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src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/ButtonType.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.enum.*;
+
+public final class ButtonType extends Enum
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * The actual enumeration values
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public static final ButtonType IMAGE = new ButtonType("IMAGE");
+  public static final ButtonType INPUT = new ButtonType("INPUT");
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private ButtonType(String name)
+  {
+    super(name);
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Standard static method implementations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public static ButtonType getEnum(String name)
+  {
+    return (ButtonType)getEnum(ButtonType.class,name);
+
+  } // end getEnum
+
+  public static Map getEnumMap()
+  {
+    return getEnumMap(ButtonType.class);
+
+  } // end getEnumMap
+
+  public static List getEnumList()
+  {
+    return getEnumList(ButtonType.class);
+
+  } // end getEnumList
+
+  public static Iterator iterator()
+  {
+    return iterator(ButtonType.class);
+
+  } // end iterator
+
+} // end class ButtonType

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/VeniceNamespaces.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice;
+
+public interface VeniceNamespaces
+{
+  public static final String FRAME_LAF_NAMESPACE =
+      "http://www.silverwrist.com/NS/venice/2002/12/21/frame.look.and.feel";
+
+  public static final String SESSION_INFO_NAMESPACE =
+      "http://www.silverwrist.com/NS/venice/2002/12/22/session.info";
+
+  public static final String STYLESHEET_NAMESPACE =
+      "http://www.silverwrist.com/NS/venice/2002/12/22/stylesheets";
+
+  public static final String MAIL_PROPS_NAMESPACE =
+      "http://www.silverwrist.com/NS/venice/2002/12/28/mail.properties";
+
+  public static final String CONTENT_LAF_NAMESPACE =
+      "http://www.silverwrist.com/NS/venice/2002/12/28/content.look.and.feel";
+
+  //  public static final String VENICE_OBJECT_NAMESPACE =
+  //     "http://www.silverwrist.com/NS/venice/2002/12/28/venice.objects";
+
+  public static final String REQUEST_INFO_NAMESPACE =
+      "http://www.silverwrist.com/NS/venice/2002/12/29/request.info";
+
+  public static final String SESSION_CONTROL_NAMESPACE =
+      "http://www.silverwrist.com/NS/venice/2002/12/30/session.control";
+
+  public static final String SYSTEM_EVENT_NAMESPACE =
+      "http://www.silverwrist.com/NS/venice/2002/12/31/system.events";
+
+  public static final String USER_EVENT_NAMESPACE =
+      "http://www.silverwrist.com/NS/venice/2002/12/31/user.events";
+
+  public static final String USER_SETTINGS_NAMESPACE =
+      "http://www.silverwrist.com/NS/venice/2002/12/31/user.settings";
+
+  public static final String USER_PROFILE_NAMESPACE =
+      "http://www.silverwrist.com/NS/venice/2002/12/31/user.profile";
+
+  public static final String MAIL_MESSAGES_NAMESPACE =
+      "http://www.silverwrist.com/NS/venice/2003/01/03/system.mail.messages";
+
+} // end interface VeniceNamespaces

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/VeniceVersion.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice;
+
+public final class VeniceVersion
+{
+  public static final String VERSION = "0.05";
+
+} // end class VeniceVersion

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/app/StartupShutdownAuditor.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-03 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.app;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.w3c.dom.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.xml.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.event.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.VeniceNamespaces;
+
+public class StartupShutdownAuditor implements NamedObject, ComponentInitialize, ComponentShutdown, ApplicationListener
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static data members
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(StartupShutdownAuditor.class);
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private String m_name;
+  private AuditRecordFactory m_audit;
+  private ComponentShutdown m_shut_event;
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public StartupShutdownAuditor()
+  { // do nothing
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface NamedObject
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getName()
+  {
+    return m_name;
+
+  } // end getName
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ComponentInitialize
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Initialize the component.
+   *
+   * @param config_root Pointer to the section of the Dynamo XML configuration file that configures this
+   *                    particular component.  This is to be considered "read-only" by the component.
