mod_jserv/3639: "Mounting style" gives no ability to map URIs to servlets freely (only external redirection works)

[Michael Mosiewicz <mi...@interdata.pl>]

>Number:         3639
>Category:       mod_jserv
>Synopsis:       "Mounting style" gives no ability to map URIs to servlets freely (only external redirection works)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    jserv
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jan 10 13:20:01 PST 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     mimo@interdata.pl
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.3/mod_jser 1.0b1
>Environment:
Linux, gcc - but this actually doesn't matter
>Description:
I'm trying (all day long) to map URI of the form /x/ to /servlets/myAliasedClass/

I think that ApJServMount makes it very obfuscated. 
I tried:
RewriteRule ^/x/(.*) /servlets/myAliasedClass/
I tried it with [PT] option. But it doesn't work. The url is mapped to the filesystem. But the /servlets mount point is not in the filesystem itself. So I get 404.
It works if I remap it using external redirection. But that's not what I like.

In case of CGI/mod-perl/fcgi/you-name-it it's pretty easy to map URI's internally. But it seems impossible for servlet. 
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
1. Some sort of ServletAlias.
2. ApJServAction handler-type /uri/to/servlet
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^
  And I mean 'handler' not 'extension'.
   (then I would be able to SetHandler for some location).
   I call it a bug that mod_jserv is extension based,
   not mime or handler-type based.
>Audit-Trail:
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