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<com:TContent ID="body" >

<h1>URL Mapping (Friendly URLs)</h1>

<com:DocLink ClassPath="System.Web.TUrlMapping" />

<p>Using the <tt>TUrlMapping</tt> module different URLs can be
mapped into any existing Prado pages or services. This allows
the application to use nice looking and friendly URLs.
</p>

<p>
The <tt>TUrlMapping</tt> module allows aributary URL path to be mapped to a
particular service and page class. This module must be configured
before a service is initialized, thus this module should be configured
globally in the <a href="?page=Configurations.AppConfig">application configuration</a>
file and before any services.
</p>

<p>The mapping format is as follows.
<com:TTextHighlighter Language="xml" CssClass="source">
<module id="friendly-url" class="System.Web.TUrlMapping">
  <url pageClass="ClassName" pattern="regexp" parameters.id="regexp" />
</module>
</com:TTextHighlighter>
</p>

<p>The <tt>PageClass</tt> set the name of class that the matched URL will
be requested.</p> The <tt>Pattern</tt> and <tt>Parameters</tt> attribute
values are regular expression patterns that
determine the mapping criteria. The <tt>Pattern</tt> property takes
a regular expression with parameter names enclosed between a left brace '<tt>{</tt>'
and a right brace '<tt>}</tt>'. The pattens for each parameter can be set
using <tt>Parameters</tt>attribute collection.
For example,
<com:TTextHighlighter Language="xml" CssClass="source">
<url pageClass="Pages.ShowArticles" pattern="articles/{year}/{month}/{day}"
     parameters.year="\d{4}" parameters.month="\d{2}" parameters.day="\d+" />
</com:TTextHighlighter>
</p>
The example is equivalent, using regular expression only, to
<com:TTextHighlighter Language="xml" CssClass="source">
<url pageClass="Pages.ShowArticles">
<![CDATA[
	articles/(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>\d{2})/(?P<day>\d+)
]]>
</url>
</com:TTextHighlighter>
<p>
In the above example, the pattern contains 3 parameters named "<tt>year</tt>",
"<tt>month</tt>" and "<tt>day</tt>". The pattern for these parameters are,
respectively, "<tt>\d{4}</tt>" (4 digits), "<tt>\d{2}</tt>" (2 digits)
and "<tt>\d+</tt>" (1 or more digits).
</p>

<p>For example, an URL "<tt>http://example.com/index.php/articles/2006/07/21</tt>" will be matched
and valid.  However, "<tt>http://example.com/index.php/articles/2006/07/hello</tt>" is not
 valid since the "<tt>day</tt>" parameter pattern is not satisfied.
 In the default <tt>TUrlMappingPattern</tt> class, the pattern is matched against the
<b>path</b> property of the URL only. For example, only the
"<tt>/index.php/articles/2006/07/21</tt>" portion of the URL is considered and the rest
is ignored.
 </p>


<p>The parameter values are available through the standard <tt>Request</tt>
object. For example, <tt>$this->Request['year']</tt>.
</p>

<p>The URL mapping are evaluated in order they are place and only the first mapping that matches
 the URL will be used. Cascaded mapping can be achieved by placing the URL mappings
 in particular order. For example, placing the most specific mappings first.
 </p>

</com:TContent>