Utilities Blog by JuCa Cruz

Problema:
I have a VO and I wanted to populate it on my JSP and on my controller just process the VO already populated.

Solution:

@Controller
@RequestMapping(value = "/loggers/*")
public class LoggersConfigurationController extends BaseCustomController {
 private static final Logger log = Logger
   .getLogger(LoggersConfigurationController.class);

@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 @RequestMapping(value = "configureLoggers.do", method = RequestMethod.GET)
 public String showScreen(HttpServletRequest request,
   HttpServletResponse response, ModelMap modelMap) {
  if (!this.isLoggedIn(request)) {
   return "redirect:/authentication/notLoggedIn.do";
  }
  log.debug("Show Screen when RequestMethod.GET");

//By doing this I'm preparing my diabolic plan!!! 
  LoggerVO loggerVO = new LoggerVO();
  modelMap.put("LoggerVO", loggerVO);

return "configuration/loggersConfiguration";
 }

@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 @RequestMapping(value = "configureLoggers.do", method = RequestMethod.POST)
 public String updateLogger(
   HttpServletRequest request,
   HttpServletResponse response,
   ModelMap modelMap,
   @ModelAttribute(value="LoggerVO") LoggerVO loggerVO) {
  if (!this.isLoggedIn(request)) {
   return "redirect:/authentication/notLoggedIn.do";
  }
  log.debug("Update logger when RequestMethod.POST");
  
  List<String> messages = new ArrayList<String>();
  log.debug("@ModelAttribute="+loggerVO);
  LogUtils.getInstance().setLogger(loggerVO);
  messages.add(loggerVO.getName()+" updated successfully to "+loggerVO.getLevel());

modelMap.put("KEY_LIST_MESSAGES", messages);

//return "configuration/loggersConfiguration";
  return "index-tabbed";
 }
}

On my POST method I'll handle my VO already populated.
This entry will do 50% of the job @ModelAttribute(value="LoggerVO") LoggerVO loggerVO
On my JSP I'll map using spring's tag library

<%@taglib prefix="spring" uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags" %>
<%@taglib prefix="form" uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags/form" %>
<%@taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>
<H2>Loggers Configuration</H2>
<form:form id="loggersForm" name="loggersForm" modelAttribute="LoggerVO" commandName="LoggerVO" action="/${pageContext.servletContext.servletContextName}/loggers/configureLoggers.do" method="POST">
 <table width="100%">
 <tr>
  <td><label for="name">Logger Name</label></td>
  <td>
   <form:select path="name" items="${applicationScope.KEY_LIST_LOGGERS}" itemValue="name" itemLabel="name"/>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td><label for="level">Level</label></td>
  <td>
   <form:select path="level" items="${applicationScope.KEY_LIST_LOG_LEVELS}"/>
  </td>
 </tr>    
 </table>
 <p>
  <input type="submit" value="Update">
 </p>
 <div style="visibility: hidden">
 <form:select path="appenderVOs"/>
 </div>
</form:form>

<c:if test="${!empty requestScope.KEY_LIST_MESSAGES}">
<script>alert("${requestScope.KEY_LIST_MESSAGES}");</script>
</c:if>

By doing this modelAttribute="LoggerVO" commandName="LoggerVO"
I'm matching what I have on my form and what I have on my Controller
I hope this will help you!
Salu2

Who say yes???
I was working in a GUI for controlling components in different servers from one server - stopping, starting, purging queues & consumers; finally beans
The firSt thing it came to my mind was: "let's do it with AJAX to avoid multiple calls and decrease the traffic!!!"
Which AJAX framework should I choose??? Let's learn jQuery, because that one has a bunch of cool features which will be really helpfull to develop my GUI (check this site: flowplayer.org they have a bunch of demos which are really easy to follow and all based on jQuery)
My first issue was learnign that Ajax call, but after a few hours I could do my first ajax call using jQuery (I have a servlet which returns XML or JSON)

Now what??? If I'm accessing the servlet in the same context - domain, everything works fine, but... If I try to access my servlet but in another server

Tons tuve que eccharle coco
My solution was to create a ProxyServlet which basically will take my request and pass it to the remote server & servlet using an HttpClient and in the same way, it will get the response coming from the remote servlet, in other words, my ProxyServlet (in the same domain - context) will be the only one talking to my Ajax call, eventhough ProxyServlet will be talking to the remote server & servlet. Then I did it again

