org.mortbay.servlet
Class Forward

java.lang.Object
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  +--javax.servlet.GenericServlet
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        +--javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet
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              +--org.mortbay.servlet.Forward

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Servlet, ServletConfig

public class Forward

extends HttpServlet

Forward Servlet Request. This servlet can be configured with init parameters to use a RequestDispatcher to forward requests. The servlet path of a request is used to look for a initparameter of that name. If a parameter is found, it's value is used to get a RequestDispatcher.

Version:

$Id: Forward.java,v 1.5 2002/12/14 13:03:04 bretts Exp $

Author:

Greg Wilkins (gregw)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Forward()

Method Summary

void	destroy() Called by the servlet container to indicate to a servlet that the servlet is being taken out of service.
void	doGet(HttpServletRequest sreq, HttpServletResponse sres)
void	doPost(HttpServletRequest sreq, HttpServletResponse sres)
java.lang.String	getServletInfo() Returns information about the servlet, such as author, version, and copyright.
void	init(ServletConfig config) Called by the servlet container to indicate to a servlet that the servlet is being placed into service.

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet

service

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.GenericServlet

getInitParameter, getInitParameterNames, getServletConfig, getServletContext, getServletName, init, log, log

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Forward

public Forward()

Method Detail

init

public void init(ServletConfig config)
          throws ServletException

Description copied from class: GenericServlet

Called by the servlet container to indicate to a servlet that the servlet is being placed into service. See Servlet.init(javax.servlet.ServletConfig).

This implementation stores the ServletConfig object it receives from the servlet container for later use. When overriding this form of the method, call super.init(config).

Specified by:

init in interface Servlet

Overrides:

init in class GenericServlet

Parameters:

config - the ServletConfig object that contains configutation information for this servlet

Throws:

ServletException - if an exception occurs that interrupts the servlet's normal operation

See Also:

UnavailableException

doPost

public void doPost(HttpServletRequest sreq,
                   HttpServletResponse sres)
            throws ServletException,
                   java.io.IOException

Overrides:

doPost in class HttpServlet

ServletException

java.io.IOException

doGet

public void doGet(HttpServletRequest sreq,
                  HttpServletResponse sres)
           throws ServletException,
                  java.io.IOException

Overrides:

doGet in class HttpServlet

ServletException

java.io.IOException

getServletInfo

public java.lang.String getServletInfo()

Description copied from class: GenericServlet

Returns information about the servlet, such as author, version, and copyright. By default, this method returns an empty string. Override this method to have it return a meaningful value. See Servlet.getServletInfo().

Specified by:

getServletInfo in interface Servlet

Overrides:

getServletInfo in class GenericServlet

Returns:

String information about this servlet, by default an empty string

destroy

public void destroy()

Description copied from class: GenericServlet

Called by the servlet container to indicate to a servlet that the servlet is being taken out of service. See Servlet.destroy().

Specified by:

destroy in interface Servlet

Overrides:

destroy in class GenericServlet