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With RequestDispatcherProvider
RequestDispatcherProvider is a JAXRS MessageBodyWriter which can redirect to JSP pages, named or default servlets. It can be used to serve all the responses from a given resource class or restricted to serving a limited set of classes only using a classResources map property.
Starting from CXF 2.5.0 and 2.4.4 it is also possible to specify that only responses to requests with matching URIs that will be processed.
At the moment, this provider is statically configured to support text/html content types, but it can be easily configured to support other content types if needed.
In addition to 'resourcePath' and 'dispatcherName' properties, one can set a 'scope' property which has two possible values, 'request' and 'session' with 'request' being the default value. It affects the way the JSP code can retrieve parameters passed to it by the RequestDispatcherProvider. If it is a 'request' scope then all the parameters are set as the attributes on the current HTTP request. If session scope then they're set as the attributes on the current HTTP session.
RequestDispatcherProvider
sets the following parameters :
- JAXRS method response object. The name of this parameter is either a simple class name of this object (lower case) or a value retrieved from a beanNames map property using the fully qualified class name of this object.
- All the path, query and matrix parameters which have been initialized during the method execution
- "absolute.path", "base.path" and "relative.path" obtained from the current UriInfo
Here are some examples. Lets assume we have a book.war web application deployed.
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Redirection {span} {toc} h1. With RequestDispatcherProvider [RequestDispatcherProvider|http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/cxf/trunk/rt/frontend/jaxrs/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/jaxrs/provider/RequestDispatcherProvider.java] is a JAXRS MessageBodyWriter which can redirect to JSP pages, named or default servlets. It can be used to serve all the responses from a given resource class or restricted to serving a limited set of classes only using a classResources map property. Starting from CXF 2.5.0 and 2.4.4 it is also possible to specify that only responses to requests with matching URIs that will be processed. At the moment, this provider is statically configured to support text/html content types, but it can be easily configured to support other content types if needed. In addition to 'resourcePath' and 'dispatcherName' properties, one can set a 'scope' property which has two possible values, 'request' and 'session' with 'request' being the default value. It affects the way the JSP code can retrieve parameters passed to it by the RequestDispatcherProvider. If it is a 'request' scope then all the parameters are set as the attributes on the current HTTP request. If session scope then they're set as the attributes on the current HTTP session. {{RequestDispatcherProvider}} sets the following parameters : - JAXRS method response object. The name of this parameter is either a simple class name of this object (lower case) or a value retrieved from a beanNames map property using the fully qualified class name of this object. - All the path, query and matrix parameters which have been initialized during the method execution - "absolute.path", "base.path" and "relative.path" obtained from the current UriInfo Here are some examples. Lets assume we have a book.war web application deployed. {code:xml} <jaxrs:server id="bookservice1" address="/bookstore1"> <jaxrs:serviceBeans> <bean class="org.apache.cxf.systest.jaxrs.BookStoreDispatch"/> </jaxrs:serviceBeans> <jaxrs:providers> <ref bean="dispatchProvider"/> </jaxrs:providers> </jaxrs:server> <bean id="dispatchProvider" class="org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.provider.RequestDispatcherProvider"> <property name="resourcePath" value="/book.html"/> </bean> {code} |
The
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above
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redirects
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the
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response
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to
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a
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default
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book.html
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page
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which
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is
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available
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directly
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in
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the
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/webapps/book
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folder.
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Typically
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one
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would
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do
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it
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to
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return
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some
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static
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confirmation
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to
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the
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client.
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For
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example,
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consider
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a
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POST
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form
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request
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that
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has
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been
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processed
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by
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a
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given
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JAX-RS
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method
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and
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the
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only
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thing
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that
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needs
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to
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be
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done
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now
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is
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to
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return
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the
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HTML
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confirmation
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view.
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Note
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that
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JAX-RS
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MessageBodyWriters
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are
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not
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invoked
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if
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the
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resource
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method
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returns
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no
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custom
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object
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-
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which
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is
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not
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needed
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in
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the
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case
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of
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the
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static
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confirmation,
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so
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for
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RequestDispatcherProvider
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be
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able
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to
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redirect
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to
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book.html
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one
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should
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simply
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introduce
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say
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an
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EmptyConfirmation
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bean
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with
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no
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properties
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and
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return
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it
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from
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the
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resource
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method.
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Here
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is
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another
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example
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(omitting
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jaxrs:server
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declaration
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for
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brewity):
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{code:xml} <bean id="dispatchProvider" class="org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.provider.RequestDispatcherProvider"> <property name="resourcePath" value="/book.jsp"/> </bean> {code} |
The
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only
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difference
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from
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the
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previous
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example
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is
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that
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"/book.jsp"
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will
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be
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delegated
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to
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with
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the
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task
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of
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creating
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a
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view.
