org.apache.struts.action
Class RequestProcessor

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor

Direct Known Subclasses:

TilesRequestProcessor

public class RequestProcessor

extends java.lang.Object

RequestProcessor contains the processing logic that the Struts controller servlet performs as it receives each servlet request from the container. You can customize the request processing behavior by subclassing this class and overriding the method(s) whose behavior you are interested in changing.

Since:

Struts 1.1

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $ $Date$

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan, Cedric Dumoulin

Field Summary

protected java.util.HashMap	actions The set of Action instances that have been created and initialized, keyed by the fully qualified Java class name of the Action class.
protected ModuleConfig	appConfig Deprecated. use moduleConfig instead.
static java.lang.String	INCLUDE_PATH_INFO The request attribute under which the path information is stored for processing during a RequestDispatcher.include() call.
static java.lang.String	INCLUDE_SERVLET_PATH The request attribute under which the servlet path information is stored for processing during a RequestDispatcher.include() call.
protected static org.apache.commons.logging.Log	log Commons Logging instance.
protected ModuleConfig	moduleConfig The ModuleConfiguration we are associated with.
protected ActionServlet	servlet The controller servlet we are associated with.

Constructor Summary

RequestProcessor()

Method Summary

void	destroy() Clean up in preparation for a shutdown of this application.
protected void	doForward(java.lang.String uri, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Do a forward to specified uri using request dispatcher.
protected void	doInclude(java.lang.String uri, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Do an include of specified uri using request dispatcher.
int	getDebug() Deprecated. Configure the logging detail level in your underlying logging implementation
protected MessageResources	getInternal() Return the MessageResources instance containing our internal message strings.
protected javax.servlet.ServletContext	getServletContext() Return the ServletContext for the web application we are running in.
void	init(ActionServlet servlet, ModuleConfig moduleConfig) Initialize this request processor instance.
protected void	internalModuleRelativeForward(java.lang.String uri, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Do a module relative forward to specified uri using request dispatcher.
protected void	internalModuleRelativeInclude(java.lang.String uri, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Do a module relative include to specified uri using request dispatcher.
protected void	log(java.lang.String message) Log the specified message to the servlet context log for this web application.
protected void	log(java.lang.String message, java.lang.Throwable exception) Log the specified message and exception to the servlet context log for this web application.
void	process(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Process an HttpServletRequest and create the corresponding HttpServletResponse.
protected Action	processActionCreate(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, ActionMapping mapping) Return an Action instance that will be used to process the current request, creating a new one if necessary.
protected ActionForm	processActionForm(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, ActionMapping mapping) Retrieve and return the ActionForm bean associated with this mapping, creating and stashing one if necessary.
protected void	processActionForward(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, ActionForward forward) Deprecated. Use processForwardConfig() instead.
protected ActionForward	processActionPerform(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, Action action, ActionForm form, ActionMapping mapping) Ask the specified Action instance to handle this request.
protected void	processContent(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Set the default content type (with optional character encoding) for all responses if requested.
protected ActionForward	processException(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, java.lang.Exception exception, ActionForm form, ActionMapping mapping) Ask our exception handler to handle the exception.
protected boolean	processForward(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, ActionMapping mapping) Process a forward requested by this mapping (if any).
protected void	processForwardConfig(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, ForwardConfig forward) Forward or redirect to the specified destination, by the specified mechanism.
protected boolean	processInclude(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, ActionMapping mapping) Process an include requested by this mapping (if any).
protected void	processLocale(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Automatically select a Locale for the current user, if requested.
protected ActionMapping	processMapping(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, java.lang.String path) Select the mapping used to process the selection path for this request.
protected javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest	processMultipart(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) If this is a multipart request, wrap it with a special wrapper.
protected void	processNoCache(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Set the no-cache headers for all responses, if requested.
protected java.lang.String	processPath(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Identify and return the path component (from the request URI) that we will use to select an ActionMapping to dispatch with.
protected void	processPopulate(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, ActionForm form, ActionMapping mapping) Populate the properties of the specified ActionForm instance from the request parameters included with this request.
protected boolean	processPreprocess(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) General-purpose preprocessing hook that can be overridden as required by subclasses.
protected boolean	processRoles(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, ActionMapping mapping) If this action is protected by security roles, make sure that the current user possesses at least one of them.
protected boolean	processValidate(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, ActionForm form, ActionMapping mapping) If this request was not cancelled, and the request's ActionMapping has not disabled validation, call the validate() method of the specified ActionForm, and forward back to the input form if there were any errors.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

