How to add custom domain functionality in java based web application?

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I don't know how Google Blogger & Google Apps & Google App Engine allows us to add our own custom domain. How such a functionality is implemented ?

How can it be implemented in our own java based web application ?

Say I want to setup a blog application which is hosted on myapp.com but it will allow to end user setup somesite.com.

Axel Fontaine · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-10 19:16:10Z

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It's a combination of two things:

answered Feb 10, 2011 at 19:16

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maerics · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-10 19:36:11Z

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There are three parts to such a solution:

You must have a way for your custom domains to resolve their names to your application (DNS).
Your web server must respond to requests for each configured domain (virtual hosts).
Your application must provide content conditionally based on the request domain (e.g. by checking the "Host" request header).

answered Feb 10, 2011 at 19:18

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