[jira] [Created] (SLING-2726) allow wildcards in servlet paths

["Nicolas Peltier (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Nicolas Peltier created SLING-2726:
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             Summary: allow wildcards in servlet paths
                 Key: SLING-2726
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-2726
             Project: Sling
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: Servlets
            Reporter: Nicolas Peltier
            Priority: Minor


this would be nice to allow minimum wildcard for servlet paths, i.e. /a/b/* (no suffix), as some use cases can't be cover right now with jcr based resources + path servlets.
Basically every resource model where you don't need a jcr node for (while it's very convenient most of the time).
I'm thinking for example of having a profile servlet with a nice public /profile/jdoe.html url. Right now my possibilities are 
* to create a flat tree of fake user nodes under a profile node just for the sake of my urls (don't need righs handling, don't need other verbs for the same resource), 
* to have tons of vanityUrls (not meant for that kind of usage)
* to create my own ResourceProvider that map that kind of URLs to existing jcr resources.
* to switch to /profile.jdoe.html, or /profile.html?uid=jdoe

And i tend to think a tiny wildcard in a path parameter would be nicer :-)

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