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public interface HandlerInterceptor
Workflow interface that allows for customized handler execution chains. Applications can register any number of existing or custom interceptors for certain groups of handlers, to add common preprocessing behavior without needing to modify each handler implementation.
A HandlerInterceptor
gets called before the appropriate
HandlerAdapter
triggers the
execution of the handler itself. This mechanism can be used for a large
field of preprocessing aspects, e.g. for authorization checks,
or common handler behavior like locale or theme changes. Its main purpose
is to permit the factoring out of otherwise repetitive handler code.
Typically an interceptor chain is defined per
HandlerMapping
bean, sharing its
granularity. To be able to apply a certain interceptor chain to a group of
handlers, one needs to map the desired handlers via one
HandlerMapping
bean. The interceptors themselves are defined as
beans in the application context, referenced by the mapping bean definition
via its
"interceptors"
property (in XML: a <list> of <ref> elements).
A HandlerInterceptor
is basically similar to a Servlet 2.3
Filter
, but in contrast to the latter it allows
custom pre-processing with the option to prohibit the execution of the handler
itself, and custom post-processing. Filters
are more powerful;
for example they allow for exchanging the request and response objects that
are handed down the chain. Note that a filter gets configured in
web.xml
, a HandlerInterceptor
in the application context.
As a basic guideline, fine-grained handler-related preprocessing tasks are
candidates for HandlerInterceptor
implementations, especially
factored-out common handler code and authorization checks. On the other hand,
a Filter
is well-suited for request content and view content
handling, like multipart forms and GZIP compression. This typically shows when
one needs to map the filter to certain content types (e.g. images), or to all
requests. Be aware that filters cannot be applied to portlet requests (they
only operate on servlet requests), so for portlet requests interceptors are
essential.
If we assume a "sunny day" request (i.e. a request where nothing goes wrong
and all is well), the workflow of a HandlerInterceptor
will be as
follows:
DispatcherServlet
maps a request to particular handler
and assembles a handler execution chain consisting of the handler that
is to be invoked and all of the HandlerInterceptor
instances that apply to the request.)preHandleAction(..)
is called; if the invocation of this method returns true
then
this workflow continuesHandlerAdapter.handleAction(..)
)afterActionCompletion(..)
is calledpreHandleRender(..)
is called; if the invocation of this method returns true
then
this workflow continuesHandlerAdapter.handleRender(..)
)postHandleRender(..)
is calledafterRenderCompletion(..)
is called
HandlerExecutionChain.getInterceptors()
,
HandlerMapping
,
AbstractHandlerMapping.setInterceptors(java.lang.Object[])
,
HandlerExecutionChain
Method Summary | |
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void |
afterActionCompletion(ActionRequest request,
ActionResponse response,
Object handler,
Exception ex)
Callback after completion of request processing in the action phase, that is, after rendering the view. |
void |
afterRenderCompletion(RenderRequest request,
RenderResponse response,
Object handler,
Exception ex)
Callback after completion of request processing, that is, after rendering the view. |
void |
postHandleRender(RenderRequest request,
RenderResponse response,
Object handler,
ModelAndView modelAndView)
Intercept the execution of a handler in the render phase. |
boolean |
preHandleAction(ActionRequest request,
ActionResponse response,
Object handler)
Intercept the execution of a handler in the action phase. |
boolean |
preHandleRender(RenderRequest request,
RenderResponse response,
Object handler)
Intercept the execution of a handler in the render phase. |
Method Detail |
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boolean preHandleAction(ActionRequest request, ActionResponse response, Object handler) throws Exception
Called after a HandlerMapping determines an appropriate handler object
to handle an ActionRequest
, but before said HandlerAdapter actually
invokes the handler.
DispatcherPortlet
processes a handler in an execution chain,
consisting of any number of interceptors, with the handler itself at the end.
With this method, each interceptor can decide to abort the execution chain,
typically throwing an exception or writing a custom response.
request
- current portlet action requestresponse
- current portlet action responsehandler
- chosen handler to execute, for type and/or instance evaluation
true
if the execution chain should proceed with the
next interceptor or the handler itself. Else, DispatcherPortlet
assumes that this interceptor has already dealt with the response itself
Exception
- in case of errorsvoid afterActionCompletion(ActionRequest request, ActionResponse response, Object handler, Exception ex) throws Exception
Note: Will only be called if this interceptor's
preHandleAction(javax.portlet.ActionRequest, javax.portlet.ActionResponse, Object)
method has successfully completed and returned true
!
request
- current portlet action requestresponse
- current portlet action responsehandler
- chosen handler to execute, for type and/or instance examinationex
- exception thrown on handler execution, if any (only included as
additional context information for the case where a handler threw an exception;
request execution may have failed even when this argument is null
)
Exception
- in case of errorsboolean preHandleRender(RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response, Object handler) throws Exception
Called after a HandlerMapping determines an appropriate handler object
to handle a RenderRequest
, but before said HandlerAdapter actually
invokes the handler.
DispatcherPortlet
processes a handler in an execution chain,
consisting of any number of interceptors, with the handler itself at the end.
With this method, each interceptor can decide to abort the execution chain,
typically throwing an exception or writing a custom response.
request
- current portlet render requestresponse
- current portlet render responsehandler
- chosen handler to execute, for type and/or instance evaluation
true
if the execution chain should proceed with the
next interceptor or the handler itself. Else, DispatcherPortlet
assumes that this interceptor has already dealt with the response itself
Exception
- in case of errorsvoid postHandleRender(RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response, Object handler, ModelAndView modelAndView) throws Exception
Called after a HandlerAdapter
actually invoked the handler, but
before the DispatcherPortlet
renders the view. Can thus expose
additional model objects to the view via the given ModelAndView
.
DispatcherPortlet
processes a handler in an execution chain,
consisting of any number of interceptors, with the handler itself at the end.
With this method, each interceptor can post-process an execution, getting
applied in inverse order of the execution chain.
request
- current portlet render requestresponse
- current portlet render responsehandler
- chosen handler to execute, for type and/or instance examinationmodelAndView
- the ModelAndView
that the handler returned
(can also be null
)
Exception
- in case of errorsvoid afterRenderCompletion(RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response, Object handler, Exception ex) throws Exception
Note: Will only be called if this interceptor's
preHandleRender(javax.portlet.RenderRequest, javax.portlet.RenderResponse, Object)
method has successfully completed and returned true
!
request
- current portlet render requestresponse
- current portlet render responsehandler
- chosen handler to execute, for type and/or instance examinationex
- exception thrown on handler execution, if any
Exception
- in case of errors
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