com.crystaldecisions.report.web
Class ServerControl

java.lang.Object
  extended bycom.crystaldecisions.report.web.ServerControl
Direct Known Subclasses:
ReportServerControl

public abstract class ServerControl
extends java.lang.Object

This is an abstract class. Use the derived classes such as CrystalReportViewer and ReportServerControl.


Constructor Summary
ServerControl()
           
 
Method Summary
static java.lang.Object deserializeBase64ToObject(java.lang.String base64)
           For internal use only.
 int getHeight()
          Returns the viewer height.
 java.lang.String getHtmlContent(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, javax.servlet.ServletContext context)
          This method handles the user's request to generate the HTML for the report and returns the HTML as a String.
 int getLeft()
          Returns the value for the position of the left side of the viewer.
 java.lang.String getName()
          Returns the name of the viewer control.
 int getTop()
          Returns the value for the position of the top of the viewer.
 java.lang.String getURI()
          Returns the Universal Resource Identifier for the web page containing the viewer.
 java.lang.String getViewState()
          Returns the ViewState.
 int getWidth()
          Returns the viewer width.
 boolean isIgnoreViewStateOnLoad()
          Returns whether the view state will be ignored when loading the viewer.
 boolean isOwnForm()
          Returns whether or not the viewer control owns the form.
 boolean isOwnPage()
          Returns whether or not the viewer control owns the page.
 void processHttpRequest(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, javax.servlet.ServletContext context, java.io.Writer out)
          Handles the user's request to generate the HTML for the report and writes the HTML directly to the response object.
 void setHeight(int newM_Height)
          Sets the viewer height.
 void setIgnoreViewStateOnLoad(boolean newIgnoreViewStateOnLoad)
          Sets whether to ignore the view state when loading the viewer.
 void setLeft(int newM_Left)
          Sets the position for the left side of the viewer.
 void setName(java.lang.String newName)
          Sets the name for the viewer control.
 void setOwnForm(boolean newOwnForm)
          Sets whether the viewer control owns the form.
 void setOwnPage(boolean newOwnPage)
          Sets whether the viewer control owns the page.
 void setTop(int newM_Top)
          Sets the value for the position of the top of the viewer.
 void setURI(java.lang.String newURI)
          Sets the Universal Resource Identifier for the report.
 void setViewState(java.lang.String viewState)
          The ViewState is an encoded string that represents the current state of the report.
 void setWidth(int newM_Width)
          Sets the width of the viewer.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

ServerControl

public ServerControl()
Method Detail

deserializeBase64ToObject

public static java.lang.Object deserializeBase64ToObject(java.lang.String base64)
                                                  throws java.io.IOException,
                                                         java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

For internal use only.

Throws:
java.io.IOException
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

getHeight

public int getHeight()

Returns the viewer height.

Returns:
The height of the viewer as an int. The unit is browser-dependent.
See Also:
setHeight

getHtmlContent

public final java.lang.String getHtmlContent(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                             javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                                             javax.servlet.ServletContext context)
                                      throws ReportSDKExceptionBase

This method handles the user's request to generate the HTML for the report and returns the HTML as a String.

Note:Either the getHtmlContent method or the processHttpRequest method can be used to handle the user's request to generate the HTML for the report, depending on how you write your JSP. If the viewer's content will be displayed more than once, then the getHtmlContent method will be more efficient, because the request is processed once and the resulting HTML string can be used multiple times. In this case, you must set the content type of the HTML, as recommended in the table.

Viewing format Recommended HTML content type
Standard web reporting "text/html; charset=UTF-8"
Mobile "text/html" or "text/vnd.wap.wml"
PDA "text/html; charset=UTF-8"

Parameters:
request - A HttpServletRequest object containing the values passed to the server during an Http request.
response - A HttpServletResponse object that receives the HTML output and sends it to the client.
context - A ServletContext object that specifies the servlet context.
Returns:
The HTML content as a String.
Throws:
ReportSDKExceptionBase

getLeft

public int getLeft()

Returns the value for the position of the left side of the viewer.

Returns:
The position of the left side of the viewer as an int. The unit is browser-dependent.
See Also:
setLeft

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of the viewer control. By default the viewer control is named CrystalViewer.

Returns:
The name of the viewer control as a String.
See Also:
setName

getTop

public int getTop()

Returns the value for the position of the top of the viewer.

Returns:
The position of the top of the viewer as an int for. The unit is browser-dependent.
See Also:
setTop

getURI

public java.lang.String getURI()

Returns the Universal Resource Identifier for the web page containing the viewer.

Returns:
The Universal Resource Identifier for the report as a String.
See Also:
setURI

getViewState

public java.lang.String getViewState()

Returns the ViewState. This is an encoded string that represents the current state of the report. The ViewState is used in order to perform client-side caching of information about the current state of the report. By default, the viewer will manage the ViewState unless isOwnForm is set to false.

Returns:
An encoded String that represents the current state of the report.
See Also:
setOwnForm, isOwnForm, setViewState

getWidth

public int getWidth()

Returns the viewer width.

Returns:
The viewer width as an int. The unit is browser-dependent.
See Also:
setWidth

isIgnoreViewStateOnLoad

public boolean isIgnoreViewStateOnLoad()

Returns whether the view state will be ignored when loading the viewer. You would want this to be set to true if the viewer is loaded in order to display a different page of the report.