This is my code:

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.apache.commons.httpclient.DefaultHttpMethodRetryHandler;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpException;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.params.HttpConnectionManagerParams;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.params.HttpMethodParams;
import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

/**
 * ProxyServlet
 * Makes http request to an external resource and returns the response gotten. 
 * This servlet is my workaround for Cross Domain (same origin policy) issue.
 * 
 * @author Juan Cruz
 * @since Aug 11 2010
 */
public class ProxyServlet extends HttpServlet {

private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(ProxyServlet.class);
 
 private HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient();
 
 @Override
 public void init() throws ServletException {
  super.init();
  this.initializeHttpClient();
 }

@Override
 protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest requqest, HttpServletResponse response)
   throws ServletException, IOException {
  this.doPost(requqest, response);
 }

@Override
 protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
   throws ServletException, IOException {
  response.setContentType("text/xml");
  response.setHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
  String server = StringUtils.trim(request.getParameter("server"));
  String targetServlet = StringUtils.trim(request.getParameter("targetServlet"));
  Map<String, String> parameters = new HashMap<String, String>();
  
  for(Object paramName : request.getParameterMap().keySet()){//Get only String parameters
   if (paramName instanceof String && request.getParameter(paramName+"") instanceof String) {
    parameters.put(paramName+"", request.getParameter(paramName+""));    
   }
  }
  
  String result = this.sendRequest(server,targetServlet, parameters);
  if(result!=null){
   response.getWriter().write(result);
  }else{
   response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
  }
 }

/**
  * Send request to desired target
  * 
  * @param server
  * @param targetServlet
  * @param parameters
  * @return String
  */
 private String sendRequest(final String server, final String targetServlet,
   final Map<String, String> parameters) {
  log.debug("sendRequest "+server+targetServlet+", "+parameters);
  String responseBody = null;
  // Create a method instance.
  PostMethod method = new PostMethod("http://"+server+targetServlet);

// Provide custom retry handler is necessary
  method.getParams().setParameter(HttpMethodParams.RETRY_HANDLER, new DefaultHttpMethodRetryHandler(3, false));
    
  //add parameters
  for(String paramName : parameters.keySet()){
   method.addParameter(paramName, parameters.get(paramName));
  }
  
  try {
   httpClient.executeMethod(method);

int statusCode = method.getStatusCode();
   log.debug("HTTP status code:" +statusCode);
   if(statusCode==HttpServletResponse.SC_OK){
    responseBody = method.getResponseBodyAsString();
   }else{
    log.warn(server+targetServlet+" responded with statusCode="+statusCode);
   }
  } catch (HttpException ex) {
   log.error("Fatal protocol violation: " + ex.getMessage(),ex);
  } catch (IOException ex) {
   log.error("Fatal transport error: " + ex.getMessage(),ex);
  } finally {
   // Release the connection.
   method.releaseConnection();
  }  
  return responseBody;
 }
 
 /**
  * Initialize ConnectionManager for HttpClient
  */
 private void initializeHttpClient(){
  HttpConnectionManagerParams managerParams = new HttpConnectionManagerParams();
  
  //maximum number of connections allowed.
  managerParams.setMaxTotalConnections(10);
  managerParams.setDefaultMaxConnectionsPerHost(10); 
  
  //check to see if the server closed the connection 
  managerParams.setStaleCheckingEnabled(true); 
  
  //time (ms) to wait for data after a connection is established
  managerParams.setSoTimeout(3000);
  
  //time (ms) to wait for a connection
  managerParams.setConnectionTimeout(3000); 
        
  MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager connectionManager = new MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager();
  connectionManager.setParams(managerParams);
        
  httpClient.setHttpConnectionManager(connectionManager); 
 }
}

This is my main servlet (the one which returns XML or JSON using json-simple project)

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeSet;

import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.apache.commons.lang.BooleanUtils;
import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.json.simple.JSONValue;

import com.vzw.common.gsbsocketapp.consumer.ActiveMQDLConsumer;
import com.vzw.common.gsbsocketapp.consumer.MOMConsumer;
import com.vzw.common.gsbsocketapp.util.AppContext;

