org.springframework.web.servlet.resource
Class DefaultServletHttpRequestHandler

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.DefaultServletHttpRequestHandler
All Implemented Interfaces:
Aware, ServletContextAware, HttpRequestHandler

public class DefaultServletHttpRequestHandler
extends Object
implements HttpRequestHandler, ServletContextAware

An HttpRequestHandler for serving static files using the Servlet container's "default" Servlet.

This handler is intended to be used with a "/*" mapping when the DispatcherServlet is mapped to "/", thus overriding the Servlet container's default handling of static resources. The mapping to this handler should generally be ordered as the last in the chain so that it will only execute when no other more specific mappings (i.e., to controllers) can be matched.

Requests are handled by forwarding through the RequestDispatcher obtained via the name specified through the "defaultServletName" property. In most cases, the defaultServletName does not need to be set explicitly, as the handler checks at initialization time for the presence of the default Servlet of well-known containers such as Tomcat, Jetty, Resin, WebLogic and WebSphere. However, when running in a container where the default Servlet's name is not known, or where it has been customized via server configuration, the defaultServletName will need to be set explicitly.

Since:
3.0.4
Author:
Jeremy Grelle, Juergen Hoeller

Constructor Summary
DefaultServletHttpRequestHandler()
           
 
Method Summary
 void handleRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
          Process the given request, generating a response.
 void setDefaultServletName(String defaultServletName)
          Set the name of the default Servlet to be forwarded to for static resource requests.
 void setServletContext(ServletContext servletContext)
          If the defaultServletName property has not been explicitly set, attempts to locate the default Servlet using the known common container-specific names.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

DefaultServletHttpRequestHandler

public DefaultServletHttpRequestHandler()
Method Detail

setDefaultServletName

public void setDefaultServletName(String defaultServletName)
Set the name of the default Servlet to be forwarded to for static resource requests.


setServletContext

public void setServletContext(ServletContext servletContext)
If the defaultServletName property has not been explicitly set, attempts to locate the default Servlet using the known common container-specific names.

Specified by:
setServletContext in interface ServletContextAware
Parameters:
servletContext - ServletContext object to be used by this object
See Also:
InitializingBean.afterPropertiesSet(), ApplicationContextAware.setApplicationContext(org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext)

handleRequest

public void handleRequest(HttpServletRequest request,
                          HttpServletResponse response)
                   throws ServletException,
                          IOException
Description copied from interface: HttpRequestHandler
Process the given request, generating a response.

Specified by:
handleRequest in interface HttpRequestHandler
Parameters:
request - current HTTP request
response - current HTTP response
Throws:
ServletException - in case of general errors
IOException - in case of I/O errors