Host (Catalina Internal API Documentation)

org.apache.catalina
Interface Host

All Superinterfaces:
Container
All Known Implementing Classes:
StandardHost

public interface Host
extends Container

A Host is a Container that represents a virtual host in the Catalina servlet engine. It is useful in the following types of scenarios:

In general, you would not use a Host when deploying Catalina connected to a web server (such as Apache), because the Connector will have utilized the web server's facilities to determine which Context (or perhaps even which Wrapper) should be utilized to process this request.

The parent Container attached to a Host is generally an Engine, but may be some other implementation, or may be omitted if it is not necessary.

The child containers attached to a Host are generally implementations of Context (representing an individual servlet context).

Version:
$Revision: 1.5.2.1 $ $Date: 2002/02/27 03:24:30 $
Author:
Craig R. McClanahan

Field Summary
static java.lang.String ADD_ALIAS_EVENT
          The ContainerEvent event type sent when a new alias is added by addAlias().
static java.lang.String REMOVE_ALIAS_EVENT
          The ContainerEvent event type sent when an old alias is removed by removeAlias().
 
Fields inherited from interface org.apache.catalina.Container
ADD_CHILD_EVENT, ADD_MAPPER_EVENT, ADD_VALVE_EVENT, REMOVE_CHILD_EVENT, REMOVE_MAPPER_EVENT, REMOVE_VALVE_EVENT
 
Method Summary
 void addAlias(java.lang.String alias)
          Add an alias name that should be mapped to this same Host.
 void addDefaultContext(DefaultContext defaultContext)
          Set the DefaultContext for new web applications.
 java.lang.String[] findAliases()
          Return the set of alias names for this Host.
 java.lang.String getAppBase()
          Return the application root for this Host.
 java.lang.String getName()
          Return the canonical, fully qualified, name of the virtual host this Container represents.
 void importDefaultContext(Context context)
          Import the DefaultContext config into a web application context.
 Context map(java.lang.String uri)
          Return the Context that would be used to process the specified host-relative request URI, if any; otherwise return null.
 void removeAlias(java.lang.String alias)
          Remove the specified alias name from the aliases for this Host.
 void setAppBase(java.lang.String appBase)
          Set the application root for this Host.
 void setName(java.lang.String name)
          Set the canonical, fully qualified, name of the virtual host this Container represents.
 
Methods inherited from interface org.apache.catalina.Container
addChild, addContainerListener, addMapper, addPropertyChangeListener, findChild, findChildren, findMapper, findMappers, getCluster, getInfo, getLoader, getLogger, getManager, getParent, getParentClassLoader, getRealm, getResources, invoke, map, removeChild, removeContainerListener, removeMapper, removePropertyChangeListener, setCluster, setLoader, setLogger, setManager, setParent, setParentClassLoader, setRealm, setResources
 

Field Detail

ADD_ALIAS_EVENT


public static final java.lang.String ADD_ALIAS_EVENT
The ContainerEvent event type sent when a new alias is added by addAlias().

See Also:
Constant Field Values

REMOVE_ALIAS_EVENT


public static final java.lang.String REMOVE_ALIAS_EVENT
The ContainerEvent event type sent when an old alias is removed by removeAlias().

See Also:
Constant Field Values
Method Detail

getAppBase


public java.lang.String getAppBase()
Return the application root for this Host. This can be an absolute pathname, a relative pathname, or a URL.


setAppBase


public void setAppBase(java.lang.String appBase)
Set the application root for this Host. This can be an absolute pathname, a relative pathname, or a URL.

Parameters:
appBase - The new application root

addDefaultContext


public void addDefaultContext(DefaultContext defaultContext)
Set the DefaultContext for new web applications.

Parameters:
defaultContext - The new DefaultContext

getName


public java.lang.String getName()
Return the canonical, fully qualified, name of the virtual host this Container represents.

Specified by:
getName in interface Container

setName


public void setName(java.lang.String name)
Set the canonical, fully qualified, name of the virtual host this Container represents.

Specified by:
setName in interface Container
Parameters:
name - Virtual host name
Throws:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if name is null

importDefaultContext


public void importDefaultContext(Context context)
Import the DefaultContext config into a web application context.

Parameters:
context - web application context to import default context

addAlias


public void addAlias(java.lang.String alias)
Add an alias name that should be mapped to this same Host.

Parameters:
alias - The alias to be added

findAliases


public java.lang.String[] findAliases()
Return the set of alias names for this Host. If none are defined, a zero length array is returned.


map


public Context map(java.lang.String uri)
Return the Context that would be used to process the specified host-relative request URI, if any; otherwise return null.

Parameters:
uri - Request URI to be mapped

removeAlias


public void removeAlias(java.lang.String alias)
Remove the specified alias name from the aliases for this Host.

Parameters:
alias - Alias name to be removed


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