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This
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is
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a
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more
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interesting
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example
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and
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we
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presume
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that
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the
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resource
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method
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returns
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say
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an
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instance
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of
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the
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"org.bar.Book"
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bean:
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{code:java} @Path("/books") public Resource { @GET @Produces({"text/html", "application/xml"}) @Path("{id}") public Book getBook(@PathParam("id") String id) { // return the book } } {code} |
Note
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how
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non-intrusive
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RequestDispatcherProvider
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is
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as
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far
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as
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writing
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the
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JAX-RS
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resource
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code
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is
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concerned,
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you
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simply
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list
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supported
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media
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types
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in
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@Produces
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as
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usual.
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RequestDispatcherProvider
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will
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make
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an
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instance
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of
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Book
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available
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as
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an
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HttpServletRequest
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attribute
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named
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"org.bar.Book"
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by
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default.
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this
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can
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be
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customized.
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If
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a
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"beanName"
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property
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is
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set,
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for
...
example
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to
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"book",
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then
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book.jsp
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will
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access
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a
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Book
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instance
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as
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a
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"book"
...
attribute.
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If
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you
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have
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say
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2
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resource
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methods
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returning
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instances
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of
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different
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bean
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classes,
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possibly
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for
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different
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view
...
handlers
...
then
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a
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beanNames
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map
...
property
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can
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be
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used,
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for
...
example:
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{code:xml} <bean id="dispatchProvider" class="org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.provider.RequestDispatcherProvider"> <property name="classResources"> <map> <entry key="org.bar.Book" value="/book.jsp"/> <entry key="org.bar.Customer" value="/customer.jsp"/> </map> </property> <property name="beanNames"> <map> <entry key="org.bar.Book" value="book"/> <entry key="org.bar.Customer" value="customer"/> </map> </property> </bean> {code} |
The
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above
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configuration
...
says
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that
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a
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"book.jsp"
...
resource
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will
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handle
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an
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instance
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of
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Book
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by
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accessing
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it
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as
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a
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"book"
...
attribute
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and
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a
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"customer.jsp"
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-
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an
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instance
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of
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Customer
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by
...
retrieving
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it
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as
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a
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"customer"
...
attribute.
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Note
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you
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don't
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need
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to
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use
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the
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"beanNames"
...
property
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in
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such
...
cases,
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a
...
simpler
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"beanName"
...
property
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can
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do
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unless
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you
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have
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a
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single
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(jsp)
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resource
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dealing
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with
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both
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Book
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and
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Customer.
...
Apart
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from
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making
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an
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instance
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of
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response
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class
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available
...
as
...
HttpServletRequest
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attribute,
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RequestDispatcherProvider
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will
...
also
...
make
...
all
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the
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Path,
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Query
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and
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Matrix
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parameters
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available
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as
...
HttpServletRequest
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parameters
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(as
...
opposed
...
to
...
attributes)
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by
...
default.
...
For
...
example,
...
given
...
the
...
above
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code
...
fragment,
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an
...
HttpServletRequest
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parameter
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named
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"id"
...
representing
...
a
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@PathParam("id")
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available
...
to
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the
...
view
...
handler,
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as
...
well
...
as
...
all
...
other
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query
...
and
...
matrix
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parameters.
...
Note
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that
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RequestDispatcherProvider
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can
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be
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configured
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to
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save
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all
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these
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request
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parameters
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as
...
HttpServletRequest
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attributes
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by
...
setting
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a
...
boolean
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saveParametersAsAttributes
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property
...
to
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true.
...
Now,
...
imagine
...
a
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scenario
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like
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this:
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we
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have
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two
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resource
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methods
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returning
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a
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ReservationStatus
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bean.
...
The
...
first
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method
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returns
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a
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successful
...
confirmation
...
or
...
uses
...
Response.seeOther(...)
...
to
...
redirect
...
to
...
a
...
method
...
handling
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the
...
failed
...
reservation.
...
So
...
both
...
methods
...
return
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the
...
same
...
ReservationStatus
...
bean
...
but
...
we
...
will
...
have
...
two
...
different
...
views
...
handling
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successful
...
and
...
failed
...
reservations
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respectively.
...
Here
...
is
...
one
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way
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to
...
manage
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it:
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{code:xml} <bean id="reserveRegistrationViews" class="org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.provider.RequestDispatcherProvider"> <property name="resourcePaths"> <map> <entry key="/reservations/reserve/complete" value="/forms/reservationConfirm.jsp"/> <entry key="/reservations/reserve/failure" value="/forms/reservationFailure.jsp"/> </map> </property> <property name="beanName" value="data"/> </bean> {code} |
Given
...
that
...
the
...
same
...
