AutocompleteController (Vitro API 1.14.2 API)

java.lang.Object
- javax.servlet.GenericServlet
- - javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet
  - - edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.ajax.VitroAjaxController
    - - edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.search.controller.AutocompleteController

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, javax.servlet.Servlet, javax.servlet.ServletConfig
```
@WebServlet(name="AutocompleteController",
            urlPatterns={"/autocomplete","/populateselect"})
public class AutocompleteController
extends VitroAjaxController
```
AutocompleteController generates autocomplete content via the search index.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Class Description

class AutocompleteController.SearchResult

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static int MAX_QUERY_LENGTH

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

AutocompleteController()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected void`	`doRequest(VitroRequest vreq, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)`	Sub-classes must implement this method to handle both GET and POST requests.
`protected AuthorizationRequest`	`requiredActions(VitroRequest vreq)`	By default, a controller requires authorization for no actions.

Methods inherited from class edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.ajax.VitroAjaxController
doError, doGet, doPost, writeTemplate

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet
doDelete, doHead, doOptions, doPut, doTrace, getLastModified, service, service

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.GenericServlet
destroy, getInitParameter, getInitParameterNames, getServletConfig, getServletContext, getServletInfo, getServletName, init, init, log, log

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - MAX_QUERY_LENGTH
```
public static final int MAX_QUERY_LENGTH
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Constructor Detail
  - AutocompleteController
```
public AutocompleteController()
```
- Method Detail
  - requiredActions
```
protected AuthorizationRequest requiredActions(VitroRequest vreq)
```
    Description copied from class: VitroAjaxController
    
    By default, a controller requires authorization for no actions. Subclasses that require authorization to process their page will override to return the actions that require authorization. In some cases, the choice of actions will depend on the contents of the request.
    
    Overrides:
    
    requiredActions in class VitroAjaxController
  - doRequest
```
protected void doRequest(VitroRequest vreq,
                         javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
                  throws IOException,
                         javax.servlet.ServletException
```
    Description copied from class: VitroAjaxController
    
    Sub-classes must implement this method to handle both GET and POST requests.
    
    Specified by:
    
    doRequest in class VitroAjaxController
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
    
    javax.servlet.ServletException