edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.harvesterClient

Class HarvesterServlet

java.lang.Object

javax.servlet.GenericServlet

javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet

edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.harvesterClient.HarvesterServlet

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Runnable, javax.servlet.Servlet, javax.servlet.ServletConfig

public class HarvesterServlet
extends javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet
implements java.lang.Runnable

HarvesterServlet class allows Harvester to be run as a background process. This eliminates the need to run Harvester in a terminal window. To activate this servlet, uncomment the HarvesterServlet entry in the appropriate 'lib/web.xml.tomcat*' file.

Author:

costa

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HarvesterServlet()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	destroy() When the thread is destroyed, sets the Harvester.keepRunning flag to false.
void	init(javax.servlet.ServletConfig config) Initializes the servlet.
void	run() Runs the Harvester main program in a separate thread.

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet

doDelete, doGet, doHead, doOptions, doPost, doPut, doTrace, getLastModified, service, service

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.GenericServlet

getInitParameter, getInitParameterNames, getServletConfig, getServletContext, getServletInfo, getServletName, init, log, log

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

HarvesterServlet

public HarvesterServlet()

Method Detail

destroy

public void destroy()

When the thread is destroyed, sets the Harvester.keepRunning flag to false.

Specified by:

destroy in interface javax.servlet.Servlet

Overrides:

destroy in class javax.servlet.GenericServlet

init

public void init(javax.servlet.ServletConfig config)
          throws javax.servlet.ServletException

Initializes the servlet. Reads properties and initializes object fields.

Specified by:

init in interface javax.servlet.Servlet

Overrides:

init in class javax.servlet.GenericServlet

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException

run

public void run()

Runs the Harvester main program in a separate thread. First sleeps for 30 seconds to give Metacat a chance to fully initialize.

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable