i just experienced the same HTML extension problem in Dojo setup.
no doubt, I do agree that .html is a pretty good abstraction to underly
implementation.
however, can we add a filter by default to bypass all static html pages ?
that is pretty essential, I believe.
~thinkboy.
Rene Lavoie wrote:
>
> About the DOJO problem,
>
> I had this issue when I tried using DOJO in my JSF/Appfuse app and the
> work
> around I used was to write a filter that intercepted request for
> /script/dojo/* path and serve the files with the filter if the extension
> was
> *.html.
>
> I prefered this approach to changing the file extension, since *.html is a
> customer requirement.
>
> I was using DOJO mainly for the HTML editor and ended up using TinyMCE, so
> I
> aint using the filter anymore, but here is the code I had written.
> Note, that this code was not properly tested and use at your own risk.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> public class HtmlFilter implements Filter {
> private static Log log = LogFactory.getLog(HtmlFilter.class);
>
> private final static String SUFFIX = ".html";
>
> private FilterConfig filterConfig = null;
>
> public void destroy() {
> //
>
> }
>
> public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response,
> FilterChain chain) throws IOException, ServletException {
>
> final HttpServletRequest req = (HttpServletRequest) request;
> final HttpServletResponse res = (HttpServletResponse) response;
>
> String partialPath = getPartialPath(req);
>
> if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
> log.debug("HtmlFilter doFilter");
> }
> // If the file file does not end with html, use regular fitler flow.
> if (!partialPath.endsWith(SUFFIX)) {
> if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
> log.debug("HtmlFilter doFilter: file is not html, chaining");
> }
> chain.doFilter(request, response);
> return;
> } else if (filterConfig != null) {
> String fullPath = filterConfig.getServletContext().getRealPath(
> partialPath);
> if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
> log.debug("HtmlFilter doFilter: filePath: " + fullPath);
> }
>
> File file = new File(fullPath);
> if (!file.exists()) {
> if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
> log.debug("HtmlFilter doFilter: file not found ");
> }
> res.sendError(404);
> return;
> }
> URLConnection urlc = file.toURL().openConnection();
>
> setContentType(res, urlc);
>
> serveFile(res, file);
>
> return;
> }
> throw new ServletException(
> "something went wrong: filterConfig is null?"
> + (filterConfig == null) + " filename.toString():");
> //
>
> }
>
> /**
> * @param res
> * @param file
> * @throws IOException
> * @throws MalformedURLException
> */
> private void serveFile(final HttpServletResponse res, File file) throws
> IOException, MalformedURLException {
> InputStream is = file.toURL().openConnection().getInputStream();
> OutputStream o = res.getOutputStream();
> byte[] buf = new byte[32 * 1024]; // 32k buffer
> int nRead = 0;
> while ((nRead = is.read(buf)) != -1) {
> o.write(buf, 0, nRead);
> }
> o.flush();
> o.close();
> }
>
> /**
> * @param res
> * @param urlc
> */
> private void setContentType(final HttpServletResponse res, URLConnection
> urlc) {
> String contentType = urlc.getContentType();
>
> if (contentType == null) {
> // aassume html, since this is what we are serving
> contentType = "text/html";
> }
> res.setContentType(contentType);
> }
>
> /**
> * @param req
> */
> private String getPartialPath(final HttpServletRequest req) {
> StringBuffer url = req.getRequestURL();
> String contextPath = req.getContextPath();
> String partialPath = "";
> String[] requestFile = url.toString().split(contextPath);
> if (requestFile.length > 0) {
> partialPath = requestFile[1];
> }
> return partialPath;
> }
>
> /**
> */
> public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) {
> this.filterConfig = filterConfig;
> }
>
> }
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> web.xml
> <filter>
>
> <filter-name>htmlFilter</filter-name>
>
> <filter-class>com.myapp.webapp.filter.HtmlFilter</filter-class>
>
> </filter>
>
> <filter-mapping>
>
> <filter-name>htmlFilter</filter-name>
>
> <url-pattern>/scripts/dojo/*</url-pattern>
>
> </filter-mapping>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matt Raible" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "AppFuse" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 4:10 PM
> Subject: [appfuse-user] Changing default extension from *.html to *.??
>
>
>> Dear AppFuse users,
>>
>> As many of you likely know, there are a couple of issues with using
>> the *.html extension with some frameworks in AppFuse. For example,
>> with WebWork - it loads Dojo template files from a *.html extension.
>> If you want to use Dojo with WebWork, you have to modify your default
>> extension.
>>
>> http://issues.appfuse.org/browse/APF-431
>>
>> Because of this, we're starting to look at other extensions. I'd
>> rather use one for all frameworks, rather than the recommended ones
>> for each framework b/c it allows us to have one security.xml files,
>> rather than one for each framework. Another option is to use
>> path-based mapping, for example:
>>
>> http://localhost:8080/yourapp/go/users
>>
>> Where "/go/*" is the path that front-controller servlet/filters are
>> mapped to. The only problem with this is stat trackers typically like
>> to track extensions, and so we'd be unfriendly to those companies who
>> like to watch their stats.
>>
>> Here's a couple thoughts - feel free to add your own suggestions and
>> thoughts:
>>
>> 1. *.htm
>> 2. *.aspx
>> 3. *.php
>> 4. *.app
>> 5. *.a
>> 6. *.o
>> 7. *.apf (would help us track AppFuse-based applications, but it's a
>> pretty ugly extension)
>> 8. *.em
>> 9. *.fun
>> 10. *.page
>>
>> I still like *.html the best b/c it doesn't give away the underlying
>> technology, so *.htm seems like the best option after that. But of
>> course, I'm open to suggestions. ;-)
>>
>> Matt
>>
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