org.appng.core.model

Interface RequestProcessor

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRequestProcessor, PlatformProcessor, ThymeleafProcessor

public interface RequestProcessor

Processes a request to the appNG GUI.
This includes:

• checking whether or not the user is logged in (and redirect to the login if this is not the case)
• calling the right Application of the requested Site
• building the Platform-object
• applying the Template of the Site to that object

Author:

Matthias Müller

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Integer	getContentLength() Returns the content-length of the response
String	getContentType() Returns the content-type of the response
void	init(HttpServletRequest servletRequest, HttpServletResponse servletResponse, PathInfo pathInfo, String templateDir) Initializes the RequestProcessor.
boolean	isRedirect() Returns true if a redirect has been send while processing the request, false otherwise.
Platform	processPlatform(Site site) Processes the request, but without applying the template.
String	processWithTemplate(Site site) Processes the request, including the processing of the template.

Method Detail

processPlatform

Platform processPlatform(Site site)
                  throws InvalidConfigurationException

Processes the request, but without applying the template. Note that init(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse, PathInfo, String) must have been called before.

Parameters:

site - the Site for which the process the request

Returns:

the Platform representing the result of calling the Site's Application

Throws:

InvalidConfigurationException - if something goes wrong while processing the request

See Also:

processWithTemplate(Site)

processWithTemplate

String processWithTemplate(Site site)
                    throws InvalidConfigurationException

Processes the request, including the processing of the template. Note that init(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse, PathInfo, String) must have been called before.

Parameters:

site - the Site for which the process the request

Returns:

the result of calling the Application and applying the Template. This should then be written to the HttpServletResponse

Throws:

InvalidConfigurationException - if something goes wrong while processing the request

See Also:

processPlatform(Site)

getContentType

String getContentType()

Returns the content-type of the response

getContentLength

Integer getContentLength()

Returns the content-length of the response

init

void init(HttpServletRequest servletRequest,
          HttpServletResponse servletResponse,
          PathInfo pathInfo,
          String templateDir)

Initializes the RequestProcessor.

Parameters:

servletRequest - the current HttpServletRequest

servletResponse - the current HttpServletResponse

pathInfo - the current PathInfo

templateDir - the absolute path to the directory where the active template of the Site resides

isRedirect

boolean isRedirect()

Returns true if a redirect has been send while processing the request, false otherwise.