Returns:
true if the view state will be ignored and false otherwise.
See Also:
setIgnoreViewStateOnLoad

isOwnForm

public boolean isOwnForm()

Returns whether or not the viewer control owns the form. If the server control owns the form it is able to get and set values for the form. In particular, by owning the form, the viewer control creates the ViewState object that is used in order to perform client-side caching of information about the current state of the report.

If this is set to false, it is the host's responsibility to use getViewState() and set persistence (form, session). The host may use setViewState before calling processHttpRequest(); if not the control will obtain it from the request object.

Returns:
true if the server control owns the form and false otherwise. By default, this value is true.
See Also:
setViewState, getViewState, setOwnForm

isOwnPage

public boolean isOwnPage()

Returns whether or not the viewer control owns the page. In other words, the page is not within a portal and the JSP page only contains the viewer control. If the server control owns the page, it provides the opening and closing HTML tags and it is able to get and set values for the entire page.

Returns:
true if the server control owns the page and false otherwise.
See Also:
setOwnPage

processHttpRequest

public final void processHttpRequest(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                     javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                                     javax.servlet.ServletContext context,
                                     java.io.Writer out)
                              throws ReportSDKExceptionBase

Handles the user's request to generate the HTML for the report and writes the HTML directly to the response object.

Note: Either the getHtmlContent method or the processHttpRequest method can be used to handle the user's request to generate the HTML for the report, depending on how you write your JSP. If the viewer's content will be displayed more than once, then the getHtmlContent method will be more efficient, because the request is processed once and the resulting HTML string can be used multiple times.

Note: If you provide your own writer then you must set the charset and the content-type. For improved performance, you may wish to wrap your writer in a java.io.BufferedWriter.

Parameters:
response - A HttpServletResponse object that receives the HTML output and sends it to the client.
context - A ServletContext object that specifies the servlet context.
request - The HttpServletRequest object containing the values passed to the server during an Http request.
out - A Writer object. This value is set to null unless you are providing your own writer.
Throws:
ReportSDKExceptionBase

setHeight

public void setHeight(int newM_Height)

Sets the viewer height.

Note: Together, the setHeight and setWidth methods control the viewable size of the viewer. The default value is 0 (zero). If these methods are set to zero, the viewable size of the viewer is calculated based on the report the user is viewing.

If the setBestFitPage method is set to true, the values of the setHeight and setWidth methods are ignored.

Parameters:
newM_Height - An int that specifies the height of the viewer. The unit is browser-dependent.
See Also:
getHeight

setIgnoreViewStateOnLoad

public void setIgnoreViewStateOnLoad(boolean newIgnoreViewStateOnLoad)

Sets whether to ignore the view state when loading the viewer. You would want this to be set to true, if the viewer is loaded in order to display a different page of the report.

Parameters:
newIgnoreViewStateOnLoad - true to make the viewer ignore the ViewState when loading.
See Also:
isIgnoreViewStateOnLoad

setLeft

public void setLeft(int newM_Left)

Sets the position for the left side of the viewer.

Parameters:
newM_Left - An int that specifies the position for the left side of the viewer. The unit is browser-dependent.
See Also:
getLeft

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String newName)

Sets the name for the viewer control. By default the viewer control is named CrystalViewer.

Parameters:
newName - The String that specifies the name of the viewer control.
See Also:
getName

setOwnForm

public void setOwnForm(boolean newOwnForm)

Sets whether the viewer control owns the form. By default this is true. If this is set to false, it is the host's responsibility to getViewState() and set persistence (form, session). The host may setViewState before calling processHttpRequest(); if not the control will obtain it from the request object.

Parameters:
newOwnForm - true to make the viewer object own the form. By default this is true.
See Also:
setViewState, getViewState, isOwnForm

setOwnPage

public void setOwnPage(boolean newOwnPage)

Sets whether the viewer control owns the page. Set this to false if the page is within a portal. If the server control owns the page, it provides the opening and closing HTML tags and it is able to get and set values for the entire page.

Note: If you set setOwnPage to false then you must set the charset and the content-type.

Parameters:
newOwnPage - true to make the viewer object own the page. The default value is true.
See Also:
isOwnPage

setTop

public void setTop(int newM_Top)

Sets the value for the position of the top of the viewer.

Parameters:
newM_Top - An int value for the position of the top of the viewer. The unit is browser-dependent.
See Also:
getTop

setURI

public void setURI(java.lang.String newURI)

Sets the Universal Resource Identifier for the report.

Parameters:
newURI - A String that specifies the Universal Resource Identifier for the report.
See Also:
getURI

setViewState

public void setViewState(java.lang.String viewState)

The ViewState is an encoded string that represents the current state of the report. The ViewState is used in order to perform client-side caching of information about the current state of the report. By default, the viewer will manage the ViewState unless isOwnForm is set to false.

Parameters:
viewState - An encoded String that represents the current state of the report.
See Also:
getViewState, setOwnForm, isOwnForm

setWidth

public void setWidth(int newM_Width)

Sets the width of the viewer.

Note: Together, the setHeight and setWidth methods control the viewable size of the viewer. The default value is 0 (zero). If these methods are set to zero, the viewable size of the viewer is calculated based on the report the user is viewing.

If the setBestFitPage method is set to true, the values of the setHeight and setWidth methods are ignored.

Parameters:
newM_Width - An int value for the width of the viewer. The unit is browser-dependent.
See Also:
getWidth