org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc
Class AbstractCommandController

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.context.support.ApplicationObjectSupport
      org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationObjectSupport
          org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator
              org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.AbstractController
                  org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.BaseCommandController
                      org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.AbstractCommandController

All Implemented Interfaces:

ApplicationContextAware, Controller

public abstract class AbstractCommandController

extends BaseCommandController

Abstract base class for custom command controllers. Autopopulates a command bean from the request. For command validation, a validator (property inherited from BaseCommandController) can be used.

This command controller should preferrable not be used to handle form submission, because functionality for forms is more offered in more detail by the AbstractFormController and its corresponding implementations.

Exposed configuration properties (and those defined by superclass):
none (so only those available in superclass).

Workflow (and that defined by superclass):

Author:

Rod Johnson, Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

BaseCommandController.setCommandClass(java.lang.Class), BaseCommandController.setCommandName(java.lang.String), BaseCommandController.setValidator(org.springframework.validation.Validator)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.BaseCommandController

DEFAULT_COMMAND_NAME

Fields inherited from class org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator

HEADER_CACHE_CONTROL, HEADER_EXPIRES, HEADER_PRAGMA, METHOD_GET, METHOD_POST

Fields inherited from class org.springframework.context.support.ApplicationObjectSupport

logger

Constructor Summary

AbstractCommandController()
Create a new AbstractCommandController.

AbstractCommandController(java.lang.Class commandClass)
Create a new AbstractCommandController.

AbstractCommandController(java.lang.Class commandClass, java.lang.String commandName)
Create a new AbstractCommandController.

Method Summary

protected abstract ModelAndView	handle(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, java.lang.Object command, BindException errors) Template method for request handling, providing a populated and validated instance of the command class, and an Errors object containing binding and validation errors.
protected ModelAndView	handleRequestInternal(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Template method.

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.BaseCommandController

bindAndValidate, checkCommand, createBinder, createCommand, getCommand, getCommandClass, getCommandName, getValidator, initBinder, isValidateOnBinding, onBind, onBindAndValidate, setCommandClass, setCommandName, setValidateOnBinding, setValidator

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.AbstractController

handleRequest, setSynchronizeOnSession

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator

applyCacheSeconds, applyCacheSeconds, cacheForSeconds, cacheForSeconds, checkAndPrepare, preventCaching, setCacheSeconds, setRequireSession, setSupportedMethods, setUseCacheControlHeader, setUseExpiresHeader

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationObjectSupport

getServletContext, getTempDir, getWebApplicationContext, requiredContextClass

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.context.support.ApplicationObjectSupport

getApplicationContext, getMessageSourceAccessor, initApplicationContext, setApplicationContext

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractCommandController

public AbstractCommandController()

Create a new AbstractCommandController.

AbstractCommandController

public AbstractCommandController(java.lang.Class commandClass)

Create a new AbstractCommandController.

Parameters:

commandClass - class of the command bean

AbstractCommandController

public AbstractCommandController(java.lang.Class commandClass,
                                 java.lang.String commandName)

Create a new AbstractCommandController.

Parameters:

commandClass - class of the command bean

commandName - name of the command bean

Method Detail

handleRequestInternal

protected final ModelAndView handleRequestInternal(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                                   javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
                                            throws java.lang.Exception

Description copied from class: AbstractController

Template method. Subclasses must implement this. The contract is the same as for handleRequest.

Specified by:

handleRequestInternal in class AbstractController

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

See Also:

AbstractController.handleRequest(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse)

handle

protected abstract ModelAndView handle(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                       javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                                       java.lang.Object command,
                                       BindException errors)
                                throws java.lang.Exception

Template method for request handling, providing a populated and validated instance of the command class, and an Errors object containing binding and validation errors.

Can invoke errors.getModel() to populate the ModelAndView model with the command and the Errors instance, under the specified command name.

Parameters:

request - current HTTP request

response - current HTTP response

command - the populated command object

errors - validation errors holder

Returns:

a ModelAndView to render, or null if handled directly

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

See Also:

Errors