+   * @param services An implementation of {@link com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.ServiceProvider ServiceProvider}
+   *                 which provides initialization services to the component.  This will include an implementation
+   *                 of {@link com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.ObjectProvider ObjectProvider} which may be used to
+   *                 get information about other objects previously initialized by the application.
+   * @exception com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.ConfigException If an error is encountered in the component
+   *            configuration.
+   */
+  public void initialize(Element config_root, ServiceProvider services) throws ConfigException
+  {
+    logger.info("StartupShutdownAuditor initializing");
+
+    XMLLoader loader = XMLLoader.get();
+    String gprops = null;
+    try
+    { // verify the right node name
+      loader.verifyNodeName(config_root,"object");
+
+      // get the object's name
+      m_name = loader.getAttribute(config_root,"name");
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (XMLLoadException e)
+    { // error loading XML config data
+      logger.fatal("XML loader exception in StartupShutdownAuditor",e);
+      throw new ConfigException(e);
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    // Get the audit record provider.
+    m_audit = (AuditRecordFactory)(services.queryService(AuditRecordFactory.class));
+
+    // Register us as an application listener.
+    EventListenerRegistration reg =
+        (EventListenerRegistration)(services.queryService(EventListenerRegistration.class));
+    m_shut_event = reg.registerApplicationListener(this);
+
+  } // end initialize
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ComponentShutdown
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void shutdown()
+  {
+    m_shut_event.shutdown();
+    m_shut_event = null;
+    m_audit = null;
+
+  } // end shutdown
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ApplicationListener
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void applicationInitialized(ApplicationEvent event)
+  {
+    AuditRecordCompose rec =
+        m_audit.createSystemAuditRecord(VeniceNamespaces.SYSTEM_EVENT_NAMESPACE,"system.startup");
+    rec.write();
+
+  } // end applicationInitialized
+
+  public void applicationExiting(ApplicationEvent event)
+  {
+    AuditRecordCompose rec =
+        m_audit.createSystemAuditRecord(VeniceNamespaces.SYSTEM_EVENT_NAMESPACE,"system.shutdown");
+    rec.write();
+
+  } // end applicationExiting
+
+} // end class StartupShutdownAuditor

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/app/UserDefaultNamespaceHolder.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.app;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.w3c.dom.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.xml.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.VeniceNamespaces;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.iface.*;
+
+public class UserDefaultNamespaceHolder
+    implements NamedObject, ComponentInitialize, ComponentShutdown, UserDefaultPropertyNamespace,
+               UserDefaultPropertyNamespaceRegistration
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static data members
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(UserDefaultNamespaceHolder.class);
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private String m_name;
+  private Vector m_ns_list = new Vector();
+  private ComponentShutdown m_shut1;
+  private ComponentShutdown m_shut2;
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public UserDefaultNamespaceHolder()
+  {
+    m_ns_list.add(VeniceNamespaces.USER_SETTINGS_NAMESPACE);
+    m_ns_list.add(VeniceNamespaces.USER_PROFILE_NAMESPACE);
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface NamedObject
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getName()
+  {
+    return m_name;
+
+  } // end getName
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ComponentInitialize
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Initialize the component.
+   *
+   * @param config_root Pointer to the section of the Dynamo XML configuration file that configures this
+   *                    particular component.  This is to be considered "read-only" by the component.
+   * @param services An implementation of {@link com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.ServiceProvider ServiceProvider}
+   *                 which provides initialization services to the component.  This will include an implementation
+   *                 of {@link com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.ObjectProvider ObjectProvider} which may be used to
+   *                 get information about other objects previously initialized by the application.
+   * @exception com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.ConfigException If an error is encountered in the component
+   *            configuration.
+   */
+  public void initialize(Element config_root, ServiceProvider services) throws ConfigException
+  {
+    logger.info("UserDefaultNamespaceHolder initializing");
+
+    XMLLoader loader = XMLLoader.get();
+    String gprops = null;
+    try
+    { // verify the right node name
+      loader.verifyNodeName(config_root,"object");
+
+      // get the object's name
+      m_name = loader.getAttribute(config_root,"name");
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (XMLLoadException e)
+    { // error loading XML config data
+      logger.fatal("XML loader exception in UserDefaultNamespaceHolder",e);
+      throw new ConfigException(e);
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    // Create ServiceProvider interfaces.