/**
 * UtilsServlet 
 * 
 * @author Juan Cruz
 * @since July 15 2010
 */
public class UtilsServlet extends HttpServlet {
 private static final long serialVersionUID = -6124305504614666753L;
 
 private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(UtilsServlet.class);

@Override
 protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
   throws ServletException, IOException {
  this.doPost(request, response);  
 }

@Override
 protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
   throws ServletException, IOException {
  String operation = request.getParameter("operation");
  String consumerName = StringUtils.trim(request.getParameter("consumerName"));
  String suffix = StringUtils.trim(request.getParameter("suffix"));
  Boolean isJsonEnabled = BooleanUtils.toBoolean(StringUtils.trim(request.getParameter("json")));
  Boolean result = false;
  if(StringUtils.isNotEmpty(operation)){
   response.setContentType("text/xml");
            response.setHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
            
   if(StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase(operation, "getBeans")){
    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
    List<String> listBeans = this.getBeans(suffix);
    for(String beanName : listBeans){
     sb.append("<bean>");
     sb.append(beanName);
     sb.append("</bean>");
    }    
    if(isJsonEnabled){
     response.getWriter().write(JSONValue.toJSONString(listBeans)); 
    }else{
     response.getWriter().write("<beans>" + sb.toString() + "</beans>");
    }
   }
   
   if(StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase(operation, "startMOMConsumer")){
    this.startMOMConsumer(consumerName);
    result = Boolean.TRUE;
    if(isJsonEnabled){
     response.getWriter().write(JSONValue.toJSONString(result));
    }else{
     response.getWriter().write("<result>"+result+"</result>");
    }
   }

if(StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase(operation, "stopMOMConsumer")){
    this.stopMOMConsumer(consumerName);
    result = Boolean.TRUE;
    if(isJsonEnabled){
     response.getWriter().write(JSONValue.toJSONString(result));
    }else{
     response.getWriter().write("<result>"+result+"</result>");
    }
   }

if(StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase(operation, "isStartedMOMConsumer")){
    result = this.isStartedMOMConsumer(consumerName);
    if(isJsonEnabled){
     response.getWriter().write(JSONValue.toJSONString(result));
    }else{
     response.getWriter().write("<result>"+result+"</result>");
    }    
     
   }
   
   if(StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase(operation, "startAllConsumers")){
    this.startAllConsumers(suffix);
    result = Boolean.TRUE;
    if(isJsonEnabled){
     response.getWriter().write(JSONValue.toJSONString(result));
    }else{
     response.getWriter().write("<result>"+result+"</result>");
    }
   }
   
   if(StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase(operation, "stopAllConsumers")){
    this.stopAllConsumers(suffix);
    result = Boolean.TRUE;
    if(isJsonEnabled){
     response.getWriter().write(JSONValue.toJSONString(result));
    }else{
     response.getWriter().write("<result>"+result+"</result>");
    }
   }
   
   if(StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase(operation, "purgeDLQConsumer")){
    this.purgeConsumer(consumerName);
    result = Boolean.TRUE;
    if(isJsonEnabled){
     response.getWriter().write(JSONValue.toJSONString(result));
    }else{
     response.getWriter().write("<result>"+result+"</result>");
    }
   }   
   
  }else{
            //Nada que mostrar
            response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_NO_CONTENT);
  }
  
 }

/**
  * Search beans on Spring ApplicationContext with given suffix 
  * 
  * @param suffix
  * @return List<String>
  */
 private List<String> getBeans(final String suffix){
  if(log.isDebugEnabled()){
   log.debug("getBeans (with suffix)=" +suffix);
  }
  List<String> listBeans = new ArrayList<String>();
  String[] beanDefinitionNames = AppContext.getAppContext().getBeanDefinitionNames();
  Set<String> listBeansFiltered = new TreeSet<String>();//Sort them & avoid duplicates

for(String beanName : beanDefinitionNames){//filter by suffix provided
   if(StringUtils.trim(beanName).endsWith(suffix)){
    listBeansFiltered.add(beanName);
   }
  }
  for(String item : listBeansFiltered){
   listBeans.add(item);   
  }

if(log.isDebugEnabled()){
   log.debug("beans retrieved =" +listBeans.size());  
  }
  return listBeans;
 }

