/* * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package org.springframework.web.filter; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.Locale; import javax.servlet.FilterChain; import javax.servlet.ServletException; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequestWrapper; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse; import org.springframework.util.Assert; import org.springframework.util.StringUtils; import org.springframework.web.util.WebUtils; /** * {@link javax.servlet.Filter} that converts posted method parameters into HTTP methods, * retrievable via {@link HttpServletRequest#getMethod()}. Since browsers currently only * support GET and POST, a common technique - used by the Prototype library, for instance - * is to use a normal POST with an additional hidden form field ({@code _method}) * to pass the "real" HTTP method along. This filter reads that parameter and changes * the {@link HttpServletRequestWrapper#getMethod()} return value accordingly. * * <p>The name of the request parameter defaults to {@code _method}, but can be * adapted via the {@link #setMethodParam(String) methodParam} property. * * <p><b>NOTE: This filter needs to run after multipart processing in case of a multipart * POST request, due to its inherent need for checking a POST body parameter.</b> * So typically, put a Spring {@link org.springframework.web.multipart.support.MultipartFilter} * <i>before</i> this HiddenHttpMethodFilter in your {@code web.xml} filter chain. * * @author Arjen Poutsma * @author Juergen Hoeller * @since 3.0 */ public class HiddenHttpMethodFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter { /** Default method parameter: {@code _method} */ public static final String DEFAULT_METHOD_PARAM = "_method"; private String methodParam = DEFAULT_METHOD_PARAM; /** * Set the parameter name to look for HTTP methods. * @see #DEFAULT_METHOD_PARAM */ public void setMethodParam(String methodParam) { Assert.hasText(methodParam, "'methodParam' must not be empty"); this.methodParam = methodParam; } @Override protected void doFilterInternal(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, FilterChain filterChain) throws ServletException, IOException { HttpServletRequest requestToUse = request; if ("POST".equals(request.getMethod()) && request.getAttribute(WebUtils.ERROR_EXCEPTION_ATTRIBUTE) == null) { String paramValue = request.getParameter(this.methodParam); if (StringUtils.hasLength(paramValue)) { requestToUse = new HttpMethodRequestWrapper(request, paramValue); } } filterChain.doFilter(requestToUse, response); } /** * Simple {@link HttpServletRequest} wrapper that returns the supplied method for * {@link HttpServletRequest#getMethod()}. */ private static class HttpMethodRequestWrapper extends HttpServletRequestWrapper { private final String method; public HttpMethodRequestWrapper(HttpServletRequest request, String method) { super(request); this.method = method.toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH); } @Override public String getMethod() { return this.method; } } }