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DZone > Java Zone > Enhancing your GWT Application with the UrlRewriteFilter

Enhancing your GWT Application with the UrlRewriteFilter

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Feb. 24, 09 · Java Zone · Interview
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Last week, I spent some time trying to change the location of my cache/nocache HTML files in my GWT project. I started the project with the gwt-maven-plugin's archetype. The message I posted to the gwt-maven Google Group is below.

Rather than having my application's HTML file in src/main/java/com/mycompany/Application.html, I'd like to move it to src/main/webapp/index.html. I tried copying the HTML and adding the following to my index.html, but no dice:

<meta name="gwt:module" content="com.mycompany.Application"/>

Is this possible with the gwt-maven-plugin? I'd like to have my main HTML and CSS at the root of my application.

The good news is I figured out a solution using the UrlRewriteFilter that 1) allows hosted mode to work as usual and 2) allows your app to be served up from the root URL (/ instead of /com.company.Module/Application.html). Here's the urlrewrite.xml that makes it all possible.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE urlrewrite PUBLIC "-//tuckey.org//DTD UrlRewrite 3.0//EN"
"http://tuckey.org/res/dtds/urlrewrite3.0.dtd">

<urlrewrite>
<rule>
<from>/$</from>
<to type="forward" last="true">/com.mycompany.app.Application/Application.html</to>
</rule>
<rule>
<from>/index.html</from>
<to type="forward" last="true">/com.mycompany.app.Application/Application.html</to>
</rule>
<-- This last rule is necessary for JS and CSS files -->
<rule>
<from>^/(.*)\.(.*)$</from>
<to type="forward">/com.mycompany.app.Application/$1.$2</to>
</rule>
</urlrewrite>

If you're using the gwt-maven plugin, this file goes in src/main/webapp/WEB-INF. In addition, you'll need to add the following to your web.xml.

    <filter>
<filter-name>rewriteFilter</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter</filter-class>
</filter>

<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>rewriteFilter</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>

Finally, add the UrlRewriteFilter dependency in your pom.xml:

    <dependency>
<groupId>org.tuckey</groupId>
<artifactId>urlrewritefilter</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
</dependency>

Please let me know if you have any questions.

From http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/enhancing_your_gwt_application_with 

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