+    SingletonServiceProvider runtime_svcs =
+        new SingletonServiceProvider("UserDefaultNamespaceHolder",UserDefaultPropertyNamespace.class,this);
+    SingletonServiceProvider init_svcs = 
+        new SingletonServiceProvider("UserDefaultNamespaceHolder",runtime_svcs,
+				     UserDefaultPropertyNamespaceRegistration.class,this);
+
+    // Hook the services provided by Dynamo.
+    HookServiceProviders hooker = (HookServiceProviders)(services.queryService(HookServiceProviders.class));
+    m_shut1 = hooker.hookInitServiceProvider(init_svcs);
+    m_shut2 = hooker.hookRuntimeServiceProvider(runtime_svcs);
+
+  } // end initialize
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ComponentShutdown
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Shuts down the component associated with this interface, in a component-specific manner.
+   */
+  public void shutdown()
+  {
+    m_shut2.shutdown();
+    m_shut2 = null;
+    m_shut1.shutdown();
+    m_shut1 = null;
+
+  } // end shutdown
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface UserDefaultPropertyNamespace
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public Collection getDefaultPropertyNamespaces()
+  {
+    ArrayList rc = new ArrayList(m_ns_list);
+    return Collections.unmodifiableList(rc);
+
+  } // end getDefaultPropertyNamespaces
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface UserDefaultPropertyNamespaceRegistration
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public ComponentShutdown registerUserDefaultPropertyNamespace(String namespace)
+  {
+    m_ns_list.add(namespace);
+    return new ShutdownVectorRemove(m_ns_list,namespace);
+
+  } // end registerUserDefaultPropertyNamespace
+
+} // end class UserDefaultNamespaceHolder

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/app/VeniceAppMessages.properties

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+# The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+# 
+# Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+# language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+# 
+# The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+# 
+# The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+# for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+# Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+# 
+# Contributor(s): 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# This file has been localized for the en_US locale
+regy.already=An object with the name "{0}" has already been registered in the Venice object registry.
+dlgLAF.init=Unable to initialize the Venice dialog look-and-feel object.
+cheader.fail=Unable to get content header object: {0}
+xtitle.auth=Authentication Error
+xtitle.dbase=Database Error
+xtitle.dlg=Dialog Error
+xtitle.secure=Security Violation
+xtitle.mail=Mail Error
+xtitle.script=Scripting Error
+xtitle.style=Style Sheet Error
+xtitle.valid=Validation Error

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/app/VeniceApplication.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-03 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.app;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.w3c.dom.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.xml.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.db.UserPropertyTranslator;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.db.UserPropertyTranslatorInstall;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.velocity.VelocityRendererConfig;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.VeniceNamespaces;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.VeniceVersion;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.content.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.dialog.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.frame.FrameAssembler;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.menu.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.script.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.session.VeniceSessionManager;
+
+public class VeniceApplication implements ComponentShutdown, Application, StylesheetMapper
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Internal class implementing initialization code
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private class AppInit implements ComponentInitialize
+  {
+    /*====================================================================
+     * Constructor
+     *====================================================================
+     */
+
+    AppInit()
+    { // do nothing
+    } // end constructor
+
+    /*====================================================================
+     * Implementations from interface ComponentInitialize
+     *====================================================================
+     */
+
+    public void initialize(Element config_root, ServiceProvider services) throws ConfigException
+    {
+      XMLLoader loader = XMLLoader.get();
+      try
+      { // verify the right node name
+	loader.verifyNodeName(config_root,"application");
+
+	// get the object's name
+	m_name = loader.getAttribute(config_root,"name");
+
+	// load the stylesheet mappings
+	Element sect = loader.getSubElement(config_root,"stylesheet-mappings");
+	List l = loader.getMatchingSubElements(sect,"stylesheet");
+	Iterator it = l.iterator();
+	while (it.hasNext())
+	{ // load the stylesheet mappings
+	  Element elt = (Element)(it.next());
+	  m_stylesheet_mappings.put(loader.getAttribute(elt,"path"),loader.getAttribute(elt,"prefix"));
+
+	} // end while
+
+	logger.info("Venice application '" + m_name + "' configuration initialized");
+
+      } // end try
+      catch (XMLLoadException e)
+      { // error loading XML config data
+	throw new ConfigException(e);
+
+      } // end catch
+
+      // Install the exception translator.
