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package org.apache.tiles.request;

/**
 * Base request.
 *
 * @version $Rev$ $Date: 2010-11-14 21:32:50 +0100 (dom, 14 nov 2010)$
 */
public abstract class AbstractRequest implements DispatchRequest {

    /**
     * Name of the attribute used to store the force-include option.
     *
     */
    public static final String FORCE_INCLUDE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME = AbstractRequest.class
            .getName() + ".FORCE_INCLUDE";

    /**
     * Sets the flag to force inclusion at next dispatch.
     *
     * @param forceInclude <code>true</code> means that, at the next dispatch, response
     * will be included and never forwarded.
     */
    protected void setForceInclude(boolean forceInclude) {
        getContext(REQUEST_SCOPE).put(FORCE_INCLUDE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, forceInclude);
    }

    /**
     * Checks if, when dispatching to a resource, the result must be included
     * and not forwarded to.
     *
     * @return <code>true</code> if inclusion is forced.
     */
    protected boolean isForceInclude() {
        Boolean forceInclude = (Boolean) getContext(REQUEST_SCOPE).get(
                FORCE_INCLUDE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME);
        if (forceInclude != null) {
            return forceInclude;
        }
        return false;
    }
}