What is "rewrite-url"

A URL rewriting engine, is part of a web server through Engines mapping "URL to filename", modifying the appearance of a web URL (rewrite URL). Rewritten Urls (sometimes known as short, friendly (Fancy), or search engine friendly - SEO) are used to provide shorter and more relevant links for the future of web pages, using user routes from obsolete Urls for replacements, or to simplify the format of the URL to facilitate human reading. The technique adds a degree of separation between the files used to generate a URL web page that is presented to the world. It is integral to frameworks that override all URI requests via a routing script or controller.

Useful links

  1. and your tag wiki for some examples on the most widely used implementation for the Apache web server.
  2. and your tag wiki for an application for Java/J2EE technology.