com.acciente.induction.resolver
Interface ControllerResolver

All Known Implementing Classes:

ShortURLControllerResolver

public interface ControllerResolver

This interface is used to abstract the algorithm used to map a HTTP request to a specific controller invocation.

A class implementing this interface is expected to have a single public contructor adhering to the following convention:

- the single constructor should accepts no arguments or

- the single constructor should declare formal parameters using only the following types:

- javax.servlet.ServletConfig

- com.acciente.induction.init.config.Config.ControllerResolver

- java.lang.ClassLoader (to get the Induction reloading classloader) - any user defined model class (to get the respective model object)

Author:

Adinath Raveendra Raj

Nested Class Summary

static class

ControllerResolver.Resolution A container object for the resolution information.

Method Summary

ControllerResolver.Resolution	resolve(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest oRequest) This method should resolve the the specified HTTP request to the class name of a controller and method name (within the same class) to be invoked
ControllerResolver.Resolution	resolve(java.lang.Throwable oThrowable) This method is called if an exception occurs during controller or view execution.

Method Detail

resolve

ControllerResolver.Resolution resolve(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest oRequest)

This method should resolve the the specified HTTP request to the class name of a controller and method name (within the same class) to be invoked

Parameters:

oRequest - the HTTP request context in which the resolution is requested

Returns:

an object containing the class name of the controller to be invoked and the method name within same

resolve

ControllerResolver.Resolution resolve(java.lang.Throwable oThrowable)

This method is called if an exception occurs during controller or view execution. This method is expected to resolve the specified exception to the class name of a controller and method name (within the same class) to handle the error

Parameters:

oThrowable - the exception context in which the resolution is requested

Returns:

an object containing the class name of the controller to be invoked and the method name within same