uk.ac.ebi.intact.application.search2.struts.controller
Class DispatcherAction

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.apache.struts.action.Action
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        +--uk.ac.ebi.intact.application.search2.struts.framework.IntactBaseAction
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              +--uk.ac.ebi.intact.application.search2.struts.controller.DispatcherAction

public class DispatcherAction

extends IntactBaseAction

This class provide a bridge between the search process and the result. It allows accordingly to the user request to forward to the appropriate result actions.

Version:

$Id: DispatcherAction.java,v 1.5 2004/03/19 11:21:13 clewing Exp $

Author:

Samuel Kerrien (skerrien@ebi.ac.uk)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class uk.ac.ebi.intact.application.search2.struts.framework.IntactBaseAction

INTACT_ERROR, logger

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

Constructor Summary

DispatcherAction()

Method Summary

org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward

execute(org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping mapping, org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm form, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Process the specified HTTP request, and create the corresponding HTTP response (or forward to another web component that will create it).

Methods inherited from class uk.ac.ebi.intact.application.search2.struts.framework.IntactBaseAction

addError, addError, clearErrors, getIntactService, getIntactUser, getSession, saveErrors

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

DispatcherAction

public DispatcherAction()

Method Detail

execute

public org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward execute(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

Process the specified HTTP request, and create the corresponding HTTP response (or forward to another web component that will create it). Return an ActionForward instance describing where and how control should be forwarded, or null if the response has already been completed.

Overrides:

execute in class org.apache.struts.action.Action

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:

- represents a destination to which the controller servlet, ActionServlet, might be directed to perform a RequestDispatcher.forward() or HttpServletResponse.sendRedirect() to, as a result of processing activities of an Action class

java.lang.Exception