ReservationStatus
...
bean
...
is
...
returned
...
in
...
both
...
cases,
...
it
...
is
...
actually
...
the
...
original
...
request
...
URI
...
fragments
...
which
...
are
...
used
...
to
...
match
...
which
...
view
...
handler
...
will
...
deal
...
with
...
a
...
given
...
ReservationStatus,
...
example,
...
a
...
response
...
to
...
request
...
URI
...
"http://localhost:8080/reservations/reserve/complete"
...
will
...
be
...
handled
...
by
...
"/forms/reservationConfirm.jsp".
...
Note
...
that
...
RequestDispatcherProvider
...
has
...
a
...
'dispatcherName'
...
property
...
-
...
that
...
can
...
be
...
handy
...
when
...
redirecting
...
to
...
named
...
servlets
...
(example,
...
MyServlet)
...
including
...
such
...
ones
...
as
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"jsp"
...
or
...
"default",
...
especially
...
when
...
CXFServlet
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handling
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a
...
given
...
invocation
...
has
...
a
...
uri
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pattern
...
(typically,
...
wildcard)
...
that
...
may
...
also
...
capture
...
the
...
redirection
...
request,
...
see
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the
...
next
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section
...
for
...
more
...
information.
...
Next,
...
imagine
...
a
...
scenario
...
like
...
this:
...
we
...
have
...
a
...
single
...
resource
...
method
...
accepting
...
some
...
data
...
and
...
the
...
response
...
view
...
will
...
need
...
to
...
be
...
different
...
depending
...
on
...
the
...
status
...
of
...
the
...
request
...
processing.
...
Using
...
enumerations
...
is
...
the
...
most
...
effective
...
option
...
in
...
this
...
case:
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{code:java} package resource; public class Status { UPDATE_SUCCESS, UPDATE_FAILURE } @Path("/") public class Resource { @PUT @Produces("text/html") public Response update(SomeData data) { if (update(data)) { return Response.ok(Status.UPDATE_SUCCESS).build(); } else { return Response.ok(Status.UPDATE_FAILURE).build(); } } } {code} |
Next,
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you
...
may
...
have
...
a
...
single
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JSP
...
handler
...
which
...
will
...
check
...
whether
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it
...
is
...
Status.UPDATE_SUCCESS
...
or
...
Status.UPDATE_FAILURE
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and
...
format
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the
...
response
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accordingly.
...
In
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this
...
case
...
a
...
basic
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RequestDispatcherProvider
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configuration
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will
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do:
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{code:xml} <bean id="dispatchProvider" class="org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.provider.RequestDispatcherProvider"> <property name="resourcePath" value="/updateStatus.jsp"/> </bean> {code} |
Alternatively
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you
...
may
...
have
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a
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dedicated
...
view
...
handler
...
dealing
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with
...
the
...
specific
...
status,
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in
...
this
...
case
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either:
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{code:xml} <bean id="reserveRegistrationViews" class="org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.provider.RequestDispatcherProvider"> <property name="classResources"> <map> <entry key="resource.Status.UPDATE_SUCCESS" value="/forms/updateSuccess.jsp"/> <entry key="resource.Status.UPDATE_FAILURE" value="/forms/updateFailure.jsp"/> </map> </property> </bean> {code} |
or,
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starting
...
from
...
CXF
...
2.7.1,
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{code:xml} <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util" xsi:schemaLocation=" http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util.xsd"> <bean id="reserveRegistrationViews" class="org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.provider.RequestDispatcherProvider"> <property name="enumResources"> <map> <entry <key> <util:constant static-field="resource.Status.UPDATE_SUCCESS"/> </key> <value>/forms/updateSuccess.jsp</value> </entry> <entry <key> <util:constant static-field="resource.Status.UPDATE_FAILURE"/> </key> <value>/forms/updateFailure.jsp</value> </entry> <map> </property> </bean> </beans> {code} |
will
...
help.
...
Starting
...
from
...
CXF
...
2.6.1
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it
...
is
...
possible
...
to
...
configure
...
the
...
provider
...
to
...
check
...
if
...
the
...
current
...
class
...
has
...
an
...
associated
...
view
...
handler
...
or
...
not,
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for
...
example:
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{code:xml} <bean id="viewHandler" class="org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.provider.RequestDispatcherProvider"> <property name="dispatcherName" value=jsp""/> <property name="useClassNames" value="true"/> </bean> {code} |
For
...
example,
...
given
...
a
...
simple
...
class
...
name
...
such
...
as
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"BookInfo",
...
RequestDispatcherProvider
...
will
...
check
...
if
...
a
...
"/WEB-INF/bookInfo.jsp"
...
handler
...
is
...
available
...
or
...
not.
...
The
...
provider
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will
...
likely
...
be
...
extended
...
to
...
check
...
few
...
more
...
locations
...
as
...
needed.
