tiles-servlet/src/main/java/org/apache/tiles/web/startup/AbstractTilesInitializerServlet.java

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package org.apache.tiles.web.startup;

import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;

import org.apache.tiles.request.servlet.ServletApplicationContext;
import org.apache.tiles.startup.TilesInitializer;
import org.apache.tiles.web.util.ServletContextAdapter;

/**
 * Abstract Initialization Servlet. Uses a {@link TilesInitializer}, created by
 * {@link #createTilesInitializer()} to initialize Tiles.
 *
 * @deprecated use {@link AbstractTilesListener} instead.
 * @see org.apache.tiles.web.startup.TilesListener
 * @version $Rev$ $Date$
 * @since 2.2.0
 */
@Deprecated
public abstract class AbstractTilesInitializerServlet extends HttpServlet {

    /**
     * The private listener instance, that is used to initialize Tiles
     * container.
     */
    private TilesInitializer initializer;

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public void destroy() {
        initializer.destroy();
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public void init() {
        initializer = createTilesInitializer();
        ServletContext adaptedContext = new ServletContextAdapter(
                getServletConfig());
        ServletApplicationContext preliminaryContext = new ServletApplicationContext(
                adaptedContext);
        initializer.initialize(preliminaryContext);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new instance of {@link TilesInitializer}. Implement it to use
     * your custom initializer.
     *
     * @return The Tiles servlet-based initializer.
     * @since 2.2.0
     */
    protected abstract TilesInitializer createTilesInitializer();
}