net.ontopia.topicmaps.webed.servlets
Class ProcessServlet

java.lang.Object
  javax.servlet.GenericServlet
      javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet
          net.ontopia.topicmaps.webed.servlets.ProcessServlet

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, javax.servlet.Servlet, javax.servlet.ServletConfig

public final class ProcessServlet
extends javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet

INTERNAL: Central entry point to the web application for processing a HTTP request and forwarding to the appropriate page depending on the executed actions.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ProcessServlet()

Method Summary

void	doGet(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) INTERNAL: Handles a HTTP GET request.
void	doPost(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) INTERNAL: Handles a HTTP POST request.
protected void	processRequest(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) INTERNAL: Internal method which is for handling all of the incoming HTTP requests.

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet

doDelete, doHead, doOptions, doPut, doTrace, getLastModified, service, service

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.GenericServlet

destroy, getInitParameter, getInitParameterNames, getServletConfig, getServletContext, getServletInfo, getServletName, init, init, log, log

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ProcessServlet

public ProcessServlet()

Method Detail

doGet

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

INTERNAL: Handles a HTTP GET request.

Overrides:

doGet in class javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException

java.io.IOException

doPost

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

INTERNAL: Handles a HTTP POST request.

Overrides:

doPost in class javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException

java.io.IOException

processRequest

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

INTERNAL: Internal method which is for handling all of the incoming HTTP requests. The following request parameters have to be available:

• Constants.RP_TOPICMAP_ID: holds the ID of the topicmap working with
• Constants.RP_ACTIONGROUP: containing the name of the current action group
• Other request parameters may be set and are specific to the current action group.

Note: See the action configuration file WEB-INF/config/actions.xml for more information.

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException

java.io.IOException