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package org.apache.samza.coordinator.server;

import java.io.IOException
import javax.servlet.ServletException
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
import org.apache.samza.serializers.model.SamzaObjectMapper

/**
 * A simple servlet helper that makes it easy to dump objects to JSON.
 */
trait ServletBase extends HttpServlet {
  val mapper = SamzaObjectMapper.getObjectMapper()

  override protected def doGet(request: HttpServletRequest, response: HttpServletResponse) {
    response.setContentType("application/json")
    response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK)
    mapper.writeValue(response.getWriter(), getObjectToWrite())
  }

  /**
   * Returns an object that should be fed to Jackson's ObjectMapper, and 
   * returned as an HTTP response.
   */
  protected def getObjectToWrite(): Object
}