4.6.3. Context

import java.io.IOException;

import javax.servlet.Filter;
import javax.servlet.FilterChain;
import javax.servlet.FilterConfig;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponseWrapper;

public class JsessionIdRemoveFilter implements Filter {

    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 version (old links bookmarked/stored by bots)
        // This is ONLY triggered if the request did not also contain a JSESSIONID cookie! Which should be fine for bots...
        if (request.isRequestedSessionIdFromURL()) {
            String url = request.getRequestURL()
                         .append(request.getQueryString() != null ? "?"+request.getQueryString() : "")
                         .toString();
            response.setHeader("Location", url);
            response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_MOVED_PERMANENTLY);
            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 {
     }
}

<filter>
  <filter-name>JsessionIdRemoveFilter</filter-name>
  <filter-class>com.example.JsessionIdRemoveFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
  <filter-name>JsessionIdRemoveFilter</filter-name>
  <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>