Package org.apache.tapestry5.internal.services

Class AssetDispatcher

org.apache.tapestry5.internal.services.AssetDispatcher

All Implemented Interfaces:

Dispatcher

@UsesMappedConfiguration(AssetRequestHandler.class)
@Marker(AssetRequestDispatcher.class)
public class AssetDispatcher
extends 
implements Dispatcher

Recognizes requests where the path begins with "/asset/" (actually, as defined by the SymbolConstants.ASSET_PATH_PREFIX symbol), and delivers the content therein as a bytestream. Also handles requests that are simply polling for a change to the file (including checking the ETag in the request against the asset's checksum.

See Also:

ResourceStreamer, ClasspathAssetAliasManager, AssetRequestHandler

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
<,AssetRequestHandler> configuration, PathConstructor pathConstructor, assetPathPrefix)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	dispatch(Request request, Response response)	Analyzes the incoming request and performs an appropriate operation for each.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.

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Constructor Detail

AssetDispatcher

public <,AssetRequestHandler> configuration,
                       PathConstructor pathConstructor,
                       @Symbol("tapestry.asset-path-prefix")
                        assetPathPrefix)

Method Detail

dispatch

public boolean dispatch(Request request,
                        Response response)
                 throws 

Description copied from interface: Dispatcher

Analyzes the incoming request and performs an appropriate operation for each.

Specified by:

dispatch in interface Dispatcher

Returns:

true if a response was delivered, false if the dispatcher did not handle the request (and a search for a handler should continue)

Throws: