Package org.forgerock.openig.filter

Class SwitchFilter

java.lang.Object

org.forgerock.openig.filter.SwitchFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Filter

public final class SwitchFilter
extends Object
implements Filter

Conditionally diverts the request to another handler. Before and after the request is handled, associated conditions are evaluated. If a condition evaluates to true, then the processing flow is diverted to the associated handler. If no condition evaluates to true, then the request flows normally through the filter.

Typical behaviours:

• If a request case yields, only that handler's case is invoked (no next nor response case)
• If no request case yields, then next handler will be invoked, and maybe a response case will handle it too
• If neither request nor response case yield, only the next handler is invoked

This filter preserves the filtered request for the response binding.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	SwitchFilter.Heaplet	Creates and initializes a switch filter in a heap environment.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Promise<Response,NeverThrowsException>	filter(Context context, Request request, Handler next)	Filters the request and/or response of an exchange.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

filter

public Promise<Response,NeverThrowsException> filter(Context context,
 Request request,
 Handler next)

Description copied from interface: Filter

Filters the request and/or response of an exchange. To pass the request to the next filter or handler in the chain, the filter calls next.handle(context, request).

This method may elect not to pass the request to the next filter or handler, and instead handle the request itself. It can achieve this by merely avoiding a call to next.handle(context, request) and creating its own response object. The filter is also at liberty to replace a response with another of its own by intercepting the response returned by the next handler.

Specified by:

filter in interface Filter

Parameters:

context - The request context.

request - The request.

next - The next filter or handler in the chain to handle the request.

Returns:

A Promise representing the response to be returned to the client.