Working with Actuate Java Component URIs

Actuate Java Component Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) convey user requests to an application server. URIs access functionality including generating reports, managing repository contents, and viewing reports.

About Actuate Java Component URIs

Actuate Java Component URIs consist of the context root and port of the web server where you install and deploy the JSPs or servlets. Actuate Java Component URIs have the following syntax:

http://<web server>:<port>/<context root>
/<path><page>.<type>[?<parameter=value>{&<parameter=value>}]

where

<web server> is the name of the machine running the application server or servlet engine. You can use localhost as a trusted application’s machine name if your local machine is running the server.

<port> is the port on which you access the application server or servlet engine.

<context root> is the context root for accessing the Actuate Java Component pages, which by default is the name of the WAR or EAR file.

<path> is the directory containing the page to invoke.

<page> is the name of the page or method.

<type> is jsp or do.

<parameter=value> specifies the required parameters and values for the page.

For example, to view the document list page, Actuate Java Component uses a URI with the following format:

http://<web server>:<port>/ActuateJavaComponent
/getfolderitems.do?doframe=true&userid=anonymous

where

ActuateJavaComponent/getfolderitems.do is the JSP that provides file browsing for Java Component.

doframe=true is a reserved parameter that displays the documents page in a frame next to other frames for the banner and file explorer tree.

userid=anonymous indicates that the default anonymous user is being used and security is not enabled. This is the default security setting for Actuate Java Components. For information about customizing security, see Chapter 8, “Using Actuate Java Component security.”

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