...
RequestDispatcherProvider
...
also
...
checks
...
a
...
"redirect.resource.path"
...
property
...
on
...
the
...
outbound
...
message.
...
If
...
this
...
property
...
is
...
set
...
then
...
it will try to find a RequestDispatcher available on a given path.
A new property, "includeResource" is available starting from CXF 3.0.4: RequestDispatcher.include() instead of RequestDispatcher.forward() will be used if this property is set to true.
Finally, a 'servletContextPath' property can be used to have some other ServletContext (as opposed to the current one) be used for RequestDispatcher look-ups. If set then the current ServletContext.getContext(servletContextPath)
...
will
...
be
...
used
...
to
...
get
...
the
...
needed
...
ServletContext.
...
Logging
...
redirects
...
To
...
get
...
RequestDispatcherProvider
...
log
...
the
...
information
...
about
...
redirects,
...
please
...
set
...
a
...
'logRedirects'
...
property:
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{code:xml} <bean id="reserveRegistrationViews" class="org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.provider.RequestDispatcherProvider"> <property name="logRedirects" value="true"/> <!-- other properties as needed --> </bean> {code} |
You
...
will
...
see
...
the
...
logging
...
entry
...
like
...
this
...
one:
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{code:java} 23-Jul-2012 11:26:13 org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.provider.RequestDispatcherProvider logRedirection INFO: Setting an instance of "oauth2.common.ConsumerRegistration" as HttpServletRequest attribute "newClient" and redirecting the response to "/forms/registerAppConfirm.jsp" {code} h1. With CXFServlet Please see the |
With CXFServlet
Please see the "Redirection"
...
section
...
on
...
the
...
...
...
page.
...
Note
...
that
...
both
...
CXFServlet
...
and
...
JAXRS
...
RequestDispatcherProvider
...
can
...
work
...
together
...
effectively
...
on
...
executing
...
the
...
redirection
...
requests
...
as
...
described
...
at
...
that
...
page.
...
If
...
CXFServlet
...
URI
...
pattern
...
does
...
not
...
match
...
the
...
resource
...
URIs
...
RequestDispatcherProvider
...
is
...
redirecting
...
to
...
then
...
there's
...
nothing
...
to
...
worry
...
about.
...
If
...
you
...
have
...
CXFServlet
...
listening
...
on
...
"/"
...
(thus
...
effectively
...
catching
...
all
...
the
...
requests)
...
and
...
also
...
would
...
like
...
to
...
use
...
RequestDispatcherProvider,
...
then
...
make
...
sure
...
that
...
a
...
'dispatcherName'
...
property
...
is
...
also
...
set,
...
for
...
example:
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{code:xml} <bean id="dispatchProvider" class="org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.provider.RequestDispatcherProvider"> <property name="dispatcherName" value="jsp"/> <property name="resourcePath" value="/WEB-INF/jsp/test.jsp"/> </bean> {code} |
If
...
resources
...
which
...
are
...
redirected
...
to
...
can
...
be
...
made
...
public
...
(i.e,
...
moved
...
out
...
of
...
/WEB-INF)
...
then
...
alternative
...
option
...
(instead
...
of
...
adding
...
a
...
'dispatcherName'
...
property
...
to
...
RequestDispatcherProvider
...
and
...
still
...
have
...
CXFServlet
...
listening
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on
...
'/')
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is
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to
...
configure
...
both
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RequestDispatcherProvider
...
and
...
CXFServlet
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to
...
redirect
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to
...
resources
...
such
...
as
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"/jsp/test.jsp".
...
Also
...
if
...
you
...
have
...
many
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public
...
view
...
handlers
...
then
...
rather
...
than
...
having
...
a
...
"dispatcherName"
...
property
...
set
...
on
...
every
...
dispatcher
...
bean,
...
you
...
can
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get
...
it
...
set
...
only
...
once
...
on
...
CXFServlet:
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{code:xml} <servlet> <servlet-name>RESTServlet</servlet-name> <servlet-class>org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.CXFServlet</servlet-class> <init-param> <param-name>redirects-list</param-name> <param-value>/forms/.*</param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>redirect-servlet-name</param-name> <param-value>jsp</param-value> </init-param> <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>RESTServlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> {code} |
Here
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we
...
have
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all
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the
...
requests
...
targeted
...
at
...
/form/*
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(example,
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/form/book.jsp,
...
etc)
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handled
...
by
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a
...
jsp
...
handler.
...
Custom Redirection
One can borrow some of the code from RequestDispatcherProvider and do the custom redirection from CXF in interceptors or custom invokers, if you will try to do it then you will also need to set an AbstractHTTPDestination.REQUEST_REDIRECTED
...
property
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with
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a
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'true'
...
value
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on
...
a
...
current
...
input
...
message.
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