non-releases/trunk_before_flattening/src/java/org/apache/cocoon/acting/FormValidatorAction.java

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package org.apache.cocoon.acting;

import org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration;
import org.apache.avalon.framework.thread.ThreadSafe;

import org.apache.cocoon.environment.ObjectModelHelper;
import org.apache.cocoon.environment.Request;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * This is the action used to validate Request parameters.
 * The parameters are described via the external xml
 * file (its format is defined in AbstractValidatorAction).
 * @see org.apache.cocoon.acting.AbstractValidatorAction
 *
 * @version $Id$
 */
public class FormValidatorAction extends AbstractValidatorAction implements ThreadSafe {

    /**
     * Reads parameter values from request parameters for all parameters
     * that are contained in the active constraint list. If a parameter
     * has multiple values, all are stored in the resulting map.
     * 
     * @param objectModel the object model
     * @param set a collection of parameter names
     * @return HashMap of required parameters 
     */
    protected HashMap createMapOfParameters(Map objectModel, Collection set) {
        String name;
        HashMap params = new HashMap(set.size());
        // put required params into hash
        Request request = ObjectModelHelper.getRequest(objectModel);
        for (Iterator i = set.iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
            name = ((Configuration) i.next()).getAttribute("name", "").trim();
            Object[] values = request.getParameterValues(name);
            if (values != null) {
                switch (values.length) {
                    case 0 :
                        params.put(name, null);
                        break;
                    case 1 :
                        params.put(name, values[0]);
                        break;
                    default :
                        params.put(name, values);
                }
            } else {
                params.put(name, values);
            }
        }
        return params;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see org.apache.cocoon.acting.AbstractValidatorAction#isStringEncoded()
     */
    boolean isStringEncoded() {
        return true;
    }


}