org.liquidsite.app.servlet
Class RequestProcessor

java.lang.Object
  org.liquidsite.app.servlet.RequestProcessor

Direct Known Subclasses:

AdminRequestProcessor, DefaultRequestProcessor, ForumRequestProcessor, InstallRequestProcessor

public abstract class RequestProcessor

extends java.lang.Object

A request processor.

Constructor Summary

RequestProcessor(ContentManager manager, java.io.File baseDir)
Creates a new request processor.

Method Summary

abstract void	destroy() Destroys this request processor.
protected ContentManager	getContentManager() Returns the content manager used by this processor.
protected java.io.File	getFile(java.lang.String path) Returns an application file.
abstract void	process(Request request) Processes a request.
protected void	processLiquidSite(Request request, java.lang.String path) Processes a request for the special "/liquidsite" path at the root of each site.
protected void	processNormal(Request request, ContentSite site, java.lang.String path, boolean preview) Processes a request for a normal resource in a content site.
protected void	sendContent(Request request, Content content) Processes a request to a content object.
protected void	sendTemplate(Request request, java.lang.String templateName) Processes a request to a template file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RequestProcessor

public RequestProcessor(ContentManager manager,
                        java.io.File baseDir)

Creates a new request processor.

Parameters:

manager - the content manager to use

baseDir - the base directory for application files

Method Detail

getContentManager

protected ContentManager getContentManager()

Returns the content manager used by this processor.

Returns:

the content manager used by this processor

getFile

protected java.io.File getFile(java.lang.String path)

Returns an application file. The file path should be specified relative to the base application directory.

Parameters:

path - the relative file path

Returns:

the absolute file path

process

public abstract void process(Request request)
                      throws RequestException

Processes a request.

Parameters:

request - the request to process

Throws:

RequestException - if the request couldn't be processed

destroy

public abstract void destroy()

Destroys this request processor. This method frees all internal resources used by this processor.

processNormal

protected void processNormal(Request request,
                             ContentSite site,
                             java.lang.String path,
                             boolean preview)
                      throws RequestException

Processes a request for a normal resource in a content site. If the preview flag is set a special "revision" request parameter may be used to modify the content object to display.

Parameters:

request - the request object

site - the content site object

path - the request path (inside the site)

preview - the preview flag

Throws:

RequestException - if the request couldn't be processed

processLiquidSite

protected void processLiquidSite(Request request,
                                 java.lang.String path)
                          throws RequestException

Processes a request for the special "/liquidsite" path at the root of each site.

Parameters:

request - the request object

path - the request path (inside the directory)

Throws:

RequestException - if the request couldn't be processed

sendContent

protected void sendContent(Request request,
                           Content content)
                    throws ContentException,
                           ContentSecurityException,
                           TemplateException,
                           RequestException

Processes a request to a content object.

Parameters:

request - the request object

content - the content object requested

Throws:

ContentException - if the database couldn't be accessed properly

ContentSecurityException - if the requested content object wasn't readable by the user

TemplateException - if the page template couldn't be processed correctly

RequestException - if the content wasn't found

sendTemplate

protected void sendTemplate(Request request,
                            java.lang.String templateName)
                     throws TemplateException

Processes a request to a template file. The template file name is relative to the web context directory, and the output MIME type will always be set to "text/html".

Parameters:

request - the request object

templateName - the template file name

Throws:

TemplateException - if the file template couldn't be processed correctly