+      ExceptionTranslatorRegistration etreg =
+	  (ExceptionTranslatorRegistration)(services.queryService(ExceptionTranslatorRegistration.class));
+      m_shutdown_list.addFirst(etreg.registerExceptionTranslator(new VeniceExceptionTranslator()));
+
+      // Install the user property translator.
+      UserPropertyTranslatorInstall upti =
+          (UserPropertyTranslatorInstall)(GetObjectUtils.getDynamoComponent(services,
+                                          UserPropertyTranslatorInstall.class,"users"));
+      upti.installUserPropertyTranslator(new VeniceUserPropertyTranslator());
+
+      // Customize the script engine.
+      ScriptEngineConfig sconf = (ScriptEngineConfig)(services.queryService(ScriptEngineConfig.class));
+      m_shutdown_list.addFirst(sconf.addDeclaredObject("vcast",new LibraryVeniceCast(),
+						       LibraryVeniceCast.class));
+      m_shutdown_list.addFirst(sconf.addDeclaredObject("vlib",new LibraryVenice(),LibraryVenice.class));
+
+      // Customize the Velocity renderer.
+      VelocityRendererConfig vrcon =
+          (VelocityRendererConfig)(services.queryService(VelocityRendererConfig.class));
+      m_shutdown_list.addFirst(vrcon.addStandardComponentClass("datefmt",DateFormatterTopHalf.class));
+
+      // Done with initialization
+      logger.info("Venice application '" + m_name + "' initialization done");
+
+    } // end initialize
+
+  } // end class AppInit
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static data members
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(VeniceApplication.class);
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private String m_name;                                    // the name of this object
+  private HashMap m_stylesheet_mappings = new HashMap();    // stylesheet hash mappings
+  private LinkedList m_shutdown_list = new LinkedList();    // shutdown list
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public VeniceApplication()
+  {
+    logger.info("Constructing new VeniceApplication");
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ComponentShutdown
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void shutdown()
+  {
+    logger.info("Venice application '" + m_name + "' shutting down!");
+    if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+      logger.debug("(" + m_shutdown_list.size() + " app-level component(s) to shutdown)");
+
+    while (m_shutdown_list.size()>0)
+    { // shut down all components on the shutdown list
+      ComponentShutdown cs = (ComponentShutdown)(m_shutdown_list.removeFirst());
+      cs.shutdown();
+
+    } // end while
+
+  } // end shutdown
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface NamedObject
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getName()
+  {
+    return m_name;
+
+  } // end getName
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ServiceProvider
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Queries this object for a specified service.
+   *
+   * @param klass The class of the object that should be returned as a service.
+   * @return A service object.  The service object is guaranteed to be of the class
+   *         specified by <CODE>klass</CODE>; that is, if <CODE>queryService(klass)</CODE>
+   *         yields some object <CODE>x</CODE>, then the expression <CODE>klass.isInstance(x)</CODE>
+   *         is true.
+   * @exception com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.NoSuchServiceException If no service is available in
+   *            the specified class.
+   */
+  public Object queryService(Class klass)
+  {
+    if (klass==ComponentInitialize.class)
+      return (ComponentInitialize)(new AppInit());
+    if (klass==StylesheetMapper.class)
+      return (StylesheetMapper)this;
+    throw new NoSuchServiceException("VeniceApplication",klass);
+
+  } // end queryService
+
+  /**
+   * Queries this object for a specified service.
+   *
+   * @param klass The class of the object that should be returned as a service.
+   * @param serviceid ID for the service to be requested, to further discriminate between requests.
+   * @return A service object.  The service object is guaranteed to be of the class
+   *         specified by <CODE>klass</CODE>; that is, if <CODE>queryService(klass)</CODE>
+   *         yields some object <CODE>x</CODE>, then the expression <CODE>klass.isInstance(x)</CODE>
+   *         is true.
