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Param.java

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package org.apache.struts2.components;

import java.io.Writer;

import org.apache.struts2.views.annotations.StrutsTag;
import org.apache.struts2.views.annotations.StrutsTagAttribute;
import org.apache.struts2.StrutsException;

import com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.ValueStack;

/**
 * <!-- START SNIPPET: javadoc -->
 * <p>This tag can be used to parameterize other tags.</p>
 * The include tag and bean tag are examples of such tags.
 * <p/>
 * The parameters can be added with or without a name as key.
 * If the tag provides a name attribute the parameters are added using the
 * {@link Component#addParameter(String, Object) addParamter} method.
 * For unnamed parameters the Tag must implement the {@link UnnamedParametric} interface defined in
 * this class (e.g. The TextTag does this).
 * <p/>
 * This tag has the following two paramters.
 * <!-- START SNIPPET: params -->
 * <ul>
 *      <li>name (String) - the name of the parameter</li>
 *      <li>value (Object) - the value of the parameter</li>
 * </ul>
 * <!-- END SNIPPET: params -->
 * <p/>
 * <b>Note:</b>
 * When you declare the param tag, the value can be defined in either a <tt>value</tt> attribute or
 * as text between the start and end tag. Struts behaves a bit different according to these two situations.
 * This is best illustrated using an example:
 * <br/><param name="color">blue</param> <-- (A) -->
 * <br/><param name="color" value="blue"/> <-- (B) -->
 * <br/>In the first situation (A) the value would be evaluated to the stack as a <tt>java.lang.String</tt> object.
 * And in situation (B) the value would be evaluated to the stack as a <tt>java.lang.Object</tt> object.
 * <br/>For more information see <a href="http://jira.opensymphony.com/browse/WW-808">WW-808</a>.
 * <!-- END SNIPPET: javadoc -->
 *
 * <p/> <b>Examples</b>
 * <!-- START SNIPPET: example -->
 * <pre>
 * <ui:component>
 *  <ui:param name="key"     value="[0]"/>
 *  <ui:param name="value"   value="[1]"/>
 *  <ui:param name="context" value="[2]"/>
 * </ui:component>
 * </pre>
 * <!-- END SNIPPET: example -->
 * <p/>
 * <!-- START SNIPPET: exampledescription -->
 * where the key will be the identifier and the value the result of an OGNL expression run against the current
 * ValueStack.
 * <!-- END SNIPPET: exampledescription -->
 * <p/>
 * This second example demonstrates how the text tag can use parameters from this param tag.
 * <!-- START SNIPPET: example2 -->
 * <pre>
 * <s:text name="cart.total.cost">
 *     <s:param value="#session.cartTotal"/>
 * </s:text>
 * </pre>
 * <!-- END SNIPPET: example2 -->
 * <p/>
 *
 * @see Include
 * @see Bean
 * @see Text
 *
 */
@StrutsTag(name="param", tldTagClass="org.apache.struts2.views.jsp.ParamTag", description="Parametrize other tags")
public class Param extends Component {
    protected String name;
    protected String value;

    public Param(ValueStack stack) {
        super(stack);
    }

    public boolean end(Writer writer, String body) {
        Component component = findAncestor(Component.class);
        if (value != null) {
            if (component instanceof UnnamedParametric) {
                ((UnnamedParametric) component).addParameter(findValue(value));
            } else {
                String name = findString(this.name);

                if (name == null) {
                    throw new StrutsException("No name found for following expression: " + name);
                }

                Object value = findValue(this.value);
                component.addParameter(name, value);
            }
        } else {
            if (component instanceof UnnamedParametric) {
                ((UnnamedParametric) component).addParameter(body);
            } else {
                component.addParameter(findString(name), body);
            }
        }

        return super.end(writer, "");
    }

    public boolean usesBody() {
        return true;
    }

    @StrutsTagAttribute(description="Name of Parameter to set")
    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    @StrutsTagAttribute(description="Value expression for Parameter to set", defaultValue="The value of evaluating provided name against stack")
    public void setValue(String value) {
        this.value = value;
    }


    /**
     * Tags can implement this to support nested param tags without the <tt>name</tt> attribute.
     * <p/>
     * The {@link Text TextTag} uses this approach. For unnamed parameters an example is given in the class
     * javadoc for {@link Param ParamTag}.
     */
    public interface UnnamedParametric {

        /**
         * Adds the given value as a parameter to the outer tag.
         * @param value  the value
         */
        public void addParameter(Object value);
    }

}