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AddItemServlet.javaAPI DocExample5150Wed Sep 19 09:49:04 BST 2001javaxml2

AddItemServlet.java

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package javaxml2;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

// Castor classes
import org.exolab.castor.xml.Marshaller;
import org.exolab.castor.xml.Unmarshaller;

// Castor generated classes
import javaxml2.castor.Catalog;
import javaxml2.castor.Item;
import javaxml2.castor.types.LevelType;

/**
 * <p>
 *  <code>AddItemServlet</code> is a servlet that takes in new items
 *    and adds them to it's file-based video catalog.
 * </p>
 */
public class AddItemServlet extends HttpServlet {

    /** The XML catalog file to use */
    private static final String CATALOG_FILE =
        "c:\\java\\tomcat\\webapps\\javaxml2\\catalog.xml";

    /**
     * <p>
     *  This accepts information about a new item and adds it to the
     *    internal file-based catalog, using JAXB.
     * </p>
     */
    public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res)
        throws ServletException, IOException {

        PrintWriter out = res.getWriter();
        res.setContentType("text/html");

        // Get input parameters
        String id = req.getParameterValues("id")[0];
        String levelString = req.getParameterValues("level")[0];
        String title = req.getParameterValues("title")[0];
        String teacher = req.getParameterValues("teacher")[0];
        String[] guests = req.getParameterValues("guest");
        String description = req.getParameterValues("description")[0];

        // Create new item
        Item item = new Item();
        item.setId(id);
        item.setLevel(LevelType.valueOf(levelString));
        item.setTitle(title);
        item.setTeacher(teacher);
        if (guests != null) {
            for (int i=0; i<guests.length; i++) {
                if (!guests[i].trim().equals("")) {
                    item.addGuest(guests[i]);
                }
            }
        }
        item.setDescription(description);

        try {
            // Load current catalog
            File catalogFile = new File(CATALOG_FILE);
            FileReader reader = new FileReader(catalogFile);
            Catalog catalog = 
                (Catalog)Unmarshaller.unmarshal(Catalog.class, reader);

            // Add item
            catalog.addItem(item);

            // Write back out modified catalog
            FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(catalogFile);
            Marshaller.marshal(catalog, writer);

            out.println("Item added.");
        } catch (Exception e) {
            out.println("Error loading/writing catalog: " + e.getMessage());
        } finally {
            out.close();
        }
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     *  Accept GET requests and process through the 
     *    <code>{@link #doPost}</code> method.
     * </p>
     */
    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res)
        throws ServletException, IOException {

        doPost(req, res);
    }
}