uk.ac.ebi.intact.application.editor.struts.action
Class SidebarDispatchAction

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.apache.struts.action.Action
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        +--org.apache.struts.actions.DispatchAction
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              +--org.apache.struts.actions.LookupDispatchAction
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                    +--uk.ac.ebi.intact.application.editor.struts.framework.AbstractEditorDispatchAction
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                          +--uk.ac.ebi.intact.application.editor.struts.action.SidebarDispatchAction

All Implemented Interfaces:

ForwardConstants

public class SidebarDispatchAction

extends AbstractEditorDispatchAction

Action class for sidebar events. Actions are dispatched according to 'dispatch' parameter.

Version:

$Id: SidebarDispatchAction.java,v 1.22 2004/02/13 18:21:43 smudali Exp $

Author:

Sugath Mudali (smudali@ebi.ac.uk)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class uk.ac.ebi.intact.application.editor.struts.framework.AbstractEditorDispatchAction

LOGGER

Fields inherited from class org.apache.struts.actions.LookupDispatchAction

keyMethodMap, localeMap

Fields inherited from class org.apache.struts.actions.DispatchAction

clazz, log, messages, methods, types

Fields inherited from class org.apache.struts.action.Action

ACTION_SERVLET_KEY, APPLICATION_KEY, DATA_SOURCE_KEY, defaultLocale, ERROR_KEY, EXCEPTION_KEY, FORM_BEANS_KEY, FORWARDS_KEY, LOCALE_KEY, MAPPING_KEY, MAPPINGS_KEY, MESSAGE_KEY, MESSAGES_KEY, MULTIPART_KEY, PLUG_INS_KEY, REQUEST_PROCESSOR_KEY, servlet, SERVLET_KEY, TRANSACTION_TOKEN_KEY

Fields inherited from interface uk.ac.ebi.intact.application.editor.struts.framework.util.ForwardConstants

EXP, FAILURE, MATCH, NO_MATCH, RESULT, SEARCH, SUCCESS

Constructor Summary

SidebarDispatchAction()

Method Summary

org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward	create(org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping mapping, org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm form, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Creates a new CV object for a topic.
protected java.util.Map	getKeyMethodMap() Provides the mapping from resource key to method name.
org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward	search(org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping mapping, org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm form, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Searches the CV database according to search criteria from the Form object.

Methods inherited from class uk.ac.ebi.intact.application.editor.struts.framework.AbstractEditorDispatchAction

getIntactUser, getService, getSession, hasErrors

Methods inherited from class org.apache.struts.actions.LookupDispatchAction

execute

Methods inherited from class org.apache.struts.actions.DispatchAction

dispatchMethod, getMethod, unspecified

Methods inherited from class org.apache.struts.action.Action

execute, generateToken, getDataSource, getDataSource, getLocale, getResources, getResources, getResources, getServlet, isCancelled, isTokenValid, isTokenValid, perform, perform, resetToken, saveErrors, saveMessages, saveToken, setLocale, setServlet, toHex

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SidebarDispatchAction

public SidebarDispatchAction()

Method Detail

getKeyMethodMap

protected java.util.Map getKeyMethodMap()

Provides the mapping from resource key to method name.

Specified by:

getKeyMethodMap in class org.apache.struts.actions.LookupDispatchAction

Returns:

Resource key / method name map.

search

public org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward search(org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping mapping,
                                                     org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm form,
                                                     javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                                     javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
                                              throws java.lang.Exception

Searches the CV database according to search criteria from the Form object.

Parameters:

mapping - the ActionMapping used to select this instance

form - the optional ActionForm bean for this request (if any).

request - the HTTP request we are processing

response - the HTTP response we are creating

Returns:

failure mapping for any errors in searching the CV database; no matches if the search failed to find any records; success if the search produced only a single match; finally, results mapping if the search produced multiple results.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - for any uncaught errors.

create

public org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward create(org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping mapping,
                                                     org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm form,
                                                     javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                                     javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
                                              throws java.lang.Exception

Creates a new CV object for a topic. The topic is obtained from the form.

Parameters:

mapping - the ActionMapping used to select this instance

form - the optional ActionForm bean for this request (if any).

request - the HTTP request we are processing

response - the HTTP response we are creating

Returns:

failure mapping for any errors in searching the CV database for the topic; success mapping if a CV object was created successfully.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - for any uncaught errors.