Re: Using RewriteFilter defined in web.xml within application

Silly of me to think even if I do grab the instance of my
RewriteFilter it'd be of any use. Nevermind that.

Still, though, I'd like to retrieve the browser's original pre-rewrite
request URI without having to manually reverse the rewrites.

Tim

On 6/14/06, Tim Maurer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> In my web app I'd like to use request.getRequestURI() to dynamically
> construct URIs for various redirection purposes, but I'm
> inconvenienced by the fact that my app makes use of a RewriteFilter
> and request.getRequestURI() returns the true servlet's URI as opposed
> to the pre-rewrite URI used in the request.
>
> Am I missing an obvious way of making use of the RewriteFilter within
> my app? I've looked at com.caucho.server.webapp.Application for any
> hints in grabbing the filter from the context, but I'm stumped.
>
> Here's an example of a workflow in my app where I'd like this to work:
>
> 1. Unauthenticated user attempts to access a restricted resource
> 2. Servlet redirects user to login page, appending original request
> URI as a query parameter
> 3. User logs in, servlet redirects to originally requested URI via the
> query param
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Tim
>