/**
  * Start consumer given 
  * 
  * @param consumerBeanId
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 private void startMOMConsumer(final String consumerBeanId){
  if(log.isDebugEnabled()){
   log.debug("startMOMConsumer beanId=" +consumerBeanId);
  }
  List<MOMConsumer>momConsumers = (List<MOMConsumer>)AppContext.getAppContext().getBean(consumerBeanId);
  for (MOMConsumer momConsumer : momConsumers) {
   if(!momConsumer.isStarted()){//start if is not started
    momConsumer.execute();        
   }
  }    
  if(log.isDebugEnabled()){
   log.debug(consumerBeanId+" started");
  }      
 }
 
 /**
  * Call execute method on given consumer 
  * 
  * @param consumerBeanId
  */
 private void purgeConsumer(String consumerBeanId) {
  if(log.isDebugEnabled()){
   log.debug("purgeConsumer beanId=" +consumerBeanId);
  }
  ActiveMQDLConsumer activeMQDLConsumer = (ActiveMQDLConsumer)AppContext.getAppContext().getBean(consumerBeanId);
  activeMQDLConsumer.execute();          
  if(log.isDebugEnabled()){
   log.debug(consumerBeanId+" purged");
  } 
 }

/**
  * Stop consumer given 
  * 
  * @param consumerBeanId
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 private void stopMOMConsumer(final String consumerBeanId){
  if(log.isDebugEnabled()){
   log.debug("stopMOMConsumer beanId=" +consumerBeanId);
  }

List<MOMConsumer> momConsumers = (List<MOMConsumer>)AppContext.getAppContext().getBean(consumerBeanId);
  for (MOMConsumer momConsumer : momConsumers) {
   momConsumer.stop();          
  }    
  if(log.isDebugEnabled()){
   log.debug(consumerBeanId+" stopped");
  }
 } 
 
 /**
  * Verify state of given consumer - bean
  * 
  * @param consumerBeanId
  * @return boolean
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 private boolean isStartedMOMConsumer(final String consumerBeanId){
  boolean started = false;
  List<MOMConsumer> momConsumers = (List<MOMConsumer>)AppContext.getAppContext().getBean(consumerBeanId);
  for (MOMConsumer momConsumer : momConsumers) {
   started = momConsumer.isStarted();     
  } 
  if(log.isDebugEnabled()){
   log.debug("isStarted beanId=" +consumerBeanId+"?"+started);
  }  
  return started;
 } 
 
 /**
  * Start all consumers with given suffix 
  * 
  * @param suffix
  */ 
 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 private void startAllConsumers(final String suffix){
  if(log.isDebugEnabled()){
   log.debug("startAllConsumer suffix=" +suffix);
  }
  List<String> listBeans = this.getBeans(suffix);
  for(String consumerBeanId: listBeans){
   List<MOMConsumer> momConsumers = (List<MOMConsumer>)AppContext.getAppContext().getBean(consumerBeanId);
   for (MOMConsumer momConsumer : momConsumers) {
    momConsumer.execute();        
   }    
  } 
  if(log.isDebugEnabled()){
   log.debug(listBeans.size()+" beans started");
  }  
 }
 
 /**
  * Stop all consumers with given suffix 
  * 
  * @param suffix
  */ 
 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 private void stopAllConsumers(final String suffix){
  if(log.isDebugEnabled()){
   log.debug("stopAllConsumers suffix=" +suffix);
  }
  List<String> listBeans = this.getBeans(suffix);
  for(String consumerBeanId: listBeans){
   List<MOMConsumer> momConsumers = (List<MOMConsumer>)AppContext.getAppContext().getBean(consumerBeanId);
   for (MOMConsumer momConsumer : momConsumers) {
    momConsumer.stop();        
   }    
  } 
  if(log.isDebugEnabled()){
   log.debug(listBeans.size()+" beans stopped");
  }  
 } 
}

And this now, these are portions of my jQuery code:

var jsArray = new Array();

function parseXmlResponse(xml) {
 $(xml).find("bean").each(function(index) {   
  jsArray.push($(this).text());   
  });   
}

You can get the additional JavaScript libraries from: JSON2 and my version of jQuery Tools

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