com.google.gwt.core.ext
Class ServletContainerLauncher

java.lang.Object
  com.google.gwt.core.ext.ServletContainerLauncher

public abstract class ServletContainerLauncher
extends java.lang.Object

Defines the service provider interface for launching servlet containers that can be used by the GWT development mode.

Subclasses should be careful about calling any methods defined on this class or else they risk failing when used with a version of GWT that did not have those methods.

ServletContainerLauncher

public ServletContainerLauncher()

getIconBytes

public byte[] getIconBytes()

Returns:

byte array containing an icon (fitting into 24x24) to use for the server, or null if only the name should be used

getIconPath

@Deprecated
public java.lang.String getIconPath()

Deprecated. see getIconBytes() instead.

Returns:

a path to a 24-pixel high image file (relative to the classpath) to be used for this servlet container, or null if none.

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns:

a short human-readable name of this servlet container, or null if no name should be displayed.

isSecure

public boolean isSecure()

Return true if this servlet container launcher is configured for secure operation (ie, HTTPS). This value is only queried after arguments, if any, have been processed. The default implementation just returns false.

Returns:

true if HTTPS is in use

processArguments

public boolean processArguments(TreeLogger logger,
                                java.lang.String arguments)

Process any supplied arguments.

Will be called before start(TreeLogger, int, File), if at all.

Parameters:

logger - logger to use for warnings/errors

arguments - single string containing the arguments for this SCL, the format to be defined by the SCL

Returns:

true if the arguments were processed successfully

setBindAddress

public void setBindAddress(java.lang.String bindAddress)

Set the bind address for the web server socket.

Will be called before start(TreeLogger, int, File), if at all. If not called, the SCL should listen on all addresses.

Parameters:

bindAddress - host name or IP address, suitable for use with InetAddress.getByName(String)

start

public abstract ServletContainer start(TreeLogger logger,
                                       int port,
                                       java.io.File appRootDir)
                                throws java.net.BindException,
                                       java.lang.Exception

Start an embedded HTTP servlet container.

Parameters:

logger - the server logger

port - the TCP port to serve on; if 0 is requested, a port should be automatically selected

appRootDir - the base WAR directory

Returns:

the launched servlet container

Throws:

java.net.BindException - if the requested port is already in use

java.lang.Exception - if the server fails to start for any other reason