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FrontController.javaAPI DocExample3375Sat Nov 22 15:47:38 GMT 2003decoratorexample.controller

FrontController

public class FrontController extends HttpServlet
A simple implementation of a front controller servlet. This servlet intercepts all requests to urls starting with "/pages." After processing it strips "/pages" off the given URL and forwards to that.

Fields Summary
public static final String
USERNAME_PARAM
public static final String
PASSWORD_PARAM
public static final String
USERBEAN_ATTR
public static final String
CONTROLLER_PREFIX
Constructors Summary
Methods Summary
protected voiddoGet(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
Handle get requests by forwarding to a common processor

    
                  
       
                          
           
    
        process(request, response);
protected voiddoPost(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
Handle post requests by forwarding to a common processor

        process(request, response);
protected voidprocess(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
The common processor method. Check if this user is logged in or not. If they are not, forward to the login page, otherwise forward to the requested URL.

        // the default next page
        String nextPage = request.getPathInfo();
        
        // find userbean from session
        HttpSession session = request.getSession(true);
        UserBean userBean = (UserBean) session.getAttribute(USERBEAN_ATTR);
        
        if (userBean == null || !userBean.isLoggedIn()) {
            // read request parameters
            String username = request.getParameter(USERNAME_PARAM);
            String password = request.getParameter(PASSWORD_PARAM);
            
            // if the userbean doesn't exists, create it
            if (userBean == null) {
                userBean = UserBeanFactory.newInstance();
                session.setAttribute(USERBEAN_ATTR, userBean);
            }
            
            // record the username and password values
            userBean.setUsername(username);
            userBean.setPassword(password);
            
            // attempt to login
            boolean result = userBean.doLogin();
            
            // if we failed, redirect to the login page
            if (!result) {
                nextPage = "/login.jsp";
            }
        }
                  
        // see if we are an XML file
        // this is a hack that should be replaced with a more general
        // mechanism for mapping files types to header values
        if (nextPage.endsWith(".xml")) {
            response.setHeader("XML-Encoded", "true");
        }
        
        // transfer control to the desired view
        RequestDispatcher dispatcher = 
            getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher(nextPage);
        dispatcher.forward(request, response);