uk.ac.starlink.ttools.server
Class StiltsContext

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.starlink.ttools.server.StiltsContext

public class StiltsContext
extends Object

Encapsulates servlet context aspects specific to the STILTS server mode.

Since:

20 Oct 2008

Author:

Mark Taylor

Field Summary

static String	TABLEFACTORY_PARAM Name of a Servlet initialisation parameter which can be used to customise table location.
static String	TASKBASE_PARAM Name of the Servlet initialisation parameter which defines the base URL on the server at which the TaskServlet runs.
static String	TASKLIST_PARAM Name of the Servlet initialisation parameter which defines the tasks which this servlet will provide over HTTP.

Constructor Summary

StiltsContext(javax.servlet.ServletContext context)
Constructor.

Method Summary

uk.ac.starlink.table.StarTableFactory	getTableFactory() Acquires a StarTableFactory suitable for use from a servlet from the servlet context.
String	getTaskBase() Returns the server URL below which task servlets can be accessed.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

TASKBASE_PARAM

public static final String TASKBASE_PARAM

Name of the Servlet initialisation parameter which defines the base URL on the server at which the TaskServlet runs. A task can be accessed at the value of this parameter with "/(taskname)" appended.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

TASKLIST_PARAM

public static String TASKLIST_PARAM

Name of the Servlet initialisation parameter which defines the tasks which this servlet will provide over HTTP. The value of this parameter is a space-separated list of the tasks to provide. If it is absent or empty, all tasks will be provided.

TABLEFACTORY_PARAM

public static String TABLEFACTORY_PARAM

Name of a Servlet initialisation parameter which can be used to customise table location. If the value is non-null it will be passed to the TableFactoryParameter.createTableFactory(java.lang.String) method to come up with a StarTableFactory which is used instead of the default one.

Constructor Detail

StiltsContext

public StiltsContext(javax.servlet.ServletContext context)

Constructor.

Parameters:

context - servlet context which provides the information for this object

Method Detail

getTableFactory

public uk.ac.starlink.table.StarTableFactory getTableFactory()
                                                      throws javax.servlet.ServletException

Acquires a StarTableFactory suitable for use from a servlet from the servlet context.

Returns:

table factory

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException

getTaskBase

public String getTaskBase()

Returns the server URL below which task servlets can be accessed.

Returns:

base task servlet server URL