uk.ac.ebi.intact.application.editor.struts.framework
Class AbstractEditorDispatchAction

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

ForwardConstants

Direct Known Subclasses:

ExperimentDispatchAction, InteractionDispatchAction, SidebarDispatchAction, SubmitDispatchAction

public abstract class AbstractEditorDispatchAction

extends org.apache.struts.actions.LookupDispatchAction

implements ForwardConstants

The super class for all the dispatch actions.

Version:

$id$

Author:

Sugath Mudali (smudali@ebi.ac.uk)

Field Summary

protected static org.apache.log4j.Logger

LOGGER The logger for Editor.

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

AbstractEditorDispatchAction()

Method Summary

protected EditUserI	getIntactUser(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) Returns the Intact User instance saved in a session for given Http request.
protected EditorService	getService() Returns the only instance of Intact Service instance.
protected javax.servlet.http.HttpSession	getSession(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) Returns the session from given request.
protected boolean	hasErrors(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) Returns true if errors in stored in the request

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

execute, getKeyMethodMap

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

Field Detail

LOGGER

protected static final org.apache.log4j.Logger LOGGER

The logger for Editor. Allow access from the subclasses.

Constructor Detail

AbstractEditorDispatchAction

public AbstractEditorDispatchAction()

Method Detail

getService

protected EditorService getService()

Returns the only instance of Intact Service instance.

Returns:

only instance of the EditorService class.

getSession

protected javax.servlet.http.HttpSession getSession(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)
                                             throws SessionExpiredException

Returns the session from given request. No new session is created.

Parameters:

request - the request to get the session from.

Returns:

session associated with given request.

Throws:

SessionExpiredException - for an expired session.

 post: return <> Undefined
 

getIntactUser

protected EditUserI getIntactUser(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)
                           throws SessionExpiredException

Returns the Intact User instance saved in a session for given Http request.

Parameters:

request - the Http request to access the Intact user object.

Returns:

an instance of EditUser stored in a session. No new session is created.

Throws:

SessionExpiredException - for an expired session.

 post: return <> Undefined
 

hasErrors

protected boolean hasErrors(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

Returns true if errors in stored in the request

Parameters:

request - Http request to search errors for.

Returns:

true if strut's error is found in request and it is not null. For all instances, false is returned.