web/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/chain2/web/servlet/PathInfoMapper.java

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package org.apache.commons.chain2.web.servlet;

import org.apache.commons.chain2.Catalog;
import org.apache.commons.chain2.Command;
import org.apache.commons.chain2.Context;
import org.apache.commons.chain2.base.LookupCommand;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

/**
 * <p>{@link Command} that uses the "path info" component of the request URI
 * to select a {@link Command} from the appropriate {@link Catalog}, and
 * execute it.  To use this command, you would typically map an instance
 * of {@link ChainProcessor} to a wildcard pattern like "/execute/*" and
 * then arrange that this is the default command to be executed.  In such
 * an environment, a request for the context-relative URI "/execute/foo"
 * would cause the "/foo" command to be loaded and executed.</p>
 *
 * @version $Id$
 */
public class PathInfoMapper extends LookupCommand<String, Object, ServletWebContext<String, Object>> {

    // --------------------------------------------------------- Command Methods

    /**
     * <p>Look up the extra path information for this request, and use it to
     * select an appropriate {@link Command} to be executed.
     *
     * @param context Context for the current request
     * @return The name of the {@link Command} instance
     *
     * @since Chain 1.2
     */
    @Override
    protected String getCommandName(ServletWebContext<String, Object> context) {
        // Look up the extra path information for this request
        HttpServletRequest request = context.getRequest();
        String pathInfo = (String)
            request.getAttribute("javax.servlet.include.path_info");
        if (pathInfo == null) {
            pathInfo = request.getPathInfo();
        }

        return pathInfo;
    }

    /**
     * <p>Return the {@link Catalog} to look up the {@link Command} in.</p>
     *
     * @param context {@link Context} for this request
     * @return The catalog.
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if no {@link Catalog}
     *  can be found
     *
     * @since Chain 1.2
     */
    @Override
    protected Catalog<String, Object, ServletWebContext<String, Object>>
            getCatalog(ServletWebContext<String, Object> context) {
        /* Assume that the object returned will be a catalog because of chain's
         * historical contract. */
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        Catalog<String, Object, ServletWebContext<String, Object>> catalog =
                (Catalog<String, Object, ServletWebContext<String, Object>>) context.get(getCatalogName());
        if (catalog == null) {
            catalog = super.getCatalog(context);
        }
        return catalog;
    }

}