/**
* Create request mode means that the user requests the application to create a new persistent
* bean with supplied information.. In create request mode, new data is stored in persistent
* storage. The request should provide data for all properties of the {@link PersistentBean},
* except the {@link PersistentBean#getId()}. If the create operation succeeds, the data is simply
* displayed in a non-editable way. If the create operation fails, the data is displayed in an
* HTML form, so that it can be corrected.
*
* @pre form != null;
* @pre form.getPersistentBean() != null;
* @pre request != null;
*/
private void templateCreate(final CrudDynaActionForm form, final HttpServletRequest request)
throws CompoundPropertyException, TechnicalException {
assert form != null;
assert request != null;
if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
LOG.debug("create action ..."); // $NON-NLS-1$
}
form.initBean();
/*
* BeanInstantiationException; this means that the app is wrongly
* configured; this will generate a general error page.
*/
assert form.getPersistentBean() != null;
assert form.getPersistentBean().getId() == null;
form.setViewModeDeleted(false);
AsynchronousCRUD asyncCRUD = createAsynchronousCRUD(request);
try {
asyncCRUD.startTransaction();
form.formToBean(asyncCRUD); // PropertyException, inside transaction
form.getPersistentBean().setId(null);
asyncCRUD.createPersistentBean(form.getPersistentBean());
// PropertyException
form.beanToId();
form.beanToForm(asyncCRUD); // inside transaction
asyncCRUD.commitTransaction(form.getPersistentBean());
form.setViewModeEdit(false);
CreatedEvent pbnEvent = new CreatedEvent(form.getPersistentBean());
fireCommittedEvent(pbnEvent);
assert !form.isViewModeNew();
assert !form.isViewModeDeleted();
if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
LOG.debug("create action succeeded"); // $NON-NLS-1$
}
} catch (CompoundPropertyException cpExc) {
form.beanToForm(asyncCRUD);
asyncCRUD.cancelTransaction();
form.setViewModeNew(true);
assert form.isViewModeEdit();
assert !form.isViewModeDeleted();
throw cpExc;
} finally {
releaseAsynchronousCRUD(asyncCRUD);
}
}
/**
* Update request mode means that the user requests the application to update existing information
* with supplied information. In update request mode, data is stored in persistent storage. The
* request should provide data for all properties of the {@link PersistentBean}. If the update
* operation succeeds, the data is imply displayed in a non-editable way. If the update operation
* fails, the data is displayed in an HTML form, so that it can be corrected. This method first
* sets the id of the persistent bean from the request. Next, the persistent bean is retrieved
* from the database. Only after that, the information from the request is filled out into the
* bean. This is done to have an early warning of errors in the key, or access violations, but
* mainly to make it possible to operate easily with a request that contains only partial
* information, i.e., a request that only carries values for a subset of the properties of the
* persistent bean. With this protocol, the given information will overwrite information that is
* currently in persistent storage, but if there is no data in the request for a given property,
* it's old value is retained. Once the data that is offered in the request is copied successfully
* in the persistent bean, it is stored.
*
* @pre form != null;
* @pre form.getPersistentBean() != null;
* @pre request != null;
*/
private void templateUpdate(final CrudDynaActionForm form, final HttpServletRequest request)
throws IdException, CompoundPropertyException, TechnicalException {
assert form != null;
assert request != null;
if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
LOG.debug("update action ..."); // $NON-NLS-1$
}
AsynchronousCRUD asyncCRUD = createAsynchronousCRUD(request);
try {
asyncCRUD.startTransaction();
retrieveWithId(form, asyncCRUD); // IdException, TechnicalException
assert form.getPersistentBean() != null;
// @mudo (dvankeer): toString() needs to be replaced by something more
// usefull.
String oldBeanString = form.getPersistentBean().toString();
form.formToBean(asyncCRUD); // PropertyException, inside transaction
asyncCRUD.updatePersistentBean(form.getPersistentBean()); // PropertyException
form.beanToForm(asyncCRUD); // inside transaction
asyncCRUD.commitTransaction(form.getPersistentBean());
releaseAsynchronousCRUD(asyncCRUD);
// do not do this in a finally block; this can throw exceptions too
form.setViewModeEdit(false);
// @todo (jand): try to move this delta stuff to AsynchronousCRUD instead
// of here
fireCommittedEvent(new UpdatedEvent(form.getPersistentBean(), oldBeanString));
} catch (CompoundPropertyException cpExc) {
form.beanToForm(asyncCRUD);
if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
LOG.debug("update action failed; cancelling ...", cpExc); // $NON-NLS-1$
}
asyncCRUD.cancelTransaction();
releaseAsynchronousCRUD(asyncCRUD);
// do not do this in a finally block; this can throw exceptions too
form.setViewModeEdit(true);
LOG.debug("update action cancelled; rethrowing exeption"); // $NON-NLS-1$
throw cpExc;
}
/*
* on IdException, we go to a different page that shows a not found message.
* For this page we do not need to set any information
*/
form.setViewModeDeleted(false);
form.setViewModeNew(false);
}
/**
* New request mode means that the user requests the application to present a form with default
* information, to be able to request the application to create a new object in the next step. In
* new request mode, a new persistent bean is created with default data and displayed in an HTML
* form, so that it can be edited. All the data that is already in this request is used to display
* the new entity the first time.
*
* @throws BeanInstantiationException Could not create a new bean of the expected type.
* @throws TechnicalException Could evaluate data for a technical reason
* @throws CompoundPropertyException Some of the provided data is wrong.
*/
private void templateNew(final CrudDynaActionForm form, final HttpServletRequest request)
throws BeanInstantiationException, TechnicalException, CompoundPropertyException {
if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
LOG.debug("new action ..."); // $NON-NLS-1$
}
form.initBean(); // bean contains programmatic defaults
/*
* BeanInstantiationException; this means that the app is wrongly
* configured; this will generate a general error page.
*/
assert form.getPersistentBean() != null;
assert form.getPersistentBean().getId() == null;
form.beanToId();
AsynchronousCRUD asyncCRUD = createAsynchronousCRUD(request);
CompoundPropertyException cpExcStore = null;
try {
// @todo (dvankeer): Why re-use the data?
try {
form.formToBean(asyncCRUD);
/* get the data that is already in this request,
overwriting programmatic defaults */
} catch (CompoundPropertyException cpExc) {
cpExcStore = cpExc;
// remember this exception
}
// we are not doing this in a transaction, deliberately
// @todo (jand): is this a good idea?
form.beanToForm(asyncCRUD);
// copy default data and data already set into the form
} finally {
releaseAsynchronousCRUD(asyncCRUD);
}
form.setViewModeNew(true);
assert form.isViewModeEdit();
assert !form.isViewModeDeleted();
if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
LOG.debug("new action succeeded"); // $NON-NLS-1$
}
if (cpExcStore != null) {
throw cpExcStore;
}
}