org.restafarian.core.servlets
Class GenericSpringServlet

java.lang.Object
  javax.servlet.GenericServlet
      javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet
          org.restafarian.core.servlets.GenericSpringServlet

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, javax.servlet.Servlet, javax.servlet.ServletConfig

public class GenericSpringServlet
extends javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet

Generic servlet class that holds the Spring WebApplicationContext in its init method. It delegates to another servlet defined in the Spring context and injected through Spring. A servlet using a delegate should be defined with scope 'prototype'; otherwise, when the container tries to instantiate more than one instance of the generic servlet the delegate will still remain one singleton.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

GenericSpringServlet()

Method Summary

void	init() Retrieves a servlet bean from the context with the same name that the generic servlet is configured.
void	service(javax.servlet.ServletRequest req, javax.servlet.ServletResponse res) just delegate to the "spring" servlet.

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet

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

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.GenericServlet

destroy, 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

Constructor Detail

GenericSpringServlet

public GenericSpringServlet()

Method Detail

service

public void service(javax.servlet.ServletRequest req,
                    javax.servlet.ServletResponse res)
             throws javax.servlet.ServletException,
                    java.io.IOException

just delegate to the "spring" servlet.

Specified by:

service in interface javax.servlet.Servlet

Overrides:

service in class javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException

java.io.IOException

See Also:

Servlet.service(javax.servlet.ServletRequest, javax.servlet.ServletResponse)

init

public void init()
          throws javax.servlet.ServletException

Retrieves a servlet bean from the context with the same name that the generic servlet is configured. If one instance of the generic servlet is named 'test', a spring bean with id 'test' is searched and used as delegate.

Overrides:

init in class javax.servlet.GenericServlet

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException

See Also:

Servlet.init(javax.servlet.ServletConfig)