org.abstracthorizon.danube.beanconsole
Class InvokeController

java.lang.Object
  org.abstracthorizon.danube.beanconsole.InvokeController

All Implemented Interfaces:

Controller

public class InvokeController
extends Object
implements Controller

Invokes an arbitrary method on selected bean. The bean is defined with all but last part of the resource path.

Author:

Daniel Sendula

Field Summary

protected DisplayController

displayController

Constructor Summary

InvokeController()
Constructor

InvokeController(DisplayController displayController)
Constructor

Method Summary

protected void	execute(Map<String,Object> model, Object current, HTTPConnection httpConnection, String methodName) Invokes the method
DisplayController	getDisplayController() Returns reference to DisplayController instance
ModelAndView	handleRequest(Connection connection) Method that handles a request.
void	setDisplayController(DisplayController displayController) Sets reference to DisplayController instance

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

displayController

protected DisplayController displayController

Constructor Detail

InvokeController

public InvokeController()

Constructor

InvokeController

public InvokeController(DisplayController displayController)

Constructor

Parameters:

displayController - reference to display controller

Method Detail

handleRequest

public ModelAndView handleRequest(Connection connection)

Method that handles a request. It returns following entries in model's map:

• connection - httpConnection passed into this controller
• methodName -
• name - name of the bean (last element of the path or Root Bean)
• type - string representation of the type of the selected object
• path - full path to the bean. Path elements are separated with "." and if element has dot in it then it is enclosed in "<" and ">" simbols
• resourcePath - full path to the bean but always starting with "/" and never ending with it. If root then empty string. It is used for creating URIs.
• returnUri - URI this page is called from. It always ends with "/"
• topUri and backUri - uris to previous bean and top - root bean.
• current - reference to the object referenced with the path
• propertiesError - if error occured setting properties
• beans - list of BeanDef objects - if object is of ConfigurableApplicationContext type.
• map - list of BeanDef objects - if object is of Map type.
• collection - list of BeanDef objects - if object is of Collection type.
• properties - list of BeanDef objects - object accessible properties.
• methods - list of MethodDescriptor object - methods that are not used for properties' access.

For the way navigation is done check BeanHelper.navigate(Object, String) method documentation.

Specified by:

handleRequest in interface Controller

Parameters:

connection - connection action was invoked over

Returns:

model and view response

execute

protected void execute(Map<String,Object> model,
                       Object current,
                       HTTPConnection httpConnection,
                       String methodName)

Invokes the method

Parameters:

model - model map

current - current bean

httpConnection - http connection (for paramters)

methodName - method name

getDisplayController

public DisplayController getDisplayController()

Returns reference to DisplayController instance

Returns:

reference to DisplayController instance

setDisplayController

public void setDisplayController(DisplayController displayController)

Sets reference to DisplayController instance

Parameters:

displayController - reference to DisplayController instance