I am currently investigating replacing the tabs provided by a Struts 1 tag library with the tabs provided by jQuery UI. I have successfully managed to get the tabs integrate
The following link of a jQuery plugin seems a possible candidate for a solution, as it provides you with the URL and the component parts. You would then be able to match the value with either the index of the tab you want to select or by id or class through the jQuery selector:
http://www.oakcitygraphics.com/jquery/jqURL/jqURLdemo.html?var1=1&var2=2&var3=3