I've already done a JavaServer Faces CMS with custom URL for posts and categories. I've used basically javax.servlet.Filter
and javax.faces.application.ViewHandler
. Since you are in straight JSP you won't need javax.faces.application.ViewHandler
.
How I declared my filter :
<filter>
<filter-name>URLFilter</filter-name>
<filter-class>com.spectotechnologies.jsf.filters.URLFilter</filter-class>
<async-supported>true</async-supported>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>URLFilter</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
<dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
<dispatcher>INCLUDE</dispatcher>
<dispatcher>ERROR</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>
Basic Filter implementation :
/**
*
* @author Alexandre Lavoie
*/
public class URLFilter implements Filter
{
@Override
public void doFilter(ServletRequest p_oRequest, ServletResponse p_oResponse, FilterChain p_oChain) throws IOException, ServletException
{
// Determining new url, get parameters, etc
p_oRequest.getRequestDispatcher("newurl").forward(p_oRequest,p_oResponse);
}
@Override
public void init(FilterConfig p_oConfiguration) throws ServletException
{
}
@Override
public void destroy()
{
}
}