INCLUDE_PATH_INFO

public static final java.lang.String INCLUDE_PATH_INFO

The request attribute under which the path information is stored for processing during a RequestDispatcher.include() call.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

INCLUDE_SERVLET_PATH

public static final java.lang.String INCLUDE_SERVLET_PATH

The request attribute under which the servlet path information is stored for processing during a RequestDispatcher.include() call.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

actions

protected java.util.HashMap actions

The set of Action instances that have been created and initialized, keyed by the fully qualified Java class name of the Action class.

appConfig

protected ModuleConfig appConfig

Deprecated. use moduleConfig instead.

The ModuleConfiguration we are associated with.

moduleConfig

protected ModuleConfig moduleConfig

The ModuleConfiguration we are associated with.

log

protected static org.apache.commons.logging.Log log

Commons Logging instance.

servlet

protected ActionServlet servlet

The controller servlet we are associated with.

Constructor Detail

RequestProcessor

public RequestProcessor()

Method Detail

destroy

public void destroy()

Clean up in preparation for a shutdown of this application.

init

public void init(ActionServlet servlet,
                 ModuleConfig moduleConfig)
          throws javax.servlet.ServletException

Initialize this request processor instance.

Parameters:

servlet - The ActionServlet we are associated with

moduleConfig - The ModuleConfig we are associated with.

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException - If an error occor during initialization

process

public void process(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                    javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
             throws java.io.IOException,
                    javax.servlet.ServletException

Process an HttpServletRequest and create the corresponding HttpServletResponse.

Parameters:

request - The servlet request we are processing

response - The servlet response we are creating

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an input/output error occurs

javax.servlet.ServletException - if a processing exception occurs

processActionCreate

protected Action processActionCreate(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                     javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                                     ActionMapping mapping)
                              throws java.io.IOException

Return an Action instance that will be used to process the current request, creating a new one if necessary.

Parameters:

request - The servlet request we are processing

response - The servlet response we are creating

mapping - The mapping we are using

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an input/output error occurs

processActionForm

protected ActionForm processActionForm(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                       javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                                       ActionMapping mapping)

Retrieve and return the ActionForm bean associated with this mapping, creating and stashing one if necessary. If there is no form bean associated with this mapping, return null.

Parameters:

request - The servlet request we are processing

response - The servlet response we are creating

mapping - The mapping we are using

processActionForward

protected void processActionForward(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                    javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                                    ActionForward forward)
                             throws java.io.IOException,
                                    javax.servlet.ServletException

Deprecated. Use processForwardConfig() instead.

Forward or redirect to the specified destination, by the specified mechanism. This method takes the old ActionForward object as parameter. User should use processForwardConfig(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse,ForwardConfig) when possible.

Parameters:

request - The servlet request we are processing

response - The servlet response we are creating

forward - The ActionForward controlling where we go next

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an input/output error occurs

javax.servlet.ServletException - if a servlet exception occurs

processForwardConfig

protected void processForwardConfig(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                    javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                                    ForwardConfig forward)
                             throws java.io.IOException,
                                    javax.servlet.ServletException

Forward or redirect to the specified destination, by the specified mechanism. This method uses a ForwardConfig object instead an ActionForward.

Parameters:

request - The servlet request we are processing

response - The servlet response we are creating

forward - The ForwardConfig controlling where we go next

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an input/output error occurs

javax.servlet.ServletException - if a servlet exception occurs

processActionPerform

protected ActionForward processActionPerform(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                             javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                                             Action action,
                                             ActionForm form,
                                             ActionMapping mapping)
                                      throws java.io.IOException,
                                             javax.servlet.ServletException

Ask the specified Action instance to handle this request. Return the ActionForward instance (if any) returned by the called Action for further processing.

