org.springframework.web.servlet.resource

Class DefaultServletHttpRequestHandler

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.DefaultServletHttpRequestHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

Aware, ServletContextAware, HttpRequestHandler

public class DefaultServletHttpRequestHandler
extends java.lang.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

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DefaultServletHttpRequestHandler()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	handleRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) Process the given request, generating a response.
void	setDefaultServletName(java.lang.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(java.lang.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 - the 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,
                          java.io.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

java.io.IOException - in case of I/O errors