Re: mod_rewrite & WO

Actually I'm not a mod_rewrite expert at all, but I do remember  
Rentzsch was of really good help on Apple's WO mailing list.
here's the direct link to his weblog regarding mod_rewrite and WO:
http://rentzsch.com/woWebLog/httpdConfChanges
Also I don't know if this can be used to track session. I know we are  
using it in cooperation with a directAction method to display something  
like
www.example.com/fr/Pagex
which will be rewritten internally to
www.example.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/application.woa/wa/directAccess? 
lang=fr&section=pagex

I hope this will help you.

Xavier



> No, it's not my goal to hide the "WebObjects" word in the URL. What  
> we've done so far with mod_rewrite is to convert URLs with parameters  
> (e.g. "...?id=1230903") into "static" looking URLs so the pages of the  
> CMS could be indexed by search engines.
>
> Of course we could do this inside the application too... but that  
> would mean rewriting parts of several webapps that have been working  
> fine for quite a while now.
>
> -Will
>
> On 03.11.2004, at 04:02, Kenji Nakamura wrote:
>
>>
>> I've recentry tryied a mod_rewrite related matter as our customer  
>> wants
>> to hide "WebObject" word form the URL.
>>
>> Are you doing something like that?
>>
>> I know some sites use FRAMESET to hide a long url, but the word still
>> remains inside the page.
>>
>> Then I tried to use mod_rewrite, but as far as tried Apache dispached
>> the request to mod_WebObject prior to mod_rewrite regardless the order
>> of mod modules listed in httpd.conf.  I just guess that's because
>> mod_WebObject works with the Apache API mechanism while mod_rewrite  
>> uses
>> the URL-to-filename hooks.  (Would someone tell me my guess is right  
>> or
>> not?)
>>
>> If my guess is right and you are doing a same kind of thing as me, you
>> need to change both Adaptor and the application.
>>
>> mod_WebObject only takes the request with WO URL which starts with the
>> value of WebObjectsAlias, otherwith passes it through.
>>
>> Once mod_WebObject takes the request, it won't passed it after that.
>>
>> So, mod_rewrite doesn't affect mod_webjects at all, nor receive a
>> request with a WO URL.
>>
>> mod_rewrite should work fine for other than WO URL with mod_webojects
>> loaded together.
>>
>>> BUT why does the same thing work with mod_weblogic?
>>
>> I don't know about mod_weblogic at all.  If in case of weblogic the
>> session and context infomation is stored in cookie or form, the URL  
>> can
>> be very simple and the module just needs to send forward the request  
>> to
>> a servelet or some listener.  Any alias can be used for the module,
>> unlike mod_webobjects which needs the word "/WebObjects" in it.
>>
>> Kenji
>
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