Parameters:

request - The servlet request we are processing

response - The servlet response we are creating

action - The Action instance to be used

form - The ActionForm instance to pass to this Action

mapping - The ActionMapping instance to pass to this Action

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an input/output error occurs

javax.servlet.ServletException - if a servlet exception occurs

processContent

protected void processContent(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                              javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)

Set the default content type (with optional character encoding) for all responses if requested. NOTE - This header will be overridden automatically if a RequestDispatcher.forward() call is ultimately invoked.

Parameters:

request - The servlet request we are processing

response - The servlet response we are creating

processException

protected ActionForward processException(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                         javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                                         java.lang.Exception exception,
                                         ActionForm form,
                                         ActionMapping mapping)
                                  throws java.io.IOException,
                                         javax.servlet.ServletException

Ask our exception handler to handle the exception. Return the ActionForward instance (if any) returned by the called ExceptionHandler.

Parameters:

request - The servlet request we are processing

response - The servlet response we are processing

exception - The exception being handled

form - The ActionForm we are processing

mapping - The ActionMapping we are using

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an input/output error occurs

javax.servlet.ServletException - if a servlet exception occurs

processForward

protected boolean processForward(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                 javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                                 ActionMapping mapping)
                          throws java.io.IOException,
                                 javax.servlet.ServletException

Process a forward requested by this mapping (if any). Return true if standard processing should continue, or false if we have already handled this request.

Parameters:

request - The servlet request we are processing

response - The servlet response we are creating

mapping - The ActionMapping we are using

java.io.IOException

javax.servlet.ServletException

processInclude

protected boolean processInclude(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                 javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                                 ActionMapping mapping)
                          throws java.io.IOException,
                                 javax.servlet.ServletException

Process an include requested by this mapping (if any). Return true if standard processing should continue, or false if we have already handled this request.

Parameters:

request - The servlet request we are processing

response - The servlet response we are creating

mapping - The ActionMapping we are using

java.io.IOException

javax.servlet.ServletException

processLocale

protected void processLocale(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                             javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)

Automatically select a Locale for the current user, if requested. NOTE - configuring Locale selection will trigger the creation of a new HttpSession if necessary.

Parameters:

request - The servlet request we are processing

response - The servlet response we are creating

processMapping

protected ActionMapping processMapping(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                       javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                                       java.lang.String path)
                                throws java.io.IOException

Select the mapping used to process the selection path for this request. If no mapping can be identified, create an error response and return null.

Parameters:

request - The servlet request we are processing

response - The servlet response we are creating

path - The portion of the request URI for selecting a mapping

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an input/output error occurs

processMultipart

protected javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest processMultipart(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

If this is a multipart request, wrap it with a special wrapper. Otherwise, return the request unchanged.

Parameters:

request - The HttpServletRequest we are processing

processNoCache

protected void processNoCache(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                              javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)

Set the no-cache headers for all responses, if requested. NOTE - This header will be overridden automatically if a RequestDispatcher.forward() call is ultimately invoked.

Parameters:

request - The servlet request we are processing

response - The servlet response we are creating

processPath

protected java.lang.String processPath(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                       javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
                                throws java.io.IOException

Identify and return the path component (from the request URI) that we will use to select an ActionMapping to dispatch with. If no such path can be identified, create an error response and return null.

Parameters:

request - The servlet request we are processing

response - The servlet response we are creating

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an input/output error occurs

processPopulate

protected void processPopulate(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                               javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                               ActionForm form,
                               ActionMapping mapping)
                        throws javax.servlet.ServletException

Populate the properties of the specified ActionForm instance from the request parameters included with this request. In addition, request attribute Globals.CANCEL_KEY will be set if the request was submitted with a button created by CancelTag.

