core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/RequestHandler.java

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package org.onosproject.ui;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;

/**
 * Abstraction of an entity that handles a specific request from the
 * user interface client.
 *
 * @see UiMessageHandler
 */
public abstract class RequestHandler {

    protected static final ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();

    private final String eventType;
    private UiMessageHandler parent;


    public RequestHandler(String eventType) {
        this.eventType = eventType;
    }

    // package private
    void setParent(UiMessageHandler parent) {
        this.parent = parent;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the event type that this handler handles.
     *
     * @return event type
     */
    public String eventType() {
        return eventType;
    }

    /**
     * Processes the incoming message payload from the client.
     *
     * @param sid message sequence identifier
     * @param payload request message payload
     */
    // TODO: remove sid from signature
    public abstract void process(long sid, ObjectNode payload);



    // ===================================================================
    // === Convenience methods...

    /**
     * Returns implementation of the specified service class.
     *
     * @param serviceClass service class
     * @param <T>          type of service
     * @return implementation class
     * @throws org.onlab.osgi.ServiceNotFoundException if no implementation found
     */
    protected <T> T get(Class<T> serviceClass) {
        return parent.directory().get(serviceClass);
    }

    /**
     * Sends a message back to the client.
     *
     * @param eventType message event type
     * @param sid       message sequence identifier
     * @param payload   message payload
     */
    protected void sendMessage(String eventType, long sid, ObjectNode payload) {
        parent.connection().sendMessage(eventType, sid, payload);
    }

    /**
     * Sends a message back to the client.
     * Here, the message is preformatted; the assumption is it has its
     * eventType, sid and payload attributes already filled in.
     *
     * @param message the message to send
     */
    protected void sendMessage(ObjectNode message) {
        parent.connection().sendMessage(message);
    }

    /**
     * Allows one request handler to pass the event on to another for
     * further processing.
     * Note that the message handlers must be defined in the same parent.
     *
     * @param eventType event type
     * @param sid       sequence identifier
     * @param payload   message payload
     */
    protected void chain(String eventType, long sid, ObjectNode payload) {
        parent.exec(eventType, sid, payload);
    }

    // ===================================================================


    // FIXME : Javadocs
    protected String string(ObjectNode node, String key) {
        return JsonUtils.string(node, key);
    }

    protected String string(ObjectNode node, String key, String defValue) {
        return JsonUtils.string(node, key, defValue);
    }

}