How to avoid ;jsessionid=XXX on the first call to a page? it works if first page is jsp

Question

I have an application which uses the welcome-page index.jsp with an the contents of the iframe is a jsf page. If I access index.js

Answer 1

Based on Christopher Schultz recommendation I tried this and it works.

    package com.rama.test.jsessionfilter

    public class JsessionIdAvoiderFilter implements Filter {

        protected static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger(JsessionIdAvoiderFilter.class);

        public void doFilter(ServletRequest req, ServletResponse res,
                FilterChain chain) throws IOException, ServletException {

            if (!(req instanceof HttpServletRequest)) {
                chain.doFilter(req, res);
                return;
            }

            HttpServletRequest request = (HttpServletRequest) req;
            HttpServletResponse response = (HttpServletResponse) res;

        // Redirect requests with JSESSIONID in URL to clean old links
        /* If you really want clean up some old links which have Jsession id bookmarked clean it. If its new app 
            this  below check is not required. */
            if (request.isRequestedSessionIdFromURL()) {
                String url = request.getRequestURL().append(request.getQueryString() != null ? "?"
                                + request.getQueryString() : "").toString();
                response.setHeader("Location", url);
                response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_MOVED_PERMANENTLY);
                LOGGER.info(" Found url with jsession id in it:"+ request.getRequestURL() +": url="+url);
                return;
            }

            // Prevent rendering of JSESSIONID in URLs for all outgoing links
            HttpServletResponseWrapper wrappedResponse = new HttpServletResponseWrapper(
                    response) {
                @Override
                public String encodeRedirectUrl(String url) {
                    return url;
                }

                @Override
                public String encodeRedirectURL(String url) {
                    return url;
                }

                @Override
                public String encodeUrl(String url) {
                    return url;
                }

                @Override
                public String encodeURL(String url) {
                    return url;
                }
            };
            chain.doFilter(req, wrappedResponse);

        }

        public void destroy() {
        }

        public void init(FilterConfig arg0) throws ServletException {
        }
    }

and the following entry in web.xml

 
        JsessionId Filter 
        jsessionIdAvoiderFilter 
        com.rama.test.jsessionfilter.JsessionIdAvoiderFilter 
     
     
        jsessionIdAvoiderFilter
        /*
        REQUEST
    

Works great !!!.