I'm interested in logging the types of requests that get processed by
our implementation of OpenSocial. For instance, in the jsonrpc
requests, I want the 'method' property of the post body so that I can
see how many of each type of request we are handling at the point when
my logger gets called.

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 6:20 PM, Louis Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just out curiosity what are you interested in logging?
>
> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Robert Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I'd like to log parts of the post body at the end of the request
>> handling. The way it's currently being done, the servlet pulls the
>> content out of the post body stream, instantiates json objects from
>> it, and throws it away. The stream on the request can't be reset,
>> because it wasn't marked, and hence the post body content is no longer
>> available.
>>
>> I see two options to retain the post body:
>>
>> 1) (Token bad suggestion) Have a servlet filter that marks the stream,
>> reads the stream, grabs off what it wants, makes a request attribute
>> and then resets the stream for later processing by the JsonRpcServlet.
>> Sounds redundant and inefficient as it has the stream being read
>> twice.
>>
>> 2) (What I propose) Have a servlet filter that reads the stream, and
>> stashes the post body as a request attribute in a filter. Modify
>> JsonRpcServlet to retrieve the attribute the same way that my
>> end-of-request logging will once the post body as attribute is
>> available.
>>
>> Is this cool with everyone? If so, I can whip up a patch. Other
>> suggestions are welcome if it is not.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bob Evans
>>
>

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