Spring portlet mvc and spring servlet mvc validation

Spring mvc is easy to get along with, unless we get the basic flow right. We end up wasting lot of time figuring out the flow of control/binding of errors for validation/etc. Spring portlet mvc validation

1. extend AbstractCommandController or SimpleFormController
2. In case of AbstractCommandController implement the method handleRenderView(req,res,command,errors)
3. Important thing to note is that you should return the ModelAndView as new ModelAndView(jspPage, errors..getModel());

• Note the method handleRenderView() is called even if validation fails. Hence we have to return back the command object having errors using errors.getModel().

Spring servlet mvc validation

• Implemented a simple form controller.

class ManageProfileController extend SimpleFormController { public ModelAndView onSubmit(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, Object command, BindException errors) throws Exception { Map modelMap = new HashMap(); return new ModelAndView(forwardJSP, modelMap); } }

• The configuration in *-servlet.xml is as below (assume dispatcher servlet is configured already)

<bean id="manageProfileController" class="com.TEST.web2.portlet.controller.common.ManageProfileController">        
        <property name="registrationService" ref="registrationService"/>
        <property name="formView"><value>common/manageprofile</value></property>
        <property name="commandClass"><value>com.TEST.web2.model.DpsUser</value></property>
<property name="validator" ><ref bean="userValidator"/></property>
      <property name="successView"><value>common/manageprofile</value></property>
    </bean>    

 On validation error, in servlet mvc, the onSubmit() is not called and the command object is available with errors.
To extract the errors in JSP use:


<spring:bind path="command.confirmPassword">
   <c:out value="${status.expression}"/>  <input name=confirmPassword type="password" style="width:200px; " onKeyUp="document.getElementById('cpw').value=this.value" value="<c:out value="${status.value}"/>">
    <font > <c:out value="${status.errorMessage}"/> </font>

</spring:bind>

Castor --The XML Marshaller

Forget writing XML parser...Castor will take care of parsing. It generates the java
classes to work with XML.

To use castor, -- put the below lib's in classpath -- ./lib/castor-0.9.9.jar ./lib/castor-0.9.9-srcgen-ant-task.jar ./lib/castor-0.9.9-xml.jar xercesImpl.jar; commons-logging.jar -- Run java org.exolab.castor.builder.SourceGenerator -i test.xsd -dest dtnFolder --optionally specify the package name if required. -- To convert from DTD to XSD use java org.exolab.castor.xml.dtd.Converter dtdFileName newXSDFileName To use the generated code:

• To run the unmarshal the castor lib should be in class path and follow the sample code herewith.

// Create a Reader to the file to unmarshal from
reader = new FileReader("test.xml");

// Marshal the person object
Person person = (Person)Unmarshaller.unmarshal(Person.class, reader);

• To marshal an instance of the person class you simply call the Marshaller as follows:

// Create a new Person
Person person = new Person("Ryan 'Mad Dog' Madden");
person.setDateOfBirth(new Date(1955, 8, 15));

// Create a File to marshal to
writer = new FileWriter("test.xml");

// Marshal the person object
Marshaller.marshal(person, writer);


Follow the document of castor for details.

LINUX usefuls

html'>linux basic commands:
ls
ls -a -- lists all files (hidden as well .)
ls -l -- list with permission and details

ln -s A B -- create soft link btw two file/folders

ps -- see current process
ps -e -- see background process as well
ps -H -- list process hierarchy
ps -f -- ?
pstree
top - see all proc's at one shot
pmap [PID] : list all the resource held by this proc.
cat /proc/[PID]/maps :

kill -3 [PID] -to get the status of threads
$ killall httpd -kill all the procs with name httpd

grep -- useful for search. Very powerful if we combine with other commands
eg: ps -ef | grep liferay == will return all the liferay process

fg -- bring the process to foreground
bg -- send the process to background
CTRL Z -- send the process to background..Can bring it to foreground using fg.
CTRL C -- close a program.

tail myfile.txt -n 100  -- list the last 100 lines in
            the file

mail -s "picture of me surfing" sylvia@home.com < surfing.jpeg  --- To mail a file
tail -f catalina.out --display the contents in real time
head -15 myfile.txt - Would display the first
            fifteen lines of myfile.txt.

diff -r -N folder1/ folder2/        ---find difference b/n folders.. -N do display diff content.


