RELEASE_2_1_13/src/blocks/ajax/java/org/apache/cocoon/ajax/AjaxRequestMatcher.java

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package org.apache.cocoon.ajax;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.avalon.framework.parameters.Parameters;
import org.apache.avalon.framework.thread.ThreadSafe;
import org.apache.cocoon.environment.ObjectModelHelper;
import org.apache.cocoon.environment.Request;
import org.apache.cocoon.matching.Matcher;
import org.apache.cocoon.sitemap.PatternException;

/**
 * A matcher that tests if the current request is an Ajax request. This matcher
 * provides no sitemap variables.
 * <p>
 * Example:
 * <pre>
 *   &lt;map:match type="ajax-request"&gt;
 *     ... ajax request ...
 *   &lt;/map:match&gt;
 * </pre>
 * 
 * @since 2.1.8
 * @version $Id$
 */
public class AjaxRequestMatcher implements Matcher, ThreadSafe {

    public Map match(String pattern, Map objectModel, Parameters parameters) throws PatternException {
        Request req = ObjectModelHelper.getRequest(objectModel);
        
        return AjaxHelper.isAjaxRequest(req) ? Collections.EMPTY_MAP : null;
    }
}