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package org.apache.wiki.ajax;

import com.google.gson.Gson;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;

import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;

/**
 * Helpful utilities for the Ajax functions.
 * 
 * @since 2.10.2-svn12
 */
public class AjaxUtil extends HttpServlet {
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 3170439306358345408L;
	private static final Gson gson = new Gson();

	/**
	 * Uses Google Gson (https://code.google.com/p/google-gson/) to convert to JSON
	 *
	 * @param input the object to be converted to JSON
	 * @return the JSON string of the object
	 */
	public static String toJson( final Object input ) {
		if( input != null ) {
			return gson.toJson( input );
		}
		return "";
	}
	
	/**
	 * Given a requestUri path, find the next uri "fragment" after the "/lastPart/" one.
	 * E.g. given url "/test/abc/travel", and lastPart "abc", this will return "travel". Given lastPart "test" will return "abc".
	 * 
	 * This could be done better using a URITemplate
	 * (as RFC6570) 
	 * 
	 * @param path the RequestURI to search usually done by calling request.getRequestUri().
	 * @param lastPart the previousPart of the path to search after.
	 * @return the next part of the path.
	 * @throws ServletException if {@code path} does not contain {@code lastPart}
	 */
	public static String getNextPathPart( String path, String lastPart ) throws ServletException {
        if( StringUtils.isBlank( path ) ) {
			return null;
		}
		if( !lastPart.endsWith( "/" ) ) {
			lastPart += "/";
		}
		final int lastPartLength =  lastPart.length();
		int index = path.indexOf( lastPart );
		if( index < 0 ) {
			lastPart = lastPart.substring( 0, lastPartLength - 1 );
			index = path.indexOf( lastPart );
			if( index < 0 ) {
				throw new ServletException( "Invalid path provided " + path + " does not contain '" + lastPart + "'" );
			}
		}
		path = path.substring( index + lastPartLength );
		index = path.indexOf( "/" );
		if( index == -1 ) {
			index = path.indexOf( "#" );
			if( index == -1 ) {
				index = path.indexOf( "?" );
			}
		}

		final String result;
		if( index == -1 ) {
			result = path;
        } else {
            result = path.substring( 0, index );
        }

        return result;
    }
	
}