Controllers

Play 1.4.x

Controller.action – Smart binding

Controller/link?i=32&n=patrick
public static void link(int i, String n)
public static void link(Integer i, String n)
public static void link(Long i, String n)

Controller/show?id[0]=1&id[1]=2&id[2]=3&id[3]=4
public static void show(Long[] id)
public static void show(List id)
public static void show(Set id)

Controller/get?date=02-18-1972
public static void get(@As("MM-dd-yyyy") Date date)

(@As(binder=MyCustomStringBinder.class))
Custom parameter binder

public static void create(String comment, File attachment)
Send File as multipart/form-data encoded POST request

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public static void create(Client client)
JavaBean (POJO) binding

@NoBinding
Marks a non-bindable field

Controller.action – Validation

@Required String lastname
@IsTrue String agree
@Max(7500) Integer wordCount
@Min(18) Long age
@MaxSize(2083) String value
@MinSize(42) String value
@Email String address
@Equals("passwordConfirmation") String password
@InFuture String dueDate
@InFuture("1979-12-31") String birthDate
@Match("[A-Z]{3}") String abbreviation
@Match("(directDebit|creditCard|onReceipt)")
@Past String actualDepartureDate
@Past("1980-01-01") String birthDate
@Range(min = 17500, max = 40000) String wordCount
@URL String address
@IPv4Address String ip
@IPv6Address String ip

@Phone String phone
Relaxed phone validation

@Valid Person person
JavaBean (POJO) validation – class Person needs validation annotations

Controller – Session Management

WARNING: Play Session is NOT the J2EE session
session and flash use cookies! 4KB limit/20 cookies max

session.getId();
Returns the session ID – in most cases: a must have!

session.put(String key, String value);
session.get(“user_flag”);
Values are limited to Strings, 4KB max

flash.put(String key, String value);
flash.get(String key);
Flash entries are discarded at end of next request

Cache.set(“key_” + id, product, “30mn”);
Set cache value to 30 minutes

Cache.get(“key_” + id, Product.class);
Get cache value, may return null

Cache.delete(“key_” + id);
Non blocking cache delete

Cache.safeDelete(“key_” + id);
Blocking cache delete

Controller.action – Redirection

render(params...);
Renders template with given parameters, as text/html

renderXML(params...);
Renders parameters as application/xml

renderJson(params...);
Renders parameters as application/json

renderText(params...);
Renders parameters as text/plain

renderTemplate(“Clients/showClient.html”, id, client);
Bypasses default template

redirect(“http://www.crionics.com”);
HTTP redirect to the given URL

From an action, calling another Controller.action()
The framework transparently generates a REDIRECT!

Controller – Jobs

@OnApplicationStart

@On("0 0 12 ∗ ∗ ?")
Every day at 12:01pm

@On("10 30 12 ? ∗ MON-FRI")
Every working day at 12:30pm and 10s

@Every("1h")
public class Bootstrap extends Job {public void doJob() {...} }

Controller – Interceptions

@Before ➟ action ➟ @After ➟ template ➟ @Finally
Interceptions evaluation order

@Before static void checkAuthentification()
@After static void log()
@Finally static void audit()
You get the idea

@With(Secure.class)
public class Admin extends Application
Custom interceptors at the controller scope

@Catch(value={RuntimeException.class})
public static void onException(RuntimeException e) {…}
Exception handling at the controller level

Controller.action – Others

Logger.info("Action executed ...");
Logger.debug("A log message");
Logger.error(ex, "Oops");
Logging configuration lives in application.conf

@CacheFor("1h") public static void index() { ... }
Caches the result of the action for 1 hour

Play.configuration.getProperty("blog.title");
Access to the configuration file

Query query = JPA.em().createQuery("query");
Access the persistence manager

Controller – Libraries

WS.url("http://s.com/posts").get().toJSON();
HTTP GET request to JSON

WS.withEncoding("iso-8859-1").url("http://s.com/posts").get().toJSON();
HTTP GET request to JSON using iso-8859-1 encoding

WS.url("http://s.com/").post().toXML();
HTTP POST request to XML

DB.execute("raw sql");
Eval raw SQL

XML.getDocument(String);
String to XML

XML.serialize(Document);
XML to String

XPath.selectNodes(String xpath, Object node);
XPath expression evaluator

Files.copy(File,File);
File copy

Files.copyDir(File,File);
Recursive directory copy

Files.delete(File);
Files.deleteDirectory(File);
Deletes file/directory

IO.readLines(File);
IO.readContentAsString(File);
IO.readContent(File);
IO.write(byte[],File);
Read/Write file contents

Images.crop(File orig,File to, int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2);
Images.resize(File orig, File to, int w, int h);
Images.toBase64(File image);
Handy methods!

Crypto.encryptAES(String);
Crypto.decryptAES(String);
Encryption using the application secret key

Crypto.passwordHash(String);
Create an MD5 password hash

Codec.UUID();
Generates unique IDs

Codec.byteToHexString(byte[] bytes);
Write a byte array as hexadecimal String

Codec.encodeBASE64(byte[] value);
Codec.decodeBASE64(String base64);
Encode/Decode a base64 value

Codec.hexSHA1(String);
Build a hexadecimal SHA1 hash for a String