Servlet wildcard Path option

[andrewwheeler]

The @Path annotation takes as a parameter a "path" which only emits the event if the Servlet path (including resource) matches exactly. I think it would be a very useful extension to match using a regular expression. E.g.

@Path("test/.*")

Currently @Path("test/") matches only http://localhost/test/ and not http://localhost/test/abc.

The strong use-case for this is custom resource serving. Would anyone else like to see this extension? Should I raise a JIRA feature request?

[lightguard]

Should we align with the Servlet Mapping in the spec or the way JAX-RS does it? They're similar yes, but somewhat different.

[andrewwheeler]

I don't know the differences between Servlet mapping and JAX-RS, but I vote for the Servlet mapping. I'd say the most common use case will be a light-weight alternative to servlets.

In fact it would be ideal if @Path worked the same way as @WebServlet(urlPattern="/your/pattern/here").