cat test.txt --display content of file test.txt

cat t.txt t2.txt > t3.txt -- merge t.txt+t2.txt= t3.txt

difference b/n folder
du -hs liferay1/webapps/* liferay2/webapps/*


touch file.txt -- quickly create a empty file

VI editor commands
i -- insert mode
r -- replace mode
/ -- search
:%s/fred/joe/igc : general substitute command(replace)
w -- write
wq --write and quit
q-- quit
:#20 - moving to a line 20
Ctrl u --page up
Ctrl d -- page down
:set number -- to set the number
~ Toggle case of the character under the cursor, or all visually-selected characters.
q: You can bring up the command line history while in Normal mode.
:42G -- ways to go to a particular line (line 42 for example)
Multiple Files Management

vim test xyz

:bn -- next file

:bp -- next file

:wn -- write file and move to next (SUPER)

Screen
Ref:  http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/3/9/16838/14935

Screen is best described as a terminal multiplexer.
Using it, you can run any number of console-based
applications--interactive command shells,logging, curses-based
applications,
text editors, etc.--within a single terminal.Also can reattach again to
the screen even after logout.Excellent isn't it. Should have had a
separate blog :0). Any way the quick reference below:



$screen  --Start screen just by typing screen at your favorite command shell prompt

Ctrl a c --create another screen

ctrl a ctrl A --switch screen

ctrl a n -- switch next screen

ctrl a p -- switch prev screen

ctrl a A -- Give a name to the current screen.

ctrl a " -- to get a full-screen list of windows

ctrl a K --You can also kill misbehaving programs

$screen -r --will reattach the screen to the current session which.

Networking commands:

ping

netstat -- active connections
netstat -r --shows routing table


ifconfig (like ipconfig in windows)
ifconfig eht0 down -- shutdown lan card (to renew ip u can do this)
ifconfig eht0 up --startup lan card

iptraf
nmap -- port sniff
dig

NATing
/etc/hosts file
It is used to map simple human readable names with ip address.
Eg:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
127.0.0.1 access.idp1.com

Installation
rpm -i foo-v123.rpm        ---install a package
rpm -i http://oss.oracle.com/kernel-2.4.20-18.10.1.i686.rpm
rpm -e foo
rpm -qi foo    -- To query a RPM package and display info
more details refer http://www.idevelopment.info/data/Unix/Linux/LINUX_RPMCommands.shtml

Autoexec.bat in linux
vi /root/.bashrc   # the user is root here.
---Do whatever needs to be done on login in the .bashrc
To load the properties without relogging in use : source /root/.bashrc

Secured remote copy:
scp <target1> <target2>
eg: scp test.zip sandeepm@xHost:/export/home/sandeep  -- copies the test.zip to the target2 from target 1.
scp sandeepm@xHost:/export/home/sandeep/test22.zip . -- copies the test22.zip from target2 to target1 .


Use grep recursively
You can  search recursively i.e. read all files under each directory for a string “192.168.1.5″

cd /etc

$ grep -R "192.168.1.5" *

Use grep to search words only
When you search for boo, grep will match fooboo, boo123, etc. You
can force grep to select only those lines containing matches that form
whole words i.e. match only boo word:

$ grep -w "boo" /path/to/file
Grep invert match
You can use -v option to print inverts the match; that is, it
matches only those lines that do not contain the given word. For
example print all line that do not contain the word bar:

$ grep -v bar /path/to/file
Count line when words has been matched
grep can report the number of times that the pattern has been matched for each file using -c (count) option:

$ grep -c 'word' /path/to/file

To get the DB conn list
$ netstat|grep -c app610

Shell script
The below will run a command for configurable no of times.
chmod +x test
usage : ./test [NO_TIMES] [COMMAND]

for ((  i = 0 ;  i < $1;  i++  ))
do
      echo "Executing $2";
       $2;
      sleep 1;
done

More scripts here http://www.usd.edu/~sweidner/lsst/
 


One of the best methods to capture a Unix terminal session is to use the `script` command.

In this example we start a script session, run a couple of commands,
and then use the `exit` command to stop capturing the terminal session:

$ script
Script started, output file is typescript
$ pwd
/home/will
$ ps
PID  TT  STAT      TIME COMMAND
11909  p0  Ss     0:00.05 -bash (bash)
25622  p0  S+     0:00.01 script
25623  p1  Ss     0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/bash -i
25624  p1  R+     0:00.00 ps
$ exit

Ref:
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Best_Vim_Tips