Parse and manipulate URLs in velocity

[Dave Hess]

Is these a view tool or utility class that can be used in Velocity to parse and manipulate URLs? I want to be able to change the hostname or URL path in a URL in my velocity template.

[John Michael Thomas]

I don't know of any methods specifically related to URLs, though you can check the Javadocs for the UtilMethods viewtool to see if there's anything in there.

But Velocity is just a thin layer over Java, and Velocity objects are just Java objects under the covers.  So, you can use Java string methods, including string replace.  This would look something like #set( $newString = $oldString.replace("/oldPart/", "/newPart/") ). 

Disclaimer: I make no guarantee that the above syntax is correct, since I haven't done this in quite a while.  But it will should something like that.