org.springframework.web.filter
Class HiddenHttpMethodFilter

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.web.filter.GenericFilterBean
      org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter
          org.springframework.web.filter.HiddenHttpMethodFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Filter, Aware, BeanNameAware, DisposableBean, InitializingBean, EnvironmentAware, ServletContextAware

public class HiddenHttpMethodFilter
extends OncePerRequestFilter

Filter that converts posted method parameters into HTTP methods, retrievable via HttpServletRequest.getMethod(). Since browsers currently only support GET and POST, a common technique - used by the Prototype library, for instance - is to use a normal POST with an additional hidden form field (_method) to pass the "real" HTTP method along. This filter reads that parameter and changes the HttpServletRequestWrapper.getMethod() return value accordingly.

The name of the request parameter defaults to _method, but can be adapted via the methodParam property.

NOTE: This filter needs to run after multipart processing in case of a multipart POST request, due to its inherent need for checking a POST body parameter. So typically, put a Spring MultipartFilter before this HiddenHttpMethodFilter in your web.xml filter chain.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Arjen Poutsma

Field Summary

static String

DEFAULT_METHOD_PARAM Default method parameter: _method

Fields inherited from class org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter

ALREADY_FILTERED_SUFFIX

Fields inherited from class org.springframework.web.filter.GenericFilterBean

logger

Constructor Summary

HiddenHttpMethodFilter()

Method Summary

protected void	doFilterInternal(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, FilterChain filterChain) Same contract as for doFilter, but guaranteed to be just invoked once per request.
void	setMethodParam(String methodParam) Set the parameter name to look for HTTP methods.

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter

doFilter, getAlreadyFilteredAttributeName, shouldNotFilter

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.web.filter.GenericFilterBean

addRequiredProperty, afterPropertiesSet, destroy, getFilterConfig, getFilterName, getServletContext, init, initBeanWrapper, initFilterBean, setBeanName, setEnvironment, setServletContext

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DEFAULT_METHOD_PARAM

public static final String DEFAULT_METHOD_PARAM

Default method parameter: _method

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

HiddenHttpMethodFilter

public HiddenHttpMethodFilter()

Method Detail

setMethodParam

public void setMethodParam(String methodParam)

Set the parameter name to look for HTTP methods.

See Also:

DEFAULT_METHOD_PARAM

doFilterInternal

protected void doFilterInternal(HttpServletRequest request,
                                HttpServletResponse response,
                                FilterChain filterChain)
                         throws ServletException,
                                IOException

Description copied from class: OncePerRequestFilter

Same contract as for doFilter, but guaranteed to be just invoked once per request. Provides HttpServletRequest and HttpServletResponse arguments instead of the default ServletRequest and ServletResponse ones.

Specified by:

doFilterInternal in class OncePerRequestFilter

Throws:

ServletException

IOException