net.sf.j2ep.requesthandlers
Class RequestHandlerBase

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.j2ep.requesthandlers.RequestHandlerBase

All Implemented Interfaces:

RequestHandler

Direct Known Subclasses:

BasicRequestHandler, EntityEnclosingRequestHandler, MaxForwardRequestHandler

public abstract class RequestHandlerBase
extends java.lang.Object
implements RequestHandler

A basic implementation of the RequestHandler. Includes a method to set the headers with.

Author:

Anders Nyman

Constructor Summary

RequestHandlerBase()

Method Summary

static void	addBannedHeader(java.lang.String header) Adds a headers to the list of banned headers.
static void	addBannedHeaders(java.lang.String headers) Adds all the headers in the input to the list of banned headers.
abstract org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod	process(HttpServletRequest request, java.lang.String url) Creates a new HttpMethod for this request.
protected void	setHeaders(org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod method, HttpServletRequest request) Will write all request headers stored in the request to the method that are not in the set of banned headers.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RequestHandlerBase

public RequestHandlerBase()

Method Detail

process

public abstract org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod process(HttpServletRequest request,
                                                                 java.lang.String url)
                                                          throws java.io.IOException

Description copied from interface: RequestHandler

Creates a new HttpMethod for this request. Will then set the headers and any other information needed for this request.

Specified by:

process in interface RequestHandler

Parameters:

request - The request we are processing

url - URL to bind the method to

Returns:

The method we have created

Throws:

java.io.IOException - An exception is thrown when there is a problem with the input supplied by the request

See Also:

net.sf.j2ep.model.RequestHandler#process(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest, java.lang.String)

setHeaders

protected void setHeaders(org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod method,
                          HttpServletRequest request)
                   throws org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpException

Will write all request headers stored in the request to the method that are not in the set of banned headers. The Accept-Endocing header is also changed to allow compressed content connection to the server even if the end client doesn't support that. A Via headers is created as well in compliance with the RFC.

Parameters:

method - The HttpMethod used for this connection

request - The incoming request

Throws:

org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpException

addBannedHeader

public static void addBannedHeader(java.lang.String header)

Adds a headers to the list of banned headers.

Parameters:

header - The header to add

addBannedHeaders

public static void addBannedHeaders(java.lang.String headers)

Adds all the headers in the input to the list of banned headers. The input string should be comma separated e.g. "Server,Connection,Via" This method is normally called by the factory that is using this request handler.

Parameters:

headers - The headers that are banned