Geoff,
Thanks for the reply. I have a couple of other questions.
1. I'm still getting a "classNotFound" exception on my class when
the sitemap is being compiled.. I put it in the package com.kg.gs.GSLogin,
made a jar, and put that in cocoon/WEB-INF/lib. Is there something else I
need to do?
2. In my sitemap, I defined:
<map:action logger="sitemap.action.gs-login" name="gs-login"
src="com.kg.gs.GSLogin"/>
Does this mean that the pipeline will always call the "act" method of my
class?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoff Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 3:33 PM
Subject: RE: writing actions
> It's pretty easy. There are a number of org.apache.cocoon.acting classes
> that you can extend, depending on your need. AbstractAction will get you
> the bare minimum - it implements the Action interface and gives you access
> to a logger. I needed to extend ComposerAction, because I needed to
> accomplish some one-time lookups to other components via ComponentManager.
> You may need to do the same.
>
> Here's my action (with all the actual meat taken out because it's only for
> developer use temporarily and could introduce a security issue - OK i'm
> paranoid) and some comments added to demonstrate functionality you may
want
> but I didn't need.
>
> Good luck-
> Geoff
>
> package com.crosswalk.cocoon.acting;
>
> import org.apache.avalon.framework.parameters.Parameters;
> import org.apache.cocoon.acting.ComposerAction;
> import java.util.Map;
> import java.util.HashMap;
> import org.apache.cocoon.environment.Redirector;
> import org.apache.cocoon.environment.Request;
> import org.apache.cocoon.environment.SourceResolver;
> import org.apache.cocoon.environment.ObjectModelHelper;
> import org.apache.cocoon.components.store.StoreJanitor;
> import org.apache.cocoon.components.store.Store;
> import org.apache.avalon.framework.component.ComponentException;
> import org.apache.avalon.framework.component.ComponentManager;
>
> public class CacheClearAction extends ComposerAction {
>
> private Store cache;
> public void compose (ComponentManager manager)
> throws ComponentException {
> super.compose(manager);
> this.cache = (Store)this.manager.lookup(Store.TRANSIENT_CACHE);
> }
>
> public Map act (Redirector redirector,
> SourceResolver resolver,
> Map objectModel,
> String source,
> Parameters params) {
>
> // My particular action didn't need to return any values - most do.
> // If I needed to return something, I'd use the map commented out here
> // and return it instead of
> org.apache.cocoon.acting.AbstractAction.EMPTY_MAP.
> // In the sitemap after this action {key} should produce "value".
> file://Map availableToSitemap = new HashMap();
> file://availableToSitemap.put("key","value");
> //
>
> String paramICareAbout;
>
> Request request = ObjectModelHelper.getRequest(objectModel);
> if (request == null) {
> // getLogger() provides a handle to the action's logger.
> // getLogger().info(), etc. gives you a different logging level.
> getLogger().error("RequestInfoAction: no request object!");
>
> // if the action fails, you should return null and all nested
> sitemap items will not execute.
> return(null);
> }
> request.getParameter("paramName");
>
> // Code missing - do some stuff with the request parameters.
>
> return EMPTY_MAP;
> // return availableToSitemap;
> }
> }
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gorillacommunications [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 11:17 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: writing actions
> >
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am trying to write an action for my application.
> > I have this line in my sitemap to define the action.
> > <map:action logger="sitemap.action.gs-login" name="login"
> > src="com.kg.gs.GSLogin"/>
> >
> >
> > My class is in a jar file in \tomcat\webapps\cocoon\WEB-INF\lib. Is
> > this the correct place for it? Also, I am confused about what my class
> > needs to extend. Is it AbstractAction? The method I want to call
> > is "login". I would love to see an example
> > of a class someone has written, so I can figure out how to write my
> > class and how to return a value.
> >
> > I also have this pipeline:
> > <map:pipeline>
> > <map:match pattern="login">
> > <map:act type="gs-login">
> > <!-- how do I get the return value and pass it to the
> > redirect page? -->
> > <map:redirect-to uri="gs"/>
> > </map:act>
> > <map:serialize type="html"/>
> > </map:match>
> > </map:pipeline>
> >
> > Obviously, I'm doing something wrong, because I get the
> > following error
> > when I try to run my application:
> >
> > type fatal
> >
> > message Error in sitemap configuration : com.kg.gs.GSLogin
> >
> > description
> > org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.ConfigurationExcepti
> > on: Error in
> > sitemap configuration : com.kg.gs.GSLogin
> >
> > sender org.apache.cocoon.servlet.CocoonServlet
> >
> > source Cocoon servlet
> >
> > stack-trace
> >
> > org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.ConfigurationExcepti
> > on: Error in
> > sitemap configuration : com.kg.gs.GSLogin
> > at
> > org.apache.cocoon.www.file_.D_.tomcat.webapps.GorillaStation.s
> > itemap_xmap.co
> > nfigure(D:\tomcat\work\localhost\GorillaStation\cocoon-files\o
> > rg/apache/coco
> > on/www/file_/D_/tomcat/webapps/GorillaStation\sitemap_xmap.java:498)
> > at
> > org.apache.avalon.excalibur.component.DefaultComponentFactory.
> > newInstance(De
> > faultComponentFactory.java:172)
> > at
> > org.apache.avalon.excalibur.component.ThreadSafeComponentHandl
> > er.initialize(
> > ThreadSafeComponentHandler.java:84)
> > at
> > org.apache.cocoon.components.language.generator.GeneratorSelec
> > tor.addGenerat
> > or(GeneratorSelector.java:170)
> > at
> > org.apache.cocoon.components.language.generator.ProgramGenerat
> > orImpl.createR
> > esource(ProgramGeneratorImpl.java:332)
> > at
> > org.apache.cocoon.components.language.generator.ProgramGenerat
> > orImpl.load(Pr
> > ogramGeneratorImpl.java:291)
> > at org.apache.cocoon.sitemap.Handler.run(Handler.java:270)
> > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484)
> >
> >
> > request-uri
> >
> > /GorillaStation/gs
> >
> > path-info
> >
> > gs
> > Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
> > Many thanks,
> > Leona
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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