsten

> 
> Carsten Ziegeler wrote:
> 
>>Ralph Goers wrote:
>>
>>>Carsten Ziegeler wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Ok, the more I think about it, I could imagine using a url pre and post
>>>>precessor. When a url (link) is created the usual way, a post processor
>>>>can change the url and for example create url path elements instead of
>>>>request parameters.
>>>>For an incomming event, the url pre processor does the other way round.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Can you give me a bit more detail on this?  I'm not sure I have the 
>>>picture.  But it sounds like it is sort of like a transformer on the 
>>>incoming and outgoing requests. That might be kind of cool. I can 
>>>envision folks using that for other things, but I'm not sure.
>>>
>>
>>Yepp, exactly - it works like a transformer, it gets the original url,
>>portal?cocoon-portal-event=37 and creates a nice url (depending on
>>personal preferences for "nice") like "content.html" (or whatever).
>>The transformation should work without storing something into the user
>>session, so the nice urls can be used to link to the portal from
>>external applications/email whatever.
>>
>>Then the incomming url is transformed back - we can manage this without
>>any redirects happening (I think).
>>
>>Carsten
>>
> 
> 


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