Parameters:

request - The servlet request we are processing

response - The servlet response we are creating

form - The ActionForm instance we are populating

mapping - The ActionMapping we are using

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException - if thrown by RequestUtils.populate()

processPreprocess

protected boolean processPreprocess(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                    javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)

General-purpose preprocessing hook that can be overridden as required by subclasses. Return true if you want standard processing to continue, or false if the response has already been completed. The default implementation does nothing.

Parameters:

request - The servlet request we are processing

response - The servlet response we are creating

processRoles

protected boolean processRoles(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                               javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                               ActionMapping mapping)
                        throws java.io.IOException,
                               javax.servlet.ServletException

If this action is protected by security roles, make sure that the current user possesses at least one of them. Return true to continue normal processing, or false if an appropriate response has been created and processing should terminate.

Parameters:

request - The servlet request we are processing

response - The servlet response we are creating

mapping - The mapping we are using

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an input/output error occurs

javax.servlet.ServletException - if a servlet exception occurs

processValidate

protected boolean processValidate(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                  javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                                  ActionForm form,
                                  ActionMapping mapping)
                           throws java.io.IOException,
                                  javax.servlet.ServletException

If this request was not cancelled, and the request's ActionMapping has not disabled validation, call the validate() method of the specified ActionForm, and forward back to the input form if there were any errors. Return true if we should continue processing, or false if we have already forwarded control back to the input form.

Parameters:

request - The servlet request we are processing

response - The servlet response we are creating

form - The ActionForm instance we are populating

mapping - The ActionMapping we are using

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an input/output error occurs

javax.servlet.ServletException - if a servlet exception occurs

internalModuleRelativeForward

protected void internalModuleRelativeForward(java.lang.String uri,
                                             javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                             javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
                                      throws java.io.IOException,
                                             javax.servlet.ServletException

Do a module relative forward to specified uri using request dispatcher. Uri is relative to the current module. The real uri is compute by prefixing the module name. This method is used internally and is not part of the public API. It is advised to not use it in subclasses.

Parameters:

uri - Module-relative URI to forward to

request - Current page request

response - Current page response

java.io.IOException

javax.servlet.ServletException

Since:

Struts 1.1

internalModuleRelativeInclude

protected void internalModuleRelativeInclude(java.lang.String uri,
                                             javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                             javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
                                      throws java.io.IOException,
                                             javax.servlet.ServletException

Do a module relative include to specified uri using request dispatcher. Uri is relative to the current module. The real uri is compute by prefixing the module name. This method is used internally and is not part of the public API. It is advised to not use it in subclasses.

Parameters:

uri - Module-relative URI to include

request - Current page request

response - Current page response

java.io.IOException

javax.servlet.ServletException

Since:

Struts 1.1

doForward

protected void doForward(java.lang.String uri,
                         javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                         javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
                  throws java.io.IOException,
                         javax.servlet.ServletException

Do a forward to specified uri using request dispatcher. This method is used by all internal method needing to do a forward.

Parameters:

uri - Context-relative URI to forward to

request - Current page request

response - Current page response

java.io.IOException

javax.servlet.ServletException

Since:

Struts 1.1

doInclude

protected void doInclude(java.lang.String uri,
                         javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                         javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
                  throws java.io.IOException,
                         javax.servlet.ServletException

Do an include of specified uri using request dispatcher. This method is used by all internal method needing to do an include

Parameters:

uri - Context-relative URI to include

request - Current page request

response - Current page response

java.io.IOException

javax.servlet.ServletException

Since:

Struts 1.1

getDebug

public int getDebug()

Deprecated. Configure the logging detail level in your underlying logging implementation

Return the debugging detail level that has been configured for our controller servlet.

getInternal

protected MessageResources getInternal()

Return the MessageResources instance containing our internal message strings.

getServletContext

protected javax.servlet.ServletContext getServletContext()

Return the ServletContext for the web application we are running in.

log

protected void log(java.lang.String message)

Log the specified message to the servlet context log for this web application.

Parameters:

message - The message to be logged

log

protected void log(java.lang.String message,
                   java.lang.Throwable exception)

Log the specified message and exception to the servlet context log for this web application.

Parameters:

message - The message to be logged

exception - The exception to be logged