com.jcorporate.expresso.core.controller
Class ExpressoPlugin

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesPlugin
      com.jcorporate.expresso.core.controller.ExpressoPlugin

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.apache.struts.action.PlugIn

public class ExpressoPlugin

extends org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesPlugin

Title: Expresso Project Description: Copyright: Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003 Company: Jcorporate

Author:

Peter Pilgrim Wed Feb 12 19:39:44 GMT 2003

A Plug-in to set up the Struts support for Expresso Framework. This plugin conveniently extends the Tiles plug-in so that Tiles definition can be used from the get-go.

Design notes by Peter Pilgrim Wed Feb 12 19:35:28 GMT 2003

Field Summary

protected static org.apache.commons.logging.Log

log Commons Logging instance.

Fields inherited from class org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesPlugin

currentPlugInConfigObject, definitionFactory, moduleAware, tilesUtilImplClassname

Constructor Summary

ExpressoPlugin()
Default constructor

Method Summary

void	destroy() End plugin.
void	init(org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet servlet, org.apache.struts.config.ModuleConfig moduleConfig) Receive notification that the specified module is being started up.
void	initModuleConfiguration(org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet servlet, org.apache.struts.config.ModuleConfig moduleConfig) Save the module configuration in�the configuration manager
protected void	initRequestProcessorClass(org.apache.struts.config.ModuleConfig config) Sets request processor to appropriate ExpressoRequestProcessor.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesPlugin

findStrutsPlugInConfigProperties, getTilesUtilImplClassname, isModuleAware, readFactoryConfig, setCurrentPlugInConfigObject, setModuleAware, setTilesUtilImplClassname

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

log

protected static org.apache.commons.logging.Log log

Commons Logging instance.

Constructor Detail

ExpressoPlugin

public ExpressoPlugin()

Default constructor

Method Detail

initModuleConfiguration

public void initModuleConfiguration(org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet servlet,
                                    org.apache.struts.config.ModuleConfig moduleConfig)

Save the module configuration in�the configuration manager

Parameters:

servlet - ActionServlet that is managing all the modules in this web application

moduleConfig - ModuleConfig for the module with which this plug in is associated

init

public void init(org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet servlet,
                 org.apache.struts.config.ModuleConfig moduleConfig)
          throws ServletException

Receive notification that the specified module is being started up.

Parameters:

servlet - ActionServlet that is managing all the modules in this web application

moduleConfig - ModuleConfig for the module with which this plug in is associated

Throws:

ServletException - if this PlugIn cannot be successfully initialized

destroy

public void destroy()

End plugin.

initRequestProcessorClass

protected void initRequestProcessorClass(org.apache.struts.config.ModuleConfig config)
                                  throws ServletException

Sets request processor to appropriate ExpressoRequestProcessor. This method first checks if a requestprocessor is specified. If yes, check if it extends appropriate ExpressoRequestProcessor class. If no, set processor class to ExpressoRequestProcessor

This method is a stock copy of the code that exists in TilesPlugin except that we are replacing the TilesRequestProcessor with ExpressoRequestProcessor

Parameters:

config - ModuleConfig for the module with which this plug in is associated

Throws:

ServletException - If an error occur

See Also:

TilesPlugin, TilesRequestProcessor