+   * @exception com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.NoSuchServiceException If no service is available in
+   *            the specified class.
+   */
+  public Object queryService(Class klass, String serviceid)
+  {
+    try
+    { // try querying without the service ID
+      return queryService(klass);
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NoSuchServiceException e)
+    { // throw a real exception
+      throw new NoSuchServiceException(e.getContext(),klass,serviceid,e);
+
+    } // end catch
+
+  } // end queryService
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface Application
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getIdentity()
+  {
+    return "Venice/" + VeniceVersion.VERSION;
+
+  } // end getIdentity
+
+  public Object getNullContentError(Request r)
+  {
+    return new ErrorBox(null,"Null content returned from request " + r.getContextPath()
+			+ r.getRequestPath() + "!!");
+
+  } // end getNullContentError
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface StylesheetMapper
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getStylesheetPrefix(String path)
+  {
+    return (String)(m_stylesheet_mappings.get(path));
+
+  } // end getStylesheetPrefix
+
+} // end class VeniceApplication

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/app/VeniceExceptionTranslator.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.app;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.image.ImageNormalizerException;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.VeniceNamespaces;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.content.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.except.*;
+
+class VeniceExceptionTranslator implements ExceptionTranslator
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  VeniceExceptionTranslator()
+  { // do nothing
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ExceptionTranslator
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public Object translateException(Request r, Exception e)
+  {
+    // get the title for this exception
+    String title = null;
+    if (e instanceof AuthenticationException)
+      title = "xtitle.auth";
+    else if (e instanceof DatabaseException)
+      title = "xtitle.dbase";
+    else if (e instanceof DialogException)
+      title = "xtitle.dlg";
+    else if (e instanceof DynamoSecurityException)
+      title = "xtitle.secure";
+    else if (e instanceof MailException)
+      title = "xtitle.mail";
+    else if (e instanceof ScriptingException)
+      title = "xtitle.script";
+    else if (e instanceof StyleSheetException)
+      title = "xtitle.style";
+    else if (e instanceof ValidationException)
+      title = "xtitle.valid";
+    else if (e instanceof ImageNormalizerException)
+      title = "xtitle.image";
+
+    // get the error locations
+    String onerr = (String)(PropertyUtils.getPropertyNoErr(r,VeniceNamespaces.REQUEST_INFO_NAMESPACE,
+							   "on.error"));
+    String onerr_type = (String)(PropertyUtils.getPropertyNoErr(r,VeniceNamespaces.REQUEST_INFO_NAMESPACE,
+								"on.error.type"));
+    String prefix = "";
+    if (title!=null)
+    { // look up actual title in resource bundle
+      ResourceBundle b = ResourceBundle.getBundle("com.silverwrist.venice.app.VeniceAppMessages",
+						  Locale.getDefault());
+      title = b.getString(title);
+
+    } // end if
+    else
+      prefix = e.getClass().getName() + ": ";
+
+    if (onerr!=null)
+      return new ErrorBox(title,prefix + e.getMessage(),onerr_type,onerr);
+    else
+      return new ErrorBox(title,prefix + e.getMessage());
+
+  } // end translateException
+
+} // end class VeniceExceptionTranslator

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/app/VeniceUserPropertyTranslator.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.app;
+
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.db.UserPropertyTranslator;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.VeniceNamespaces;
+
+class VeniceUserPropertyTranslator implements UserPropertyTranslator
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  VeniceUserPropertyTranslator()
+  { // do nothing
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface UserPropertyTranslator
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getUserFullName(DynamoUser user)
+  {
+    StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
+    String s = (String)(PropertyUtils.getPropertyNoErr(user,VeniceNamespaces.USER_PROFILE_NAMESPACE,
+						       "name.prefix"));
+    if (s!=null)
+      buf.append(s).append(" ");
+    buf.append(user.getObject(VeniceNamespaces.USER_PROFILE_NAMESPACE,"name.given").toString()).append(" ");
+    Character ch = (Character)(PropertyUtils.getPropertyNoErr(user,VeniceNamespaces.USER_PROFILE_NAMESPACE,
+							      "name.mi"));
+    if (ch!=null)
+      buf.append(ch).append(". ");
+    buf.append(user.getObject(VeniceNamespaces.USER_PROFILE_NAMESPACE,"name.family").toString());
+    s = (String)(PropertyUtils.getPropertyNoErr(user,VeniceNamespaces.USER_PROFILE_NAMESPACE,"name.suffix"));
+    if (s!=null)
