org.apache.xindice.server
Class XindiceServlet

java.lang.Object
  javax.servlet.GenericServlet
      javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet
          org.apache.xindice.server.XindiceServlet

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, javax.servlet.Servlet, javax.servlet.ServletConfig

public class XindiceServlet

extends javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet

A HttpServlet that enables XML-RPC access to a Xindice database instance.

Version:

CVS $Revision: 1.30 $, $Date: 2004/02/11 14:03:09 $

Author:

Kimbro Staken, Vladimir R. Bossicard, Gianugo Rabellino, Vadim Gritsenko

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcServer

xmlrpcServer

Constructor Summary

XindiceServlet()

Method Summary

void	destroy()
void	doGet(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Delegate GET requests to the UglyBrowser.
void	doPost(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Sends an XML query to the server and writes the output back.
void	init(javax.servlet.ServletConfig servletConfig) Initializes database
Configuration	loadConfiguration(javax.servlet.ServletConfig servletConfig) Loads the Xindice configuration file.

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet

doDelete, doHead, doOptions, doPut, doTrace, getLastModified, service, service

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.GenericServlet

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

xmlrpcServer

protected org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcServer xmlrpcServer

Constructor Detail

XindiceServlet

public XindiceServlet()

Method Detail

destroy

public void destroy()

doGet

public void doGet(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                  javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
           throws javax.servlet.ServletException,
                  java.io.IOException

Delegate GET requests to the UglyBrowser.

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException

java.io.IOException

doPost

public void doPost(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                   javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
            throws javax.servlet.ServletException,
                   java.io.IOException

Sends an XML query to the server and writes the output back. Currenlty only XML-RPC query is supported.

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException

java.io.IOException

init

public void init(javax.servlet.ServletConfig servletConfig)
          throws javax.servlet.ServletException

Initializes database

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException

loadConfiguration

public Configuration loadConfiguration(javax.servlet.ServletConfig servletConfig)

Loads the Xindice configuration file. The file is searched in the following locations:

• the ServletConfig.getInitParameter(Xindice.PROP_XINDICE_CONFIGURATION) variable located in the servlet configuration file
• use the default configuration stored in the Xindice class

TODO: we should probably try to load from the file system if we can't load it this way.