BaseJspNavigation.java

package org.apache.turbine.modules.navigations;


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import org.apache.turbine.annotation.TurbineService;
import org.apache.turbine.pipeline.PipelineData;
import org.apache.turbine.services.jsp.JspService;
import org.apache.turbine.util.RunData;

/**
 * Base JSP navigation that should be subclassed by Navigation that want to
 * use JSP.  Subclasses should override the doBuildTemplate() method.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:john.mcnally@clearink.com">John D. McNally</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:peter@courcoux.biz">Peter Courcoux</a>
 * @version $Id$
 */
public class BaseJspNavigation
        extends TemplateNavigation
{
    /** The prefix for lookup up navigation pages */
    private static final String prefix = PREFIX + "/";

    /** Injected service instance */
    @TurbineService
    private JspService jspService;

    /**
     * Method to be overridden by subclasses to include data in beans, etc.
     *
     * @param pipelineData the PipelineData object
     * @throws Exception a generic exception.
     */
    @Override
    protected void doBuildTemplate(PipelineData pipelineData)
        throws Exception
    {
        // empty
    }

    /**
     * Method that sets up beans and forward the request to the JSP.
     *
     * @param pipelineData the PipelineData object
     * @return null - the JSP sends the information
     * @throws Exception a generic exception.
     */
    @Override
    public String buildTemplate(PipelineData pipelineData)
        throws Exception
    {
        RunData data = pipelineData.getRunData();
        // get the name of the JSP we want to use
        String templateName = data.getTemplateInfo().getNavigationTemplate();

        // navigations are used by a layout
        jspService.handleRequest(pipelineData, prefix + templateName);
        return null;
    }
}