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/**************************************************************************
 * alpha-Portal: A web portal, for managing knowledge-driven 
 * ad-hoc processes, in form of case files.
 * ==============================================
 * Copyright (C) 2011-2012 by 
 *   - Christoph P. Neumann (http://www.chr15t0ph.de)
 *   - and the SWAT 2011 team
 **************************************************************************
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with
 * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 
 * limitations under the License.
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package alpha.portal.webapp.taglib;

import java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import javax.servlet.jsp.JspException;
import javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext;
import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag;
import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.appfuse.Constants;

/**
 * <p>
 * This class is designed to put all the public variables in a class to a
 * specified scope - designed for exposing a Constants class to Tag Libraries.
 * </p>
 * 
 * <p>
 * It is designed to be used as follows:
 * 
 * <pre>
 * &lt;tag:constants /&gt;
 * </pre>
 * 
 * </p>
 * 
 * <p>
 * Optional values are "className" (fully qualified) and "scope".
 * </p>
 * 
 * <p>
 * <a href="BaseAction.java.html"><i>View Source</i></a>
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:matt@raibledesigns.com">Matt Raible</a>
 */
public class ConstantsTag extends TagSupport {

    /** The Constant serialVersionUID. */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 3258417209566116146L;

    /** The log. */
    private final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(ConstantsTag.class);

    /**
     * The class to expose the variables from.
     */
    private String clazz = Constants.class.getName();

    /**
     * The scope to be put the variable in.
     */
    protected String scope;

    /**
     * The single variable to expose.
     */
    protected String var;

    /**
     * Main method that does processing and exposes Constants in specified
     * scope.
     * 
     * @return int
     * @throws JspException
     *             if processing fails
     */
    @Override
    public int doStartTag() throws JspException {
        // Using reflection, get the available field names in the class
        Class c = null;
        int toScope = PageContext.PAGE_SCOPE;

        if (this.scope != null) {
            toScope = this.getScope(this.scope);
        }

        try {
            c = Class.forName(this.clazz);
        } catch (final ClassNotFoundException cnf) {
            this.log.error("ClassNotFound - maybe a typo?");
            throw new JspException(cnf.getMessage());
        }

        try {
            // if var is null, expose all variables
            if (this.var == null) {
                final Field[] fields = c.getDeclaredFields();

                AccessibleObject.setAccessible(fields, true);

                for (final Field field : fields) {
                    this.pageContext.setAttribute(field.getName(), field.get(this), toScope);
                }
            } else {
                try {
                    final Object value = c.getField(this.var).get(this);
                    this.pageContext.setAttribute(c.getField(this.var).getName(), value, toScope);
                } catch (final NoSuchFieldException nsf) {
                    this.log.error(nsf.getMessage());
                    throw new JspException(nsf);
                }
            }
        } catch (final IllegalAccessException iae) {
            this.log.error("Illegal Access Exception - maybe a classloader issue?");
            throw new JspException(iae);
        }

        // Continue processing this page
        return (Tag.SKIP_BODY);
    }

    /**
     * Sets the class name.
     * 
     * @param clazz
     *            the new class name
     */
    public void setClassName(final String clazz) {
        this.clazz = clazz;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the class name.
     * 
     * @return the class name
     */
    public String getClassName() {
        return this.clazz;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the scope to be put the variable in.
     * 
     * @param scope
     *            the new scope to be put the variable in
     */
    public void setScope(final String scope) {
        this.scope = scope;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the scope to be put the variable in.
     * 
     * @return the scope to be put the variable in
     */
    public String getScope() {
        return (this.scope);
    }

    /**
     * Sets the single variable to expose.
     * 
     * @param var
     *            the new single variable to expose
     */
    public void setVar(final String var) {
        this.var = var;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the single variable to expose.
     * 
     * @return the single variable to expose
     */
    public String getVar() {
        return (this.var);
    }

    /**
     * Release all allocated resources.
     */
    @Override
    public void release() {
        super.release();
        this.clazz = null;
        this.scope = Constants.class.getName();
    }

    /**
     * Maps lowercase JSP scope names to their PageContext integer constant
     * values.
     */
    private static final Map<String, Integer> SCOPES = new HashMap<String, Integer>();

    /**
     * Initialize the scope names map and the encode variable
     */
    static {
        ConstantsTag.SCOPES.put("page", PageContext.PAGE_SCOPE);
        ConstantsTag.SCOPES.put("request", PageContext.REQUEST_SCOPE);
        ConstantsTag.SCOPES.put("session", PageContext.SESSION_SCOPE);
        ConstantsTag.SCOPES.put("application", PageContext.APPLICATION_SCOPE);
    }

    /**
     * Converts the scope name into its corresponding PageContext constant
     * value.
     * 
     * @param scopeName
     *            Can be "page", "request", "session", or "application" in any
     *            case.
     * @return The constant representing the scope (ie.
     *         PageContext.REQUEST_SCOPE).
     * @throws JspException
     *             if the scopeName is not a valid name.
     */
    public int getScope(final String scopeName) throws JspException {
        final Integer scope = ConstantsTag.SCOPES.get(scopeName.toLowerCase());

        if (scope == null)
            throw new JspException("Scope '" + scopeName + "' not a valid option");

        return scope;
    }
}