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Handler Interceptors For Annotation Based Configuration in Spring

September 28, 2009

Here’s what you need to have in your *-servlet.xml file:

<context:annotation-config />
<context:component-scan base-package="com.travelfusion.tfweb.guide.controller" />

<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.DefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping">
   <property name="interceptors">
      <ref bean="myInterceptor" />
   </property>
</bean>

<bean id="myInterceptor" class="com.company.MyInterceptor">
  <property name="openingTime"><value>9</value></property>
  <property name="closingTime"><value>18</value></property>
</bean>

And your interceptor class something like:

public class MyInterceptor implements HandlerInterceptor {
   private int openingTime;
   private int closingTime;

   @Override
   public void afterCompletion(HttpServletRequest arg0, HttpServletResponse arg1, Object arg2, Exception arg3) throws    Exception {
      // TODO Auto-generated method stub
   }

   @Override
   public void postHandle(HttpServletRequest arg0, HttpServletResponse arg1, Object arg2, ModelAndView arg3) throws    Exception {
      // TODO Auto-generated method stub
   }

   @Override
   public boolean preHandle(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, Object arg2) throws Exception {
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        int hour = cal.get(HOUR_OF_DAY);
        if (openingTime <= hour < closingTime) {
           return true;
        } else {
           response.sendRedirect("http://host.com/outsideOfficeHours.html");
           return false;
        }
   }
}

Ladies in Java

March 14, 2008

Post to keep in mind

October 19, 2007

Comparing Web Frameworks

October 18, 2007

Here is a good presentation by Matt Raible that compares several web frameworks, such as Spring MCV, Struts, JSF and so on.

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