How to rewrite the application context path?

[babazs]

Hy!

We developed a Seam based application on JBoss 5.

I would like to rewrite all of my application urls (http://localhost:80/contextpath/index.seam) without the context path (http://localhost:80/index.seam). Changing my application context path in the ear/application.xml/context-root is not the preferred way, so I'd like to avoid it.

I tried JBossWeb mod_rewrite and seam url rewriting without any success.

Does anybody know a good solution for this problem?

Thanks.

[jfclere]

Well the rewrite valve should be able to do that, what did you try?

[babazs]

Hy!

We tried to use these rules with JBossWEB:

RewriteRule   ^/contextpath(.*)  /contextpath$1 [L,QSA]

RewriteRule   ^(.*)  /contextpath$1  [L,QSA]

Could you suggest other rules for the correct rewriting, please?

Thank you so much!

[jfclere]

Won't:

RewriteRule   ^(.*)  /contextpath$1  [L]

be enough?

[babazs]

Hi!

First, thanks for your reply!

Without the first rule the html links on the generated html that contains the contextpath become /contextpath/contextpath/index.seam

So a menu link to the home page http://localhost:80/contextpath/index.seam will be converted to http://localhost:80/contextpath/contextpath/index.seam

QSA is necessary to attach the query parameters to the rewrited urls. (  http://localhost:80/contextpath/index.seam?cid=77&userId=12121 )

[jfclere]

Ok I was a bit to fast in my first answer, sorry.

So what is wrong with the 2 rules?

[babazs]

Hi!

The  menu links  (and other generated links)  rendered like: http://localhost:80/contextpath/index.seam in the html source, and will be converted to http://localhost:80/contextpath/index.seam , because the first rewrite rule. These urls are remained the same, but I'd like to these urls appear without the contextpath (http://localhost:80/index.seam  ) . So the rewrite rule does not remove the context path in these cases.

I am searching a way to solve this problem.

[jfclere]

hm not sure what you mean...

Guessing: Some links are now http://localhost:80/contextpath/contextpath instead http://localhost:80/contextpath?