Class RewriteRegexRule

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Rule.ApplyURI

    public class RewriteRegexRule
    extends RegexRule
    implements Rule.ApplyURI
    Rewrite the URI by matching with a regular expression. The replacement string may use $n" to replace the nth capture group. If the replacement string contains ? character, then it is split into a path and query string component. The replacement query string may also contain $Q, which is replaced with the original query string. The returned target contains only the path.
    • Constructor Detail

      • RewriteRegexRule

        public RewriteRegexRule()
      • RewriteRegexRule

        public RewriteRegexRule​(@Name("regex")
                                String regex,
                                @Name("replacement")
                                String replacement)
    • Method Detail

      • setReplacement

        public void setReplacement​(String replacement)
        Whenever a match is found, it replaces with this value.
        Parameters:
        replacement - the replacement string.
      • apply

        public String apply​(String target,
                            javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                            javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                            Matcher matcher)
                     throws IOException
        Description copied from class: RegexRule
        Apply this rule to the request/response pair. Called by RegexRule.matchAndApply(String, HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse) if the regex matches.
        Specified by:
        apply in class RegexRule
        Parameters:
        target - field to attempt match
        request - request object
        response - response object
        matcher - The Regex matcher that matched the request (with capture groups available for replacement).
        Returns:
        The target (possible updated).
        Throws:
        IOException - exceptions dealing with operating on request or response objects