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package org.sakaiproject.vm;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Properties;

import javax.servlet.ServletConfig;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.apache.commons.collections.ExtendedProperties;
import org.apache.velocity.Template;
import org.apache.velocity.app.Velocity;
import org.apache.velocity.context.Context;
import org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException;
import org.apache.velocity.exception.ResourceNotFoundException;
import org.apache.velocity.tools.view.servlet.VelocityViewServlet;

/**
 * 
 * Responds with the expansion of a Velocity Template. The template and context references are specified in the request.
 * 
 */
public class VelocityServlet extends VelocityViewServlet
{

	/**
	 * Called by the VelocityServlet init(). We want to set a set of properties so that templates will be found in the webapp root. This makes this easier to work with as an example, so a new user doesn't have to worry about config issues when first
	 * figuring things out
	 */
	protected ExtendedProperties loadConfiguration(ServletConfig config) throws IOException, FileNotFoundException
	{
		// This is to support old config property.
		String configPath = config.getInitParameter("properties");
		ExtendedProperties p;
		if (configPath != null && configPath.length() > 0)
		{
			p = new ExtendedProperties();
			if (!configPath.startsWith("/"))
			{
				configPath = "/"+configPath;
			}
			p.load(getServletContext().getResourceAsStream(configPath));
		}
		else
		{
			// load the properties as configured in the servlet init params
			p = super.loadConfiguration(config);
		}

		/*
		 * first, we set the template path for the FileResourceLoader to the root of the webapp. This probably won't work under in a WAR under WebLogic, but should under tomcat :)
		 */

		String path = config.getServletContext().getRealPath("/");

		if (path == null)
		{
			getVelocityEngine().getLog().debug(" VelocityServlet.loadConfiguration() : unable to "
					+ "get the current webapp root.  Using '/'. Please fix.");
			path = "/";
		}

		p.setProperty(Velocity.FILE_RESOURCE_LOADER_PATH, path);

		/**
		 * and the same for the log file
		 */
		p.setProperty("runtime.log", path + p.getProperty("runtime.log"));

		return p;
	}

	/**
	 * 
	 * main routine to handle a request. Called by VelocityServlet, your responsibility as programmer is to simply return a valid Template
	 * 
	 * 
	 * @param ctx
	 *        a Velocity Context object to be filled with data. Will be used for rendering this template
	 * @return Template to be used for request
	 */
	public Template handleRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, Context ctx)
	{
		// Note: Velocity doesn't like dots in the context names, so we change them to '_'

		// load the context with attributes
		Enumeration e = request.getAttributeNames();
		while (e.hasMoreElements())
		{
			String name = (String) e.nextElement();
			String vName = escapeVmName(name);
			Object value = request.getAttribute(name);

			ctx.put(vName, value);
			// log("--> context (attribute): " + vName + " = " + value);
		}

		// if the javax.servlet.include.servlet_path attribute exists, use this value as the template
		String templatePath = (String) request.getAttribute("javax.servlet.include.servlet_path");

		// if not there, try our special include
		if (templatePath == null)
		{
			templatePath = (String) request.getAttribute("sakai.vm.path");
		}

		// if not there, use the servletpath
		if (templatePath == null)
		{
			templatePath = request.getServletPath();
		}

		Template template = null;
		try
		{
			// log("--> template path: " + templatePath);
			template = getTemplate(templatePath);
		}
		catch (ParseErrorException ex)
		{
			log("Exception reading vm template: " + templatePath + " " + ex);
		}
		catch (ResourceNotFoundException ex)
		{
			log("Exception reading vm template: " + templatePath + " " + ex);
		}
		catch (Exception ex)
		{
			log("Exception reading vm template: " + templatePath + " " + ex);
		}

		return template;

	} // handleRequest

	/**
	 * Change any characters that Velocity doesn't like in the name to '_' to make a valid Velocity name
	 * 
	 * @param name
	 *        The name to convert.
	 * @return The name converted to a valid Velocity name.
	 */
	protected String escapeVmName(String name)
	{
		char[] chars = name.toCharArray();

		// make sure first character is valid (alpha)
		if (!Character.isLetter(chars[0]))
		{
			chars[0] = 'X';
		}

		// replace any other invalid characters
		for (int i = 1; i < chars.length; i++)
		{
			char c = chars[i];
			if (!(Character.isLetterOrDigit(c) || (c == '_') || (c == '-')))
			{
				chars[i] = '_';
			}
		}

		return new String(chars);

	} // escapeVmName

} // class VelocityServlet