StripesConstants.java

/* Copyright 2005-2006 Tim Fennell
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package net.sourceforge.stripes.controller;

import net.sourceforge.stripes.util.Literal;

import java.util.Set;
import java.util.Collections;

/**
 * Container for constant values that are used across more than one class in Stripes.
 *
 * @author Tim Fennell
 */
public interface StripesConstants {
    /**
     * The name of a URL parameter that is used to hold the path (relative to the web application
     * root) from which the current form submission was made.
     */
    String URL_KEY_SOURCE_PAGE = "_sourcePage";

    /**
     * The name of a URL parameter that is used to hold the names of certain inputs that are present
     * in a form if those inputs might not be submitted with the form, such as checkboxes.
     */
    String URL_KEY_FIELDS_PRESENT = "__fp";

    /**
     * The name of a URL parameter that is used as a last resort to attempt to determine
     * the name of the event that is being fired by the browser.
     */
    String URL_KEY_EVENT_NAME = "_eventName";

    /**
     * The name of a URL parameter that is used to tell Stripes that a flash scope exists
     * for the current request.
     */
    String URL_KEY_FLASH_SCOPE_ID = "__fsk";

    /**
     * An immutable set of URL keys or request parameters that have special meaning to Stripes and
     * as a result should not be referenced in binding, validation or other other places that
     * work on the full set of request parameters.
     */
    Set<String> SPECIAL_URL_KEYS = Collections.unmodifiableSet(
            Literal.set(StripesConstants.URL_KEY_SOURCE_PAGE,
                        StripesConstants.URL_KEY_FIELDS_PRESENT,
                        StripesConstants.URL_KEY_FLASH_SCOPE_ID,
                        StripesConstants.URL_KEY_EVENT_NAME));
    /**
     * The name under which the ActionBean for a request is stored as a request attribute before
     * forwarding to the JSP.
     */
    String REQ_ATTR_ACTION_BEAN = "actionBean";

    /**
     * The name of a request attribute in which a Stack of action beans is some times stored
     * when a single request involves includes of action beans.
     */
    String REQ_ATTR_ACTION_BEAN_STACK = "__stripes_actionBeanStack";

    /**
     * The attribute key that is used to store the default set of non-error messages for
     * display to the user.
     */
    String REQ_ATTR_MESSAGES = "_stripes_defaultMessages";

    /**
     * The attribute key that is used to store the tag stack during page processing. The tag
     * stack is a Stack of Stripes tags so that parent tag relationships can work across
     * includes etc.
     */
    String REQ_ATTR_TAG_STACK = "__stripes_tag_stack";

    /**
     * The name of a request parameter that holds a Map of flash scopes keyed by the
     * hash code of the request that generated them.
     */
    String REQ_ATTR_FLASH_SCOPE_LOCATION = "__flash_scopes";
    
    /** The name of a request attribute that holds the lookup key of the current flash scope. */
    String REQ_ATTR_CURRENT_FLASH_SCOPE = "__current_flash_scope";

    /**
     * The name of a request attribute that is checked first to determine the
     * name of the event that should fire.
     */
    String REQ_ATTR_EVENT_NAME = "__stripes_event_name";

    /**
     * Request attribute key defined by the servlet spec for storing the included servlet
     * path when processing a server side include.
     */
    String REQ_ATTR_INCLUDE_PATH = "javax.servlet.include.servlet_path";

    /**
     * Request attribute key defined by the servlet spec for storing the included path
     * info when processing a server side include.
     */
    String REQ_ATTR_INCLUDE_PATH_INFO = "javax.servlet.include.path_info";

}