To what kind of bean is this guy passing a handle? If it is not a stateful
entity bean, are we down with this?
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Ford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 10:54 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Encoding javax.ejb.Handle as String
Never mind my last message. I wrote the code myself. Here it is if anyone
wants it. Perhaps someone can review it and make suggestions. Here is the
class:
/**
This class will convert a javax.ejb.Handle object to a java.lang.String and
visa versa,
thus allowing an an ejb handle can be passed as cookie.
Dave Ford
http//www.smart-soft.com
*/
package ss.util;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.URLDecoder;
import sun.misc.BASE64Encoder;
import sun.misc.BASE64Decoder;
import javax.ejb.Handle;
public class HandleStringConverter{
public static String handleToString(Handle handle){
if(handle==null) throw new NullPointerException("handle can not be
null");
try{
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(baos);
oos.writeObject(handle);
byte[] b = baos.toByteArray();
String s = new BASE64Encoder().encode(b);
s = URLEncoder.encode(s);
System.out.println("Ecoded handle: " + s);
return s;
}
catch(IOException ex){
throw new IllegalStateException(ex.toString());
}
}
public static Handle stringToHandle(String handleAsString){
try{
handleAsString = URLDecoder.decode(handleAsString);
byte[] b = new BASE64Decoder().decodeBuffer(handleAsString);
ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(b);
ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(bais);
return (Handle)ois.readObject();
}
catch(Exception ex){
throw new IllegalStateException(ex.toString());
}
}
}//endClass
Dave Ford
Smart Soft - The Java Training Company
http://www.SmartSoftTraining.com
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