Hi Tariq, On Feb 27, 2010, at 8:53 AM, webp...@tigris.org wrote:
> Hello Rhett, > > Thanks for the reply! > > What I would like to do is to create many "application" class > instances at runtime through some internal trigger...which can be > done using: > > attach(String pathTemplate, Restlet target) > > and to delete I use: > > detach(Restlet target) > > no problem here. > > but for resource class instances I can only route "applications" to > them using: > > attach(String pathTemplate, Class<?> targetClass) > > Meaning, I would have to use the same resource class instance for > all the "applications" that route to it. I want to clarify something here, just in case: each request will be served by a separate resource instance. You are correct that they will all be the same class, though. > Although what I want to do is to have different "resource" instances > that differ in how they are initialized. Okay, it sounds like you do need a custom Finder. Internally, when you call attach(path, class), the base Router creates a Finder Restlet for that class and attaches it like any other Restlet. You can change the kind of Finder used by overriding Router#createFinder. Or you can provide your own custom attach methods in your Router subclass that do what you want. (You can look at the Spring extension for examples of this -- SpringBeanRouter and SpringBeanFinder.) Rhett > > I hope I have illustrated this properly. > > Many thanks, > Tariq > >> Hi Tariq, >> >> On Feb 26, 2010, at 5:33 AM, webp...@tigris.org wrote: >> >>> I would like to know why instances of "resource" classes cannot be >>> dynamically created at runtime like the "application" class. >> >> Resources _are_ instantiated dynamically at runtime -- one instance >> per request (assuming that the request gets routed to a Resource). >> The Restlet which handles this instantiation is is the Finder. You >> can use a custom Router subclass to use a different Finder >> implementation if the default behavior doesn't work for you. >> >> Can you give an example of what you're trying to do? >> >> Rhett >> >>> The idea is that I would like to initialize the resource class >>> instance depending on different data that is acquired during >>> runtime, and hence handle interactions differently. >>> >>> An alternative to this is to just handle the requests at the >>> "application" without the use of the resource class. But I would >>> like to use the resource class so that I could automatically >>> generate WADLs using the respective extension class(es). >>> >>> Many thanks, >>> Tariq >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------ >>> http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId=2452502 > > ------------------------------------------------------ > http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId=2452885 ------------------------------------------------------ http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId=2452920
