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§Intercepting requests
§Overriding onRequest
One important aspect of the GlobalSettings
class is that it provides a way to intercept requests and execute business logic before a request is dispatched to an action.
For example:
import play.*;
import play.mvc.Action;
import play.mvc.Http.Request;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
public class Global extends GlobalSettings {
public Action onRequest(Request request, Method actionMethod) {
System.out.println("before each request..." + request.toString());
return super.onRequest(request, actionMethod);
}
}
It’s also possible to intercept a specific action method. This can be achieved via Action composition.
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