toolbox.web
Interface WebAction

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractStringWebAction, AbstractXMLWebAction, Dir2WSILAction, InvalidateSessionAction, Sync2AsyncAction, WSILAction, XMLHttpLoggingAction

public interface WebAction

Defines an interface for developing web application actions. An action implementation should handle one form at the most.

Method Summary

void	create(java.lang.String name, Controller controller, javax.servlet.ServletContext context) Create the action and initialise all required resources.
void	execute(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, javax.servlet.ServletContext context) Execute the action.

Method Detail

create

void create(java.lang.String name,
            Controller controller,
            javax.servlet.ServletContext context)
            throws ConfException

Create the action and initialise all required resources.

Parameters:

name - String containing the name of this action.

controller - Controller that created this action.

context - Current servlet context.

Throws:

ConfException - if the action cannot be created.

execute

void execute(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
             javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
             javax.servlet.ServletContext context)
             throws javax.servlet.ServletException,
                    java.io.IOException

Execute the action. Implementers will implement this method to execute a web application action. The outcome of the action must be forwarded to one of the action's configured views.

Parameters:

request - HTTP request received.

response - HTTP response to be used.

context - Current servlet context.

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException

java.io.IOException