+      buf.append(" ").append(s);
+    return buf.toString();
+
+  } // end getUserFullName
+
+} // end class VeniceUserPropertyTranslator

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/content/ButtonSupplier.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-03 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.content;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.w3c.dom.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.xml.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.event.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.velocity.VelocityRendererConfig;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.ButtonType;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.VeniceNamespaces;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.iface.*;
+
+public class ButtonSupplier
+    implements NamedObject, ComponentInitialize, ComponentShutdown, DynamicUpdateListener, ServiceProvider,
+               ButtonProvider, TextRenderer
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Internal class implementing Velocity button provider
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public class StdButton
+  {
+    /*====================================================================
+     * Constructor
+     *====================================================================
+     */
+
+    StdButton()
+    { // do nothing
+    } // end constructor
+
+    /*====================================================================
+     * External operations
+     *====================================================================
+     */
+
+    public Object getButton(String type, String name)
+    {
+      return getButtonRenderObject(ButtonType.getEnum(type.trim().toUpperCase()),name);
+
+    } // end getButton
+
+  } // end class StdButton
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static data members
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(ButtonSupplier.class);
+
+  private static final String NAMESPACE = VeniceNamespaces.CONTENT_LAF_NAMESPACE;
+
+  private static final String PROP_SUBDIR = "subdir.buttons";
+  private static final String PROP_WIDTH = "std.button.width";
+  private static final String PROP_HEIGHT = "std.button.height";
+  private static final String PROP_PREFIX_BUTTON = "bn.";
+  private static final String PROP_PREFIX_CAPTION = "bnc.";
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private String m_name = null;              // name of this object
+  private ObjectProvider m_props;            // property set provider
+  private ComponentShutdown m_shut_event;    // shutdown for event listener
+  private ComponentShutdown m_shut_render;   // shutdown for renderer
+  private ComponentShutdown m_shut_vr;       // shutdown for Velocity object
+  private String m_subdir;                   // subdirectory in which button images are
+  private int m_width;                       // width of buttons
+  private int m_height;                      // height of buttons
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public ButtonSupplier()
+  { // do nothing
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Internal operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private final String getInitString(String name) throws ConfigException
+  {
+    try
+    { // call through to the property provider
+      return (String)(m_props.getObject(NAMESPACE,name));
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NoSuchObjectException e)
+    { // the property value isn't present?  yIkes!
+      ConfigException ce = new ConfigException(ButtonSupplier.class,"ContentMessages","prop.missing",e);
+      ce.setParameter(0,name);
+      throw ce;
+
+    } // end catch
+    catch (ClassCastException e)
+    { // not a String?  for shame!
+      ConfigException ce = new ConfigException(ButtonSupplier.class,"ContentMessages","prop.wrongType",e);
+      ce.setParameter(0,name);
+      throw ce;
+
+    } // end catch
+
+  } // end getInitString
+
+  private final int getInitInteger(String name) throws ConfigException
+  {
+    try
+    { // call through to the property provider
+      return ((Integer)(m_props.getObject(NAMESPACE,name))).intValue();
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NoSuchObjectException e)
+    { // the property value isn't present?  yIkes!
+      ConfigException ce = new ConfigException(ButtonSupplier.class,"ContentMessages","prop.missing",e);
+      ce.setParameter(0,name);
+      throw ce;
+
+    } // end catch
+    catch (ClassCastException e)
+    { // not an Integer?  for shame!
+      ConfigException ce = new ConfigException(ButtonSupplier.class,"ContentMessages","prop.wrongType",e);
+      ce.setParameter(0,name);
+      throw ce;
+
+    } // end catch
+
+  } // end getInitInteger
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface NamedObject
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getName()
+  {
+    return m_name;
+
+  } // end getName
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ComponentInitialize
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Initialize the component.
