Java EE 6 example source code file (TestFilter.java)

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The Java EE 6 TestFilter.java source code

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package web.servlet.dynamicregistration_war;

import java.io.*;
import javax.servlet.*;

/**
 * Filter that is registered by the
 * <tt>web.servlet.dynamicregistration_war.TestServletContextListener.
 *
 * <p>This Filter retrieves (from its FilterConfig) the
 * initialization parameter that was added by the
 * <tt>web.servlet.dynamicregistration_war.TestServletContextListener
 * when it registered the Filter, and stores this initialization parameter
 * in the request (as a request attribute), so it can be read by the Servlet
 * to which this Filter was mapped.
 *
 * @author Jan Luehe
 */
public class TestFilter implements Filter {

    private String filterInitParam;

    @Override
    public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) throws ServletException {
        filterInitParam = filterConfig.getInitParameter("filterInitName");
    }   

    @Override
    public void doFilter(ServletRequest req, ServletResponse res,
            FilterChain chain) throws IOException, ServletException {
        req.setAttribute("filterInitName", filterInitParam);
        chain.doFilter(req, res);
    }

    @Override
    public void destroy() {
        // Do nothing
    }
}