Redirect URL from Oracle OHS

I am hoping someone maybe able to help me find a better way to redirect URL's in a better way which requires less changes to the .htaccess file.

Here is an example of the URL:

https://<myservername>.com/test/application/applicationclient?t=<application_base_name>&a=<ADMIN/USER>

using the .htaccess file, I have shorten the URL to:

https://<servername>.com/test/<application_base_name>/<admin/user>

To accomplish this, in the .htaccess file, I use this rule:

Redirect permanent

This method currently works, but I find myself updating the .htaccess quite often and I was wondering if anyone has a better way redirecting the URL.

I'm currently using Oracle OHS Server, which is apache 2.2 based I believe.