/**
* Return an <code>Action</code> instance that will be used to process the current request,
* creating a new one if necessary.
*
* @param request The servlet request we are processing
* @param response The servlet response we are creating
* @param mapping The mapping we are using
* @return An <code>Action</code> instance that will be used to process the current request.
* @throws IOException if an input/output error occurs
*/
protected Action processActionCreate(
HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, ActionMapping mapping)
throws IOException {
// Acquire the Action instance we will be using (if there is one)
String className = mapping.getType();
if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
log.debug(" Looking for Action instance for class " + className);
}
// If there were a mapping property indicating whether
// an Action were a singleton or not ([true]),
// could we just instantiate and return a new instance here?
Action instance;
synchronized (actions) {
// Return any existing Action instance of this class
instance = (Action) actions.get(className);
if (instance != null) {
if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
log.trace(" Returning existing Action instance");
}
return (instance);
}
// Create and return a new Action instance
if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
log.trace(" Creating new Action instance");
}
try {
instance = (Action) RequestUtils.applicationInstance(className);
// Maybe we should propagate this exception
// instead of returning null.
} catch (Exception e) {
log.error(getInternal().getMessage("actionCreate", mapping.getPath()), e);
response.sendError(
HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
getInternal().getMessage("actionCreate", mapping.getPath()));
return (null);
}
actions.put(className, instance);
}
if (instance.getServlet() == null) {
instance.setServlet(this.servlet);
}
return (instance);
}
