org.mortbay.http.handler

Class ForwardHandler

public class ForwardHandler extends AbstractHttpHandler

Forward Request Handler. Forwards a request to a new URI. Experimental - use with caution.

Version: $Revision: 1.16 $

Author: Greg Wilkins (gregw)

Constructor Summary
	ForwardHandler() Constructor.
	ForwardHandler(String rootForward) Constructor.

Method Summary
void	addForward(String pathSpecInContext, String newPath) Add a forward mapping.
void	handle(String pathInContext, String pathParams, HttpRequest request, HttpResponse response)
void	setHandleQueries(boolean b) Set the Handler up to cope with forwards to paths that contain query elements (e.g.
void	setRootForward(String newPath) Add a forward mapping for root path.

Constructor Detail

public ForwardHandler()

Constructor.

public ForwardHandler(String rootForward)

Constructor.

Parameters: rootForward

public void addForward(String pathSpecInContext, String newPath)

Add a forward mapping.

Parameters: pathSpecInContext The path to forward from newPath The path to forward to.

public void handle(String pathInContext, String pathParams, HttpRequest request, HttpResponse response)

public void setHandleQueries(boolean b)

Set the Handler up to cope with forwards to paths that contain query elements (e.g. "/blah"->"/foo?a=b").

Parameters: b

public void setRootForward(String newPath)

Add a forward mapping for root path. This allows a forward for exactly / which is the default path in a pathSpec.

Parameters: newPath The path to forward to.