ca.cbc.sportwire.servlet.pagehandlers
Class PageHandlerFactory

java.lang.Object
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public class PageHandlerFactory

extends java.lang.Object

PageHandlerFactory.java: Return the appropriate page handler instance depending on the context of the request.

Created: Wed Dec 5 22:59:57 2001

 $Log: PageHandlerFactory.java,v $
 Revision 1.6  2002/01/24 19:50:21  garym
 Major restructuring of beans and pagehandlers

 Revision 1.5  2002/01/14 21:51:46  garym
 bug fixes in topics and config files migration to Extended Properties

 Revision 1.4  2001/12/23 17:55:23  garym
 Allow for multiple SportPage apps on one JVM

 Revision 1.3  2001/12/06 16:29:51  garym
 Implemented DOM object support and the Bio page handler

 Revision 1.2  2001/12/06 07:26:39  garym
 Genertes simple layouts; page parts in Properties

 Revision 1.1  2001/12/06 04:58:00  garym
 DefaultPage now take template parts from properties


 

Version:

$Id: PageHandlerFactory.java,v 1.6 2002/01/24 19:50:21 garym Exp $

Author:

Gary Lawrence Murphy

Field Summary

(package private) static org.apache.log4j.Category

cat

Constructor Summary

private

PageHandlerFactory()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	capLast(java.lang.String pkg) capLast: A utility function that capitalizes the last token in a dot-seperated string of tokens.
protected static PageHandler	findHandler(org.apache.commons.collections.ExtendedProperties sc, java.lang.String pathinfo) getHandler: Takes the propsective fully qualified Java class name and tries to load that class as a PageHandler; if the load fails, the last token is stripped off, the new last token capitalized, and the method calls itself recursively.
static PageHandler	getHandler(org.apache.commons.collections.ExtendedProperties sc, java.lang.String uri)
private static java.lang.String	parentPackage(java.lang.String path)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

cat

static org.apache.log4j.Category cat

Constructor Detail

PageHandlerFactory

private PageHandlerFactory()

Method Detail

parentPackage

private static java.lang.String parentPackage(java.lang.String path)

capLast

public static java.lang.String capLast(java.lang.String pkg)

capLast: A utility function that capitalizes the last token in a dot-seperated string of tokens. This is used to turn a path into a java classname.

Parameters:

pkg - a String package name

Returns:

a String

findHandler

protected static PageHandler findHandler(org.apache.commons.collections.ExtendedProperties sc,
                                         java.lang.String pathinfo)

getHandler: Takes the propsective fully qualified Java class name and tries to load that class as a PageHandler; if the load fails, the last token is stripped off, the new last token capitalized, and the method calls itself recursively. If it runs out without finding a valid handler, BasicPageHandler is returned.

Parameters:

pathinfo - a dot-separated String

Returns:

a PageHandler

getHandler

public static final PageHandler getHandler(org.apache.commons.collections.ExtendedProperties sc,
                                           java.lang.String uri)