Many web applications inelegantly expose themselves in their URLs. While ASP.NET applications tend to have an .aspx in the URL, Struts' default configuration gives you a .do in your URL. It is possible to reconfigure a Struts web application that uses URLs like /customer.do?method=edit&id=42 to use something like /customer/edit/42 instead. This article covers several separate techniques that you can use for different parts of the URL.

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