org.melati.servlet
Class TemplateServlet

java.lang.Object
  javax.servlet.GenericServlet
      javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet
          org.melati.servlet.ConfigServlet
              org.melati.servlet.PoemServlet
                  org.melati.servlet.TemplateServlet

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, javax.servlet.Servlet, javax.servlet.ServletConfig

Direct Known Subclasses:

Admin, CharsetTemplateServletTest, ContactsServlet, Copy, Display, EmailTemplateServletTest, Login, Logout, Status, TemplateServletTest, WebmacroMelatiServlet, WebmacroMelatiServletTest

public abstract class TemplateServlet
extends PoemServlet

Base class to use Melati with a Template Engine. To create your own servlet simply extend this class, overriding the doTemplateRequest method.

Author:

Tim Joyce $Revision: 1.55 $

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected ServletTemplateEngine

templateEngine

Fields inherited from class org.melati.servlet.ConfigServlet

melatiConfig, sysAdminEmail, sysAdminName

Constructor Summary

TemplateServlet()

Method Summary

protected String	addExtension(String templateName) The template extension is added in an overridable method to allow the application developer to specify their own template extensions.
protected void	doPoemRequest(Melati melati) Override this method to build up your own output.
protected abstract String	doTemplateRequest(Melati melati, ServletTemplateContext templateContext) Override this method to build up your own output.
void	error(Melati melati, Exception e) Send an error message.
void	init(javax.servlet.ServletConfig config) Inititialise the template engine.
protected void	prePoemSession(Melati melati) Set the ServletTemplateEngine and ServletTemplateContext in our Melati.

Methods inherited from class org.melati.servlet.PoemServlet

_handleException, destroy, doConfiguredRequest, getSysAdminEmail, getSysAdminName, handleException, poemContext, poemContextWithLDB

Methods inherited from class org.melati.servlet.ConfigServlet

doGet, doPost, httpStatusCode, melatiConfig, setSysAdminEmail, setSysAdminName, writeConnectionPendingException, writeError

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet

doDelete, doHead, doOptions, doPut, doTrace, getLastModified, service, service

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.GenericServlet

getInitParameter, getInitParameterNames, getServletConfig, getServletContext, getServletInfo, getServletName, init, log, log

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

templateEngine

protected ServletTemplateEngine templateEngine

Constructor Detail

TemplateServlet

public TemplateServlet()

Method Detail

init

public void init(javax.servlet.ServletConfig config)
          throws javax.servlet.ServletException

Inititialise the template engine.

Specified by:

init in interface javax.servlet.Servlet

Overrides:

init in class ConfigServlet

Parameters:

config - a ServletConfig

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException - if the ServletTemplateEngine has a problem

prePoemSession

protected void prePoemSession(Melati melati)
                       throws Exception

Set the ServletTemplateEngine and ServletTemplateContext in our Melati. This allows us to parse any uploaded files before we enter our PoemSession (so we don't hang on to transactions unnecessarily).

Overrides:

prePoemSession in class PoemServlet

Parameters:

melati - the current Melati

Throws:

Exception - if anything goes wrong

doPoemRequest

protected void doPoemRequest(Melati melati)
                      throws Exception

Description copied from class: PoemServlet

Override this method to build up your own output.

Specified by:

doPoemRequest in class PoemServlet

Throws:

Exception

addExtension

protected String addExtension(String templateName)

The template extension is added in an overridable method to allow the application developer to specify their own template extensions.

To obtain nice URLs one method is to call your templates foo.html.wm for example, your urls can then look like servlet/db/table/troid/method.html.

error

public void error(Melati melati,
                  Exception e)

Send an error message. Single call to the templet loader giving purpose (error) and Exception class. This will look in the purpose directory, the standard templet directory and the classpath, in that order, for a templet. This can no longer fail with NotFoundException, as the Object templet will always be found (or this is a broken installation).

Overrides:

error in class ConfigServlet

Parameters:

melati - the Melati

e - the Exception to report

doTemplateRequest

protected abstract String doTemplateRequest(Melati melati,
                                            ServletTemplateContext templateContext)
                                     throws Exception

Override this method to build up your own output.

Parameters:

melati - the current Melati

templateContext - the current ServletTemplateContext

Returns:

a Template name, possibly excluding extension.

Throws:

Exception