Request Resolution in Adobe AEM

Before trying to understand request resolution, take a look at URL decomposition to see how the URL is decomposed.

The process looks like this:

a) After the URL Decomposition process, the following URL properties are extracted:

   Protocol
   Host
   Path
   Selector(s)
   Extension
   Suffix
   Param(s)

b) The `path` component of the URL is matched against a node in `content` folder

c) If the node is found, it uses one of the following properties to try to locate the resource:

   `sling:resourceType`
   `sling:resourceSuperType`
   `jcr:primaryType`

d) Using the value of one of the above properties, it tries to locate this resource under one of these folders:

   `apps`
   `libs`

e) When it find the correct folder, it chooses a node with the best match based on some of the URL properties:

   `Selector`
   `Extension`
   `Method`

Request Example

Notice how the resolutions starts at `content` folder, then uses a file in `apps` folder by `sling:resourceType` reference: