com.bea.portal.appflow.processor
Class PreProcessor

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.bea.portal.appflow.processor.AbstractPortalProcessor
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        +--com.bea.portal.appflow.processor.PreProcessor

All Implemented Interfaces:

com.bea.p13n.appflow.webflow.InputProcessor

public class PreProcessor

extends AbstractPortalProcessor

The PreProcessor is the first processor called by the portal's own internal webflow, as defined by the portal.wf webflow file.
It has the following responsibilities:
Should auto-login (cookie based) be performed
Is a login "in progress".
otherwise return a portal webflow event so the appropriate framework processor can be invoked.

See Also:

PortalAppflowConstants.AUTO_LOGIN, PortalAppflowConstants.POST_LOGIN, PortalAppflowConstants.PORTLET_EVENT, PortalAppflowConstants.PORTLET_WEBFLOW_EVENT, PortalAppflowConstants.PORTLET_WEBFLOW_EVENT_PARAMETER

Constructor Summary

PreProcessor()
Default constructor (called by webflow).

Method Summary

Object

process(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, PortalRequest portalRequest, Object requestContext) Main process method called by webflow.

Methods inherited from class com.bea.portal.appflow.processor.AbstractPortalProcessor

getCurrentPortletState, process

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PreProcessor

public PreProcessor()

Default constructor (called by webflow). This processor is NOT session sensitive as it calls super()

Method Detail

process

public Object process(HttpServletRequest request,
                      HttpServletResponse response,
                      PortalRequest portalRequest,
                      Object requestContext)
               throws com.bea.p13n.appflow.exception.ProcessingException

Main process method called by webflow.

Specified by:

process in class AbstractPortalProcessor

Returns:

a String for webflow to evaluate the next processor to invoke.

com.bea.p13n.appflow.exception.ProcessingException

See Also:

PortalAppflowConstants.AUTO_LOGIN, PortalAppflowConstants.POST_LOGIN, PortalAppflowConstants.PORTLET_EVENT