Yes! That was perfect. That hook provided the right solution... I was able to provide the dynamic link generation as I wanted based on the <param>-s in the maverick file It's nice because the pages -- or should I say the commands -- that require ssl are configured in one place, in the mav.xml file.
Many, many thanks for you quick and thoughtful responses to this problem I was encountering! Dan At 11:28 PM 5/8/02 -0700, Jeff Schnitzer wrote: >Oh! Sorry. > >I just added a getConfigDocument() method to the Dispatcher, which >returns the JDOM representation of the current configuration. > >You can get access to the Dispatcher by calling: > >ServletContext.getAttribute(Dispatcher.MAVERICK_APPLICATION_KEY) > >It's a little crude, but it gets you access to maverick.xml, and it's in >CVS right now :-) > >Jeff Schnitzer >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dan Finkelstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 10:58 PM > > To: Jeff Schnitzer > > Subject: RE: [Mav-user] Access to maverick.xml > > > > This isn't quite what I meant. What I mean is that from within one > > controller, I wish to have access to the params of a different ><command>. > > > > Here's a more background on my idea... > > > > What I'm trying to do is massage the <a> href attribute, for example, > > according to whether the command that is specified (in the href) is a > > protected page or not _and_ whether the current page is protected. >For > > example, $model.link('login.m') would become https://domain/login.m, >if > > I'm > > not on a secure page, but just login.m if I am. That massaging would >be > > based on a <param> in mav.xml -- allowing me to abstract out the >protocol > > from the velocity pages. As another example, say I'm on a secure page >and > > have an link to a non-secure page, by saying $model.link('catalog.m'), >it > > would be massaged into http://domain/catalog.m. But if I'm on a non- > > secure > > page, it would be massaged to the same string, catalog.m. > > > > Does this make more sense? > > Dan > > > > > > At 10:27 PM 5/8/02 -0700, you wrote: > > >I'm assuming you actually have commands to look something like this: > > > > > > <command name="home"> > > > <controller class=""> > > > <param name="secure" value="true"/> > > > </controller> > > > ... > > > > > >For this example, have your secure controllers extend from a common > > >controller that has a bean property "secure"; it will be populated >just > > >like the form request parameters. > > > > > >However, do you really want to do this? Is ever the case that the > > >controller for home would not be secure? Usually I find it a lot >more > > >convenient to have a ControllerProtected base class which secures > > >things, and a different base class which does not. It doesn't seem >like > > >the kind of thing that changes so often that it needs to be >configurable > > >(beyond changing an inheritance relationship). > > > > > >Jeff Schnitzer > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >BTW, I've started the refactoring for heterogeneous transforms. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Dan Finkelstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 9:54 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: [Mav-user] Access to maverick.xml > > > > > > > > Hi -- > > > > > > > > In my controller, which doesn't extend from ControllerSingleton, I > > >want to > > > > be able to pluck out <param> values from a different command. > > > > > > > > So, on my velocity page, I might have something like: > > > > > > > > <a href="$model.link('home.m')">Click here</a> > > > > <a href="$model.link(''browse.m')">Click here</a> > > > > > > > > And in my maverick.xml, I'd have something like > > > > <command name="home"> > > > > <param name="secure" value="true"/> > > > > .... > > > > <command name="browse"> > > > > <param name="secure" value="false"/> > > > > .... > > > > > > > > > > > > And then in my base controller class, I'd have something like: > > > > > > > > public String getLink(Sring command) > > > > { > > > > boolean secure = getSecureValueFromCommand(command); > > > > > > > > // and something sort of like this... > > > > if(secure) > > > > return "https://...."; + command; > > > > else > > > > return command > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm been pulling by hair out trying to figure out how to write the > > > > getSecureValueFromCommand() method. I'm totally stumped. I guess > > >that > > > > maverick.xml is parsed and stored as objects, such as >Command-extended > > > > objects. I know with ControllerSingleton, this would be "trivial" > > >problem > > > > because a variable "params" stores exactly what I need. Should >there > > >be a > > > > similar init() method called with non-singleton controllers to >give us > > >a > > > > chance to save this data? > > > > > > > > Thanks for any ideas... > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. >We > > >supply > > > > the hardware. You get the recognition. 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