Package com.mendix.externalinterface.connector

Class RequestHandler

java.lang.Object

com.mendix.externalinterface.connector.RequestHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

IRequestHandler

public abstract class RequestHandler
extends Object
implements IRequestHandler

Implementation of IRequestHandler that provides some access to the Mendix Runtime. Most importantly, it lets you access session information of requests.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected ILogNode	logger

Fields inherited from interface com.mendix.externalinterface.connector.IRequestHandler

APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM_TYPE, CSRF_TOKEN_HEADER, CSRF_TOKEN_PARAMETER, EXPIRES

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
RequestHandler()	Creates a new request handler.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected String	buildUserInfo(IContext context)
void	doProcessRequest(IMxRuntimeRequest request, IMxRuntimeResponse response, String path)	Method that is called when a new request is to be processed.
protected String	formatDate(Date date)
protected long	getExpiresTimeStamp(int addYears)
protected String	getSessionCookieName()
protected ISession	getSessionFromRequest(IMxRuntimeRequest request)	Get the session using the cookie.
protected ISession	getSessionFromRequest(IMxRuntimeRequest request, boolean performCSRFCheck)	Get the session using the cookie.
protected boolean	isSessionKilledByNewLogin(IMxRuntimeRequest request)	Returns whether the specified session has expired.
protected Date	parseDate(String date)
protected abstract void	processRequest(IMxRuntimeRequest request, IMxRuntimeResponse response, String path)	Method that is called when a new request is to be processed.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

logger

protected ILogNode logger

Constructor Details

RequestHandler

public RequestHandler()

Creates a new request handler.

Method Details

doProcessRequest

public void doProcessRequest(IMxRuntimeRequest request,
 IMxRuntimeResponse response,
 String path)
                      throws Exception

Description copied from interface: IRequestHandler

Method that is called when a new request is to be processed.

Specified by:

doProcessRequest in interface IRequestHandler

Parameters:

request - the request to handler

response - the response to update for the request

path - the request path after the handler type (e.g. for "/xas/commit" the handler type is "xas/" and the path is "commit")

Throws:

Exception

processRequest

protected abstract void processRequest(IMxRuntimeRequest request,
 IMxRuntimeResponse response,
 String path)
                                throws Exception

Method that is called when a new request is to be processed. Implement this method instead of overriding doProcessRequest(com.mendix.m2ee.api.IMxRuntimeRequest, com.mendix.m2ee.api.IMxRuntimeResponse, java.lang.String).

Parameters:

request - the request to handler

response - the response to update for the request

path - the request path

Throws:

Exception

getSessionFromRequest

protected ISession getSessionFromRequest(IMxRuntimeRequest request)
                                  throws CoreException

Get the session using the cookie. No csrf check will be performed.

Parameters:

request - the request from which to get the session

Returns:

the session

Throws:

CoreException - if the session cannot be retrieved

getSessionFromRequest

protected ISession getSessionFromRequest(IMxRuntimeRequest request,
 boolean performCSRFCheck)
                                  throws CoreException

Get the session using the cookie.

Parameters:

request - the request from which to get the session

performCSRFCheck - whether a csrf check will be performed using the request headers

Returns:

the session

Throws:

CoreException - if the session cannot be retrieved

isSessionKilledByNewLogin

protected boolean isSessionKilledByNewLogin(IMxRuntimeRequest request)

Returns whether the specified session has expired.

Parameters:

request - the request from which to get the session

Returns:

true if the session expired, false otherwise

buildUserInfo

protected String buildUserInfo(IContext context)

getExpiresTimeStamp

protected long getExpiresTimeStamp(int addYears)

formatDate

protected String formatDate(Date date)

parseDate

protected Date parseDate(String date)
                  throws ParseException

Throws:

ParseException

getSessionCookieName

protected String getSessionCookieName()