ZK Configuration Reference/web.xml/ZK AU Engine

DHtmlUpdateServlet

[Required] Class: DHtmlUpdateServlet

ZK AU Engine, aka., ZK Update Engine, is a servlet that handles AJAX requests asynchronously and automatically.

Notice that the URL pattern mapped to this engine must be consistent with the update-uri parameter of ZK Loader.

Here is a complete sample.

The Initial Parameters

init-param	Descriptions
compress	[Optional][Default:true][since 3.6.3] It specifies whether to compress the output of this Servlet, if the browser supports the compression (Accept-Encoding). Notice that it affects not only the AU response, but also JavaScript and CSS files loaded from this Servlet. <init-param> <param-name>compress</param-name> <param-value>false</param-value> </init-param>
extension0 extension1 extension2 ...	[Optional]Since 5.0 It specifies an AU extension The first processor must be specified with the name called extension0, second extension1 and so on. The syntax of the value is /prefix=class For example, <init-param> <param-name>extension0</param-name> <param-value>/upload=com.super.MyUploader</param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>extension1</param-name> <param-value>/extra=com.super.MyExtra</param-value> </init-param> The class must implement the AuExtension interface.

Map URL to ZK AU Engine

Mapping URL to ZK AU Engine is straightforward:

	<servlet>
		<servlet-name>auEngine</servlet-name>
		<servlet-class>org.zkoss.zk.au.http.DHtmlUpdateServlet</servlet-class>
	</servlet>
	<servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>auEngine</servlet-name>
		<url-pattern>/zkau/*</url-pattern>
	</servlet-mapping>

Notice that the URL pattern mapped to this engine must be consistent with the update-uri parameter of ZK Loader.

Here is a complete sample.

Version History

Version	Date	Content
5.0.0	07/14/10	processor0, processor1, processor2 parameters have been depreciated.