org.apache.catalina.valves
Class RequestDumperValve

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase
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        +--org.apache.catalina.valves.RequestDumperValve

All Implemented Interfaces:

Contained, Valve

public class RequestDumperValve

extends ValveBase

Implementation of a Valve that logs interesting contents from the specified Request (before processing) and the corresponding Response (after processing). It is especially useful in debugging problems related to headers and cookies.

This Valve may be attached to any Container, depending on the granularity of the logging you wish to perform.

Version:

$Revision: 1.4.2.1 $ $Date: 2002/02/19 22:10:47 $

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan

Field Summary

protected static StringManager

sm The StringManager for this package.

Fields inherited from class org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase

container, info

Constructor Summary

RequestDumperValve()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getInfo() Return descriptive information about this Valve implementation.
void	invoke(Request request, Response response, ValveContext context) Log the interesting request parameters, invoke the next Valve in the sequence, and log the interesting response parameters.
protected void	log(java.lang.String message) Log a message on the Logger associated with our Container (if any).
protected void	log(java.lang.String message, java.lang.Throwable throwable) Log a message on the Logger associated with our Container (if any).
java.lang.String	toString() Return a String rendering of this object.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase

getContainer, setContainer

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

sm

protected static StringManager sm

The StringManager for this package.

Constructor Detail

RequestDumperValve

public RequestDumperValve()

Method Detail

getInfo

public java.lang.String getInfo()

Return descriptive information about this Valve implementation.

Specified by:

getInfo in interface Valve

Overrides:

getInfo in class ValveBase

invoke

public void invoke(Request request,
                   Response response,
                   ValveContext context)
            throws java.io.IOException,
                   javax.servlet.ServletException

Log the interesting request parameters, invoke the next Valve in the sequence, and log the interesting response parameters.

Specified by:

invoke in interface Valve

Specified by:

invoke in class ValveBase

Parameters:

request - The servlet request to be processed

response - The servlet response to be created

context - The valve context used to invoke the next valve in the current processing pipeline

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an input/output error occurs

javax.servlet.ServletException - if a servlet error occurs

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Return a String rendering of this object.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

log

protected void log(java.lang.String message)

Log a message on the Logger associated with our Container (if any).

Parameters:

message - Message to be logged

log

protected void log(java.lang.String message,
                   java.lang.Throwable throwable)

Log a message on the Logger associated with our Container (if any).

Parameters:

message - Message to be logged

throwable - Associated exception