Prevent action method from executing

Question

Hi,
Is it possible to somehow jump over some action methods in the definition of a service? For instance, this is the definition of the COLLECTION_INFO service, with two extra additions (prepareCustomRedirect and dummyMethod). In prepareCustomRedirect method I would like to force the service to jump over the execution of the rest of the action methods and go directly to the last one, dummyMethod, which does nothing, hence the services completes its execution. After the execution of the service, a redirect is desired, which is set in prepareCustomRedirect.
<tr>
     <td>COLLECTION_INFO</td>
     <td>DocService
          33
          COLLECTION_INFO
          null
          null<br>
          !csCollectionUnableToInfoCollection</td>
     <td>3:prepareCustomRedirect:IdcService=COLLECTION_DISPLAY&hasCollectionID=true&dCollectionID=<$dCollectionID$>:0:null
          3:doSubService:LOAD_DOC_ENVIRONMENT:0:null
          3:canReadInCollection:::null
          3:loadUserConfig:::null
          3:loadCollectionPermissions:::null
          3:getCollectionMeta:::null
          3:loadSpecificCollectionMeta:::null
          3:loadPathForCollection:::null
3:dummyMethod::0:null</td>
</tr>
Is this possible, either in this way or any other?
Thanks,
V

Answer 1

You can do it like this:
<tr>
<td>COLLECTION_INFO</td>
<td>DocService
33
COLLECTION_INFO
null
null
!csCollectionUnableToInfoCollection</td>
<td>3:dummyMethod::0:null</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>COLLECTION_INFO_ORIG</td>
<td>DocService
33
COLLECTION_INFO
null
null
!csCollectionUnableToInfoCollection</td>
<td>3:prepareCustomRedirect:IdcService=COLLECTION_DISPLAY&hasCollectionID=true&dCollectionID=<$dCollectionID$>:0:null
3:doSubService:LOAD_DOC_ENVIRONMENT:0:null
3:canReadInCollection:::null
3:loadUserConfig:::null
3:loadCollectionPermissions:::null
3:getCollectionMeta:::null
3:loadSpecificCollectionMeta:::null
3:loadPathForCollection:::null
</td>
</tr>
Within your dummyMethod you can perform your test and either execute the other service, or your code.
Alternatively, take a look at Java filter events. If you find one that suits, you may put your code into the filter, and stop executing the rest of the service, if necessary.