com.twelvemonkeys.servlet.cache

Class CacheFilter

java.lang.Object

com.twelvemonkeys.servlet.GenericFilter

com.twelvemonkeys.servlet.cache.CacheFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, javax.servlet.Filter, javax.servlet.FilterConfig

public class CacheFilter
extends GenericFilter

A Filter that provides response caching, for HTTP GET requests.

Originally based on ideas and code found in the ONJava article Two Servlet Filters Every Web Application Should Have by Jayson Falkner.

Version:

$Id: CacheFilter.java#4 $

Author:

Jayson Falkner, Harald Kuhr, last modified by $Author: haku $

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.twelvemonkeys.servlet.GenericFilter

oncePerRequest

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CacheFilter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	destroy() Called by the web container to indicate to a filter that it is being taken out of service.
protected void	doFilterImpl(javax.servlet.ServletRequest pRequest, javax.servlet.ServletResponse pResponse, javax.servlet.FilterChain pChain) Invoked once, or each time a request/response pair is passed through the chain, depending on the GenericFilter.oncePerRequest member variable.
void	init() Initializes the filter

Methods inherited from class com.twelvemonkeys.servlet.GenericFilter

doFilter, getFilterConfig, getFilterName, getInitParameter, getInitParameterNames, getServletContext, init, log, log, setFilterConfig, setOncePerRequest

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CacheFilter

public CacheFilter()

Method Detail

init

public void init()
          throws javax.servlet.ServletException

Initializes the filter

Overrides:

init in class GenericFilter

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException

See Also:

GenericFilter.init(FilterConfig)

destroy

public void destroy()

Description copied from class: GenericFilter

Called by the web container to indicate to a filter that it is being taken out of service.

Specified by:

destroy in interface javax.servlet.Filter

Overrides:

destroy in class GenericFilter

See Also:

Filter.destroy()

doFilterImpl

protected void doFilterImpl(javax.servlet.ServletRequest pRequest,
                            javax.servlet.ServletResponse pResponse,
                            javax.servlet.FilterChain pChain)
                     throws IOException,
                            javax.servlet.ServletException

Description copied from class: GenericFilter

Invoked once, or each time a request/response pair is passed through the chain, depending on the GenericFilter.oncePerRequest member variable.

Specified by:

doFilterImpl in class GenericFilter

Parameters:

pRequest - the servlet request

pResponse - the servlet response

pChain - the filter chain

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

javax.servlet.ServletException - if an exception occurs during the filter process

See Also:

GenericFilter.oncePerRequest, doFilter, Filter.doFilter