+   *
+   * @param config_root Pointer to the section of the Dynamo XML configuration file that configures this
+   *                    particular component.  This is to be considered "read-only" by the component.
+   * @param services An implementation of {@link com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.ServiceProvider ServiceProvider}
+   *                 which provides initialization services to the component.  This will include an implementation
+   *                 of {@link com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.ObjectProvider ObjectProvider} which may be used to
+   *                 get information about other objects previously initialized by the application.
+   * @exception com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.ConfigException If an error is encountered in the component
+   *            configuration.
+   */
+  public void initialize(Element config_root, ServiceProvider services) throws ConfigException
+  {
+    logger.info("ButtonSupplier initializing");
+
+    XMLLoader loader = XMLLoader.get();
+    String gprops = null;
+    try
+    { // verify the right node name
+      loader.verifyNodeName(config_root,"object");
+
+      // get the object's name
+      m_name = loader.getAttribute(config_root,"name");
+
+      // get the name of the global properties object
+      DOMElementHelper config_root_h = new DOMElementHelper(config_root);
+      Element foo = loader.getSubElement(config_root_h,"global-properties");
+      gprops = loader.getAttribute(foo,"object");
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (XMLLoadException e)
+    { // error loading XML config data
+      logger.fatal("XML loader exception in ButtonSupplier",e);
+      throw new ConfigException(e);
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    // Get the standard properties provider.
+    ServiceProvider gdm_sp =
+        (ServiceProvider)(GetObjectUtils.getDynamoComponent(services,ServiceProvider.class,gprops));
+    try
+    { // get the "properties" service from that object
+      m_props = (ObjectProvider)(gdm_sp.queryService(ObjectProvider.class,"properties"));
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NoSuchServiceException e)
+    { // this shouldn't happen, but...
+      logger.fatal("Unable to find global properties object \"" + gprops + "\"",e);
+      throw new ConfigException(ButtonSupplier.class,"ContentMessages","init.noProp",e);
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    // Get the initial property values for our most used properties.
+    m_subdir = getInitString(PROP_SUBDIR);
+    m_width = getInitInteger(PROP_WIDTH);
+    m_height = getInitInteger(PROP_HEIGHT);
+
+    // Register with the event listener to monitor those property values.
+    EventListenerRegistration reg =
+        (EventListenerRegistration)(services.queryService(EventListenerRegistration.class));
+    m_shut_event = reg.registerDynamicUpdateListener(GlobalPropertyUpdateEvent.class,this);
+
+    // Register us as being a renderer for ButtonToken objects (which we generate).
+    RendererRegistration rr = (RendererRegistration)(services.queryService(RendererRegistration.class));
+    m_shut_render = rr.registerRenderer(ButtonToken.class,this);
+
+    // Add an object to the standard objects available to Velocity.
+    VelocityRendererConfig vrcon =
+        (VelocityRendererConfig)(services.queryService(VelocityRendererConfig.class));
+    m_shut_vr = vrcon.addStandardComponentInstance("button",new StdButton());
+
+  } // end initialize
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ComponentShutdown
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void shutdown()
+  {
+    m_shut_vr.shutdown();
+    m_shut_vr = null;
+    m_shut_event.shutdown();
+    m_shut_event = null;
+    m_shut_render.shutdown();
+    m_shut_render = null;
+    m_props = null;
+
+  } // end shutdown
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface DynamicUpdateListener
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void updateReceived(DynamicUpdateEvent evt)
+  {
+    GlobalPropertyUpdateEvent event = (GlobalPropertyUpdateEvent)evt;
+    if (NAMESPACE.equals(event.getPropertyNamespace()))
+    { // see if this is one of the properties we monitor
+      try
+      { // reuse the "initialization" getters here
+	if (PROP_SUBDIR.equals(event.getPropertyName()))
+	{ // process new subdirectory
+	  String s = getInitString(PROP_SUBDIR);
+	  m_subdir = s;
+
+	} // end if
+	else if (PROP_WIDTH.equals(event.getPropertyName()))
+	{ // process new width
+	  int x = getInitInteger(PROP_WIDTH);
+	  m_width = x;
+
+	} // end else if
+	else if (PROP_HEIGHT.equals(event.getPropertyName()))
+	{ // process new height
+	  int x = getInitInteger(PROP_HEIGHT);
+	  m_height = x;
+
+	} // end else if
+
+      } // end try
+      catch (ConfigException ce)
+      { // property get failed - don't change the value
+      } // end catch
+
+    } // end if
+
+  } // end updateReceived
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ServiceProvider
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Queries this object for a specified service.
+   *
+   * @param klass The class of the object that should be returned as a service.
+   * @return A service object.  The service object is guaranteed to be of the class
+   *         specified by <CODE>klass</CODE>; that is, if <CODE>queryService(klass)</CODE>
+   *         yields some object <CODE>x</CODE>, then the expression <CODE>klass.isInstance(x)</CODE>
+   *         is true.
+   * @exception com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.NoSuchServiceException If no service is available in
+   *            the specified class.
+   */
+  public Object queryService(Class klass)
+  {
+    if (klass==ButtonProvider.class)
+      return (ButtonProvider)this;
+    throw new NoSuchServiceException(getName(),klass);
+
+  } // end queryService
+
+  /**
+   * Queries this object for a specified service.
+   *
+   * @param klass The class of the object that should be returned as a service.
+   * @param serviceid ID for the service to be requested, to further discriminate between requests.
+   * @return A service object.  The service object is guaranteed to be of the class
+   *         specified by <CODE>klass</CODE>; that is, if <CODE>queryService(klass)</CODE>
+   *         yields some object <CODE>x</CODE>, then the expression <CODE>klass.isInstance(x)</CODE>
+   *         is true.
+   * @exception com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.NoSuchServiceException If no service is available in
+   *            the specified class.
+   */
+  public Object queryService(Class klass, String serviceid)
+  {
+    if (klass==ButtonProvider.class)
+      return (ButtonProvider)this;
+    throw new NoSuchServiceException(getName(),klass,serviceid);
+
+  } // end queryService
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ButtonProvider
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public Object getButtonRenderObject(ButtonType type, String name)
+  {
+    try
+    { // get the button image name and return our object
+      String image_name = (String)(m_props.getObject(NAMESPACE,PROP_PREFIX_BUTTON + name));
+      String caption = (String)(m_props.getObject(NAMESPACE,PROP_PREFIX_CAPTION + name));
+      return new ButtonToken(type,name,image_name,caption);
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NoSuchObjectException e)
+    { // encapsulate the error message so we'll get it later
+      RenderingException re = new RenderingException(ButtonSupplier.class,"ContentMessages",
+						     "button.missing",e);
+      re.setParameter(0,name);
+      return new RenderingExceptionWrapper(re);
+
+    } // end catch
+    catch (ClassCastException e)
+    { // encapsulate the error message so we'll get it later
+      RenderingException re = new RenderingException(ButtonSupplier.class,"ContentMessages",
+						     "button.wrongType",e);
+      re.setParameter(0,name);
+      return new RenderingExceptionWrapper(re);
+
+    } // end catch
+
+  } // end getButtonRenderObject
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface TextRenderer
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void render(Object obj, TextRenderControl control) throws IOException, RenderingException
+  {
+    URLRewriter rewrite = (URLRewriter)(control.queryService(URLRewriter.class));
+    PrintWriter wr = control.getWriter();
+    ButtonToken token = (ButtonToken)obj;
+
+    // get the full URL of the image
+    String image_url = rewrite.rewriteURL("IMAGE",m_subdir + "/" + token.getImageName());
+
+    // render as <image/> tag
+    if (ButtonType.IMAGE.equals(token.getType()))
+      wr.write("<img src=\"" + image_url + "\" alt=\"[" + token.getCaption() + "]\" width = \"" + m_width
+	       + "\" height=\"" + m_height + "\" border=\"0\" />");
+
+    // render as <input type="image"/> tag
+    if (ButtonType.INPUT.equals(token.getType()))
+      wr.write("<input type=\"image\" src=\"" + image_url + "\" name=\"" + token.getName() + "\" alt=\""
+	       + token.getCaption() + "