org.javalite.activeweb

Class AppController

java.lang.Object

org.javalite.activeweb.HttpSupport

org.javalite.activeweb.AppController

All Implemented Interfaces:

RequestAccess

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractLesscController, SimpleController

public abstract class AppController
extends HttpSupport

Subclass this class to create application controllers. A controller is a main component of a web application. Its main purpose in life is to process web requests.

Author:

Igor Polevoy

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.javalite.activeweb.HttpSupport

HttpSupport.HttpBuilder, HttpSupport.RenderBuilder

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.javalite.activeweb.RequestAccess

LOGGER

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AppController()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected String	getContentType() Returns hardcoded value "text/html".
protected String	getLayout() Returns a name for a default layout as provided in activeweb_defaults.properties file.
protected HttpSupport.RenderBuilder	render() Use this method in order to override a layout, status code, and content type.
protected HttpSupport.RenderBuilder	render(String template) Renders results with a template.
boolean	restful() Returns true if this controller is configured to be RESTful.
static <T extends AppController> boolean	restful(Class<T> controllerClass)

Methods inherited from class org.javalite.activeweb.HttpSupport

assign, blank, encoding, flash, flash, flash, flash, getEncoding, getFile, getHttpServletRequest, getHttpServletResponse, getMap, getMap, getRealPath, getRequestBytes, getRequestInputStream, getRequestStream, getRequestString, getResponseHeaders, header, header, jsonList, jsonMap, jsonMaps, locale, logDebug, logError, logError, logError, logInfo, logWarning, logWarning, merge, multipartForm, multipartForm, multipartFormItems, multipartFormItems, multipartFormItems, outputStream, outputStream, outputStream, redirect, redirect, redirect, redirect, redirect, redirect, redirect, redirect, redirectToReferrer, redirectToReferrer, render, respond, sanitize, sendCookie, sendCookie, sendFile, sendFile, sendPermanentCookie, session, session, sessionBoolean, sessionDouble, sessionFloat, sessionHas, sessionInteger, sessionLong, sessionObject, sessionString, setContentLength, setEncoding, setLocale, setRequestEncoding, setResponseEncoding, status, streamOut, uploadedFiles, uploadedFiles, uploadedFiles, values, view, view, view, writer, writer

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.javalite.activeweb.RequestAccess

appContext, context, cookie, cookies, cookieValue, exists, format, getId, getLocale, getRequestHost, getRequestPort, getRequestProperties, getRequestProtocol, getRoute, header, headers, host, ipAddress, ipForwardedFor, isDelete, isGet, isHead, isMethod, isMultipartContent, isPost, isPut, isXhr, locale, method, param, param, params, params, params, params1st, params1st, path, port, protocol, queryString, remoteAddress, remoteHost, requestHas, servletPath, session, session, uri, url, userAgent, xhr

Constructor Detail

AppController

public AppController()

Method Detail

render

protected HttpSupport.RenderBuilder render(String template)

Renders results with a template. This method is called from within an action execution. This call must be the last call in the action. All subsequent calls to assign values, render or respond will generate IllegalStateException.

Parameters:

template - - template name, can be "list" - for a view whose name is different than the name of this action, or "/another_controller/any_view" - this is a reference to a view from another controller. The format of this parameter should be either a single word or two words separated by slash: '/'. If this is a single word, than it is assumed that template belongs to current controller, if there is a slash used as a separator, then the first word is assumed to be a name of another controller.

Returns:

instance of RenderBuilder, which is used to provide additional parameters.

render

protected HttpSupport.RenderBuilder render()

Use this method in order to override a layout, status code, and content type.

Returns:

instance of RenderBuilder, which is used to provide additional parameters.

getLayout

protected String getLayout()

Returns a name for a default layout as provided in activeweb_defaults.properties file. Override this method in a sub-class. Value expected is a fully qualified name of a layout template. Example: "/custom/custom_layout"

Returns:

name of a layout for this controller and descendants if they do not override this method.

getContentType

protected String getContentType()

Returns hardcoded value "text/html". Override this method to set default content type to a different value across all actions in controller and its subclasses. This is a convenient method for building REST webservices. You can set this value once to "text/json", "text/xml" or whatever else you need.

Returns:

hardcoded value "text/html"

restful

public boolean restful()

Returns true if this controller is configured to be RESTful.

Returns:

true if this controller is restful, false if not.

restful

public static <T extends AppController> boolean restful(Class<T> controllerClass)