org.mentawai.filter

Class CollectionFilter

java.lang.Object

org.mentawai.filter.CollectionFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Filter

public class CollectionFilter
extends Object
implements Filter

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CollectionFilter(String attrName)
CollectionFilter(String attrName, int maxAllowed)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected Collection<Object>	buildCollection(Object[] list, int max)
void	destroy() Gives a chance to the filter to deallocalte any resources before it is destroyed.
String	filter(InvocationChain chain) Executes the filter.
protected int	parseNumberFromKey(String attrName, String key)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CollectionFilter

public CollectionFilter(String attrName)

CollectionFilter

public CollectionFilter(String attrName,
                int maxAllowed)

Method Detail

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

buildCollection

protected Collection<Object> buildCollection(Object[] list,
                                 int max)

parseNumberFromKey

protected int parseNumberFromKey(String attrName,
                     String key)
                          throws NumberFormatException

Throws:

NumberFormatException

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