org.sitemesh.webapp
Class WebAppContext

java.lang.Object
  org.sitemesh.BaseSiteMeshContext
      org.sitemesh.webapp.WebAppContext

All Implemented Interfaces:

SiteMeshContext

public class WebAppContext
extends BaseSiteMeshContext

SiteMesh SiteMeshContext implementation specifically for webapps running in a Servlet container. Makes HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse and ServletContext available to web-app specific SiteMesh components.

Author:

Joe Walnes, Mike Cannon-Brookes

Field Summary

static String	CONTENT_KEY Key that the ContentProperty is stored under in the HttpServletRequest attribute.
static String	CONTEXT_KEY Key that the WebAppContext is stored under in the HttpServletRequest attribute.

Constructor Summary

WebAppContext(String contentType, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, javax.servlet.ServletContext servletContext, ContentProcessor contentProcessor, ResponseMetaData metaData)

Method Summary

protected void	decorate(String decoratorPath, Content content, Writer out) Dispatches to another path to render a decorator.
protected void	dispatch(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, String path) Dispatch to the actual path.
String	getContentType()
String	getPath() Get path of the page currently being displayed.
javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest	getRequest()
static String	getRequestPath(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse	getResponse()
javax.servlet.ServletContext	getServletContext()

Methods inherited from class org.sitemesh.BaseSiteMeshContext

decorate, getContentToMerge

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

CONTENT_KEY

public static final String CONTENT_KEY

Key that the ContentProperty is stored under in the HttpServletRequest attribute. It is "org.sitemesh.content.Content".

CONTEXT_KEY

public static final String CONTEXT_KEY

Key that the WebAppContext is stored under in the HttpServletRequest attribute. It is "org.sitemesh.SiteMeshContext".

Constructor Detail

WebAppContext

public WebAppContext(String contentType,
                     javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                     javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                     javax.servlet.ServletContext servletContext,
                     ContentProcessor contentProcessor,
                     ResponseMetaData metaData)

Method Detail

getRequest

public javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest getRequest()

getResponse

public javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse getResponse()

getServletContext

public javax.servlet.ServletContext getServletContext()

getContentType

public String getContentType()

getPath

public String getPath()

Description copied from interface: SiteMeshContext

Get path of the page currently being displayed.

getRequestPath

public static String getRequestPath(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

decorate

protected void decorate(String decoratorPath,
                        Content content,
                        Writer out)
                 throws IOException

Dispatches to another path to render a decorator.

This path may anything that handles a standard request (e.g. Servlet, JSP, MVC framework, etc).

The end point can access the ContentProperty and SiteMeshContext by using looking them up as HttpServletRequest attributes under the keys CONTENT_KEY and CONTEXT_KEY respectively.

Specified by:

decorate in class BaseSiteMeshContext

Throws:

IOException

dispatch

protected void dispatch(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                        javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                        String path)
                 throws javax.servlet.ServletException,
                        IOException

Dispatch to the actual path. This method can be overriden to provide different ways of dispatching (such as cross web-app).

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException

IOException