diff -r 058bb3dc685f -r 0b59724cb3f2 cubicweb/web/test/unittest_views_apacherewrite.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/cubicweb/web/test/unittest_views_apacherewrite.py	Sat Jan 16 13:48:51 2016 +0100
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+# copyright 2003-2010 LOGILAB S.A. (Paris, FRANCE), all rights reserved.
+# contact http://www.logilab.fr/ -- mailto:contact@logilab.fr
+#
+# This file is part of CubicWeb.
+#
+# CubicWeb is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+# terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# CubicWeb is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
+# details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
+# with CubicWeb.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+
+"""
+from logilab.common.testlib import TestCase, unittest_main
+
+from cubicweb.web.views.apacherewrite import *
+
+class ApacheURLRewriteTC(TestCase):
+
+    def test(self):
+        class MyAppRules(ApacheURLRewrite):
+            rules = [
+                RewriteCond('logilab\.fr', match='host',
+                            rules=[('/(.*)', r'http://www.logilab.fr/\1')],
+                            action='redirect'),
+                RewriteCond('(www)\.logilab\.fr', match='host', action='stop'),
+                RewriteCond('/(data|json)/', match='path', action='stop'),
+                RewriteCond('(?P<cat>.*)\.logilab\.fr', match='host',
+                            rules=[('/(.*)', r'/m_%(cat)s/\1')]),
+                ]
+        urlrewriter = MyAppRules()
+        req = None # not used in the above rules, so keep a simple TestCase here
+        try:
+            urlrewriter.rewrite('logilab.fr', '/whatever', req)
+            self.fail('redirect exception expected')
+        except Redirect as ex:
+            self.assertEqual(ex.location, 'http://www.logilab.fr/whatever')
+        self.assertEqual(urlrewriter.rewrite('www.logilab.fr', '/whatever', req),
+                          '/whatever')
+        self.assertEqual(urlrewriter.rewrite('www.logilab.fr', '/json/bla', req),
+                          '/json/bla')
+        self.assertEqual(urlrewriter.rewrite('abcd.logilab.fr', '/json/bla', req),
+                          '/json/bla')
+        self.assertEqual(urlrewriter.rewrite('abcd.logilab.fr', '/data/bla', req),
+                          '/data/bla')
+        self.assertEqual(urlrewriter.rewrite('abcd.logilab.fr', '/whatever', req),
+                          '/m_abcd/whatever')
+        self.assertEqual(urlrewriter.rewrite('abcd.fr', '/whatever', req),
+                          '/whatever')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest_main()