[Exist-open] XQueryURLRewrite changed from filter to servlet

[Wolfgang M. <wol...@ex...>]

Hi everybody,

with rev 15750, eXist's URL rewriting component, XQueryURLRewrite,
changed from a servlet filter to a servlet. The servlet configuration
in web.xml should be overwritten automatically if you run a build. I
tested various apps and did not encounter any issues, but if your app
suddenly stops working after the update, please report.

XQueryURLRewrite has always been something between a filter and a
servlet, though in the majority of all cases it really acts like a
servlet, i.e. directly produces the response. More important, as a
filter it did not cooperate with other filters and violated the
standards, thus causing major issues with e.g. the betterFORM servlet
filter.

I finally found a way to recode the class into a proper servlet
without loosing functionality.

Wolfgang