Question

I want that when user hits following URL:

http://host:8080/AppName/ServletName/Param1/Param2

It should go to a servlet named ServletName and Param1 and Param2 become request parameters. I have seen these kind of urls in ruby projects. Is it possible in Java?

Answer 1

Yes, you can do something like that with a servlet. You need to set the servlet mapping in web.xml like this:

<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>ServletName</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/ServletName/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

to get all requests and in the servlet you need to parse the result of HttpServletRequest.getPathInfo().