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Tomcat: Web filter to forward some requests to another remote webserver

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I would like to create a web filter to forward some requests to another webserver,

The filter receives an "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" request , inspects the value of a parameter and chooses to forward to another remote webserver ( as a proxy )

I've seen some posts where they open a HttpURLConnection to remote server and send the request. This is right for me, but I'd would like if there is another way ( easier ) to implement it.

posted Jan 14, 2015 by anonymous

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