com.mentata.sg8
Class SG8Servlet

java.lang.Object
  javax.servlet.GenericServlet
      javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet
          com.mentata.sg8.SG8Servlet

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Servlet, ServletConfig

Direct Known Subclasses:

create, delete, link, mail, retrieve, sign, update

public abstract class SG8Servlet

extends HttpServlet

An HTTP servlet for use in the SG8 gateway. This abstract subclass of Java standard HttpServlet provides methods to support the use of SG8 contexts and objects to perform transactions with the directory through a servlet container. A method of this class returns named contexts from a central persistent store. Another method translates formatted PATH_INFO strings into parameter information.

Since:

0.7

Author:

Jon Roberts

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

SG8Servlet()

Method Summary

void	doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) Sends a response that the servlet doesn't handle GET requests.
void	doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) Sends a response that the servlet doesn't handle POST requests.
protected String	getClassName() Returns the name of the servlet's Java class.
static SG8Context	getContext(L3DPath path) Returns the named context from an internally maintained collection.
L3DPath	getPath(HttpServletRequest req) Returns a path bean matching the given request.

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

SG8Servlet

public SG8Servlet()

Method Detail

doGet

public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req,
                  HttpServletResponse res)
           throws ServletException,
                  IOException

Sends a response that the servlet doesn't handle GET requests.

Parameters:

req - a servlet request

res - a servlet response

Throws:

ServletException

IOException

doPost

public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req,
                   HttpServletResponse res)
            throws ServletException,
                   IOException

Sends a response that the servlet doesn't handle POST requests.

Parameters:

req - a servlet request

res - a servlet response

Throws:

ServletException

IOException

getClassName

protected final String getClassName()

Returns the name of the servlet's Java class.

Returns:

the servlet class name

getPath

public final L3DPath getPath(HttpServletRequest req)
                      throws SG8Exception

Returns a path bean matching the given request.

Parameters:

req - a servlet request

Returns:

the populated L3D path bean

Throws:

SG8Exception - if the request doesn't specify a context or object

getContext

public static final SG8Context getContext(L3DPath path)
                                   throws SG8Exception

Returns the named context from an internally maintained collection.

Parameters:

path - a populated L3D path bean

Returns:

the SG8 Context

Throws:

SG8Exception