PostServlet.java Source code

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import java.io.IOException;

import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.jdom.Document;
import org.jdom.JDOMException;
import org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder;
import org.jdom.xpath.XPath;

public class PostServlet extends HttpServlet {

    private SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder();

    private XPath nameXPath;

    private XPath yearXPath;

    protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
            throws ServletException, IOException {
        if (!"text/xml".equals(request.getContentType())) {
            response.getWriter().println("Please post as text/xml.");
        } else {
            try {
                Document doc = builder.build(request.getReader());
                StringBuffer buff = new StringBuffer();
                buff.append("You searched for name '" + nameXPath.valueOf(doc) + "'");
                String year = yearXPath.valueOf(doc);
                if (!"notselected".equals(year)) {
                    buff.append(" and year '" + year + "'");
                }
                buff.append(".");
                response.getWriter().print(buff.toString());
            } catch (JDOMException e) {
                response.getWriter().print("Error getting search terms: " + e.getMessage());
            }
        }
    }

    public void init() throws ServletException {
        try {
            nameXPath = XPath.newInstance("/search/name/text()");
            yearXPath = XPath.newInstance("/search/year/text()");
        } catch (JDOMException e) {
            throw new ServletException("Unable to create XPaths", e);
        }
        super.init();
    }
}