Flex and J2EE

Question

I am using the Flex 3 SDK. On the server side, I am using
Java.
I looked at the Flex 3 SDK documentation and I found the Flex
3 compiler modules for Apache and IIS:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=apache_1.html
Is there a Java servlet filter that can compile MXML files on
demand?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I found the FlexMxmlServlet.
1) visit
http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Downloads
2) download: FlexModule_j2ee.zip
The zip file contains the FlexMxmlServlet and a Flex JSP Tag
Library.
Curiously, I can't find the source code for the
FlexMxmlServlet or the Flex JSP Tag Library. I looked in Adobe's
Subversion repository but the code is not there.
Anyway, here is a web.xml file that shows how to use the
servlet and the tag library:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD
Web Application 2.3//EN" "
http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd">
<web-app>
<display-name>Flex Webtier
Compiler</display-name>
<description>Flex SDK Webtier Compiler Template
Application</description>
<context-param>
<param-name>flex.class.path</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/flex/hotfixes,/WEB-INF/flex/jars</param-value>
</context-param>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>FlexMxmlServlet</servlet-name>
<display-name>MXML Processor</display-name>
<description>Servlet wrapper for the Mxml
Compiler</description>
<servlet-class>flex.bootstrap.BootstrapServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>servlet.class</param-name>
<param-value>flex.webtier.server.j2ee.MxmlServlet</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>webtier.configuration.file</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/flex/flex-webtier-config.xml</param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>FlexSwfServlet</servlet-name>
<display-name>SWF Retriever</display-name>
<servlet-class>flex.bootstrap.BootstrapServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>servlet.class</param-name>
<param-value>flex.webtier.server.j2ee.SwfServlet</param-value>
</init-param>
<!-- SwfServlet must be initialized after MxmlServlet
-->
<load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>FlexForbiddenServlet</servlet-name>
<display-name>Prevents access to *.as/*.swc
files</display-name>
<servlet-class>flex.bootstrap.BootstrapServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>servlet.class</param-name>
<param-value>flex.webtier.server.j2ee.ForbiddenServlet</param-value>
</init-param>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>FlexInternalServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>flex.bootstrap.BootstrapServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>servlet.class</param-name>
<param-value>flex.webtier.server.j2ee.filemanager.FileManagerServlet</param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>10</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>FlexMxmlServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.mxml</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>FlexSwfServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.swf</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>FlexForbiddenServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.as</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>FlexForbiddenServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.swc</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>FlexInternalServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/flex-internal/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
<welcome-file>index.htm</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
<taglib>
<taglib-uri>FlexTagLib</taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/lib/flex-bootstrap-jsp.jar</taglib-location>
</taglib>
</web-app>