org.mentawai.filter
Class FormatterFilter

java.lang.Object
  org.mentawai.filter.FormatterFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Filter

public class FormatterFilter
extends Object
implements Filter

A filter to format the action output values. This filter has the exact same behaviour of the FormatFilter except that it will get the formatters from the action if the action implements the Formattable interface.

Author:

Sergio Oliveira

Constructor Summary

FormatterFilter()
Creates a new FormatterFilter.

Method Summary

void	destroy() Gives a chance to the filter to deallocalte any resources before it is destroyed.
String	filter(InvocationChain chain) Executes the filter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FormatterFilter

public FormatterFilter()

Creates a new FormatterFilter.

Method Detail

filter

public String filter(InvocationChain chain)
              throws Exception

Description copied from interface: Filter

Executes the filter.

Specified by:

filter in interface Filter

Parameters:

chain - The InvocationChain for the action this filter is being applied to.

Returns:

The result of the filter or the action the filter is being applied to.

Throws:

Exception

destroy

public void destroy()

Description copied from interface: Filter

Gives a chance to the filter to deallocalte any resources before it is destroyed. This is called when the web application is stopped, in other words, this has nothing to do with garbage collection.

Specified by:

destroy in interface Filter