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package javax.servlet;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;

/**
 *
 * 

Defines a generic, protocol-independent * filter. To write an HTTP filter for use on the * Web, extend {@link javax.servlet.http.HttpFilter} instead.

* *

GenericFilter implements the Filter * and FilterConfig interfaces. GenericFilter * may be directly extended by a filter, although it's more common to extend * a protocol-specific subclass such as HttpFilter. * *

GenericFilter makes writing filters * easier. It provides simple versions of the lifecycle methods * init and destroy and of the methods * in the FilterConfig interface. * *

To write a generic filter, you need only * override the abstract doFilter method. * * @author Various * * @since Servlet 4.0 */ public abstract class GenericFilter implements Filter, FilterConfig, java.io.Serializable { private static final String LSTRING_FILE = "javax.servlet.LocalStrings"; private static final ResourceBundle lStrings = ResourceBundle.getBundle(LSTRING_FILE); private transient FilterConfig config; /** * *

Does nothing. All of the filter initialization * is done by one of the init methods.

* * @since Servlet 4.0 */ public GenericFilter() { } /** *

Returns a String containing the value of the named * initialization parameter, or null if the parameter does * not exist. See {@link FilterConfig#getInitParameter}.

* *

This method is supplied for convenience. It gets the * value of the named parameter from the servlet's * ServletConfig object. * * @param name a String specifying the name * of the initialization parameter * * @return String a String containing the value * of the initialization parameter * * @since Servlet 4.0 * */ @Override public String getInitParameter(String name) { FilterConfig fc = getFilterConfig(); if (fc == null) { throw new IllegalStateException( lStrings.getString("err.filter_config_not_initialized")); } return fc.getInitParameter(name); } /** *

Returns the names of the filter's initialization parameters * as an Enumeration of String objects, * or an empty Enumeration if the filter has no * initialization parameters. See {@link * FilterConfig#getInitParameterNames}.

* *

This method is supplied for convenience. It gets the * parameter names from the filter's FilterConfig object. * * @return Enumeration an enumeration of String * objects containing the names of * the filter's initialization parameters * * @since Servlet 4.0 */ @Override public Enumeration getInitParameterNames() { FilterConfig fc = getFilterConfig(); if (fc == null) { throw new IllegalStateException( lStrings.getString("err.filter_config_not_initialized")); } return fc.getInitParameterNames(); } /** *

Returns this servlet's {@link ServletConfig} object.

* * @return FilterConfig the FilterConfig object * that initialized this filter * * @since Servlet 4.0 */ public FilterConfig getFilterConfig() { return config; } /** *

Returns a reference to the {@link ServletContext} in which this filter * is running. See {@link FilterConfig#getServletContext}.

* *

This method is supplied for convenience. It gets the * context from the filter's FilterConfig object. * * @return ServletContext the ServletContext object * passed to this filter by the init * method * * @since Servlet 4.0 */ @Override public ServletContext getServletContext() { FilterConfig sc = getFilterConfig(); if (sc == null) { throw new IllegalStateException( lStrings.getString("err.filter_config_not_initialized")); } return sc.getServletContext(); } /** *

Called by the servlet container to indicate to a filter that * it is being placed into service. See {@link Filter#init}.

* *

This implementation stores the {@link FilterConfig} * object it receives from the servlet container for later use. * When overriding this form of the method, call * super.init(config). * * @param config the FilterConfig object * that contains configuration * information for this filter * * @exception ServletException if an exception occurs that * interrupts the servlet's normal * operation * * @see UnavailableException * * @since Servlet 4.0 */ @Override public void init(FilterConfig config) throws ServletException { this.config = config; this.init(); } /** *

A convenience method which can be overridden so that there's no need * to call super.init(config).

* *

Instead of overriding {@link #init(FilterConfig)}, simply override * this method and it will be called by * GenericFilter.init(FilterConfig config). * The FilterConfig object can still be retrieved via {@link * #getFilterConfig}. * * @exception ServletException if an exception occurs that * interrupts the servlet's * normal operation * * @since Servlet 4.0 */ public void init() throws ServletException { } /** *

Returns the name of this filter instance. * See {@link FilterConfig#getFilterName}.

* * @return the name of this filter instance * * @since Servlet 4.0 */ @Override public String getFilterName() { FilterConfig sc = getFilterConfig(); if (sc == null) { throw new IllegalStateException( lStrings.getString("err.servlet_config_not_initialized")); } return sc.getFilterName(); } }




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