private void validateValues() {
if ((title.equals("")) || (title == null)) {
validationErrors.insertNewErrorMessage("Title is empty!");
}
if ((post.equals("")) || (post == null)) {
validationErrors.insertNewErrorMessage("Post is empty!");
}
}
/**
* Processes requests for both HTTP <code>GET</code> and <code>POST</code> methods.
*
* @param request servlet request
* @param response servlet response
* @throws ServletException if a servlet-specific error occurs
* @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
*/
protected void processRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
Thread thread = null;
ThreadController threadController = new ThreadController();
parseValues(request);
validateValues();
thread = new Thread(null, created, locked, post, title);
thread.setAuthor(author);
if (!validationErrors.isEmpty()) {
request.setAttribute("validationErrors", validationErrors);
request.getRequestDispatcher("submissionerror.jsp").forward(request, response);
} else {
try {
threadController.create(thread);
response.sendRedirect("index.jsp");
} catch (Exception e) {
Logger.getLogger(CreateThread.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, e);
}
}
}