org.mentawai.filter
Class VOFilter

java.lang.Object
  org.mentawai.filter.VOFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Filter

public class VOFilter
extends Object
implements Filter

Author:

Sergio Oliveira

Field Summary

static char

PREFIX_SEPARATOR

Constructor Summary

VOFilter(Class klass)

VOFilter(Class klass, boolean tryField)

VOFilter(Class klass, String key)

VOFilter(Class klass, String key, boolean tryField)

VOFilter(Class klass, String key, boolean tryField, boolean convert, String prefix)

VOFilter(Class klass, String key, boolean tryField, String prefix)

VOFilter(String key, Class klass)

VOFilter(String key, Class klass, String prefix)

Method Summary

void	destroy() Gives a chance to the filter to deallocalte any resources before it is destroyed.
String	filter(InvocationChain chain) Executes the filter.
void	setConvertNullToFalse(boolean convertNullToFalse)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

PREFIX_SEPARATOR

public static char PREFIX_SEPARATOR

Constructor Detail

VOFilter

public VOFilter(Class klass)

VOFilter

public VOFilter(Class klass,
                boolean tryField)

VOFilter

public VOFilter(Class klass,
                String key)

VOFilter

public VOFilter(String key,
                Class klass)

VOFilter

public VOFilter(Class klass,
                String key,
                boolean tryField)

VOFilter

public VOFilter(Class klass,
                String key,
                boolean tryField,
                String prefix)

VOFilter

public VOFilter(String key,
                Class klass,
                String prefix)

VOFilter

public VOFilter(Class klass,
                String key,
                boolean tryField,
                boolean convert,
                String prefix)

Method Detail

setConvertNullToFalse

public void setConvertNullToFalse(boolean convertNullToFalse)

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

filter

public String filter(InvocationChain chain)
              throws Exception

Description copied from interface: Filter

Executes the filter.

Specified by:

filter in interface Filter

Parameters:

chain - The InvocationChain for the action this filter is being applied to.

Returns:

The result of the filter or the action the filter is being applied to.

Throws:

Exception

destroy

public void destroy()

Description copied from interface: Filter

Gives a chance to the filter to deallocalte any resources before it is destroyed. This is called when the web application is stopped, in other words, this has nothing to do with garbage collection.

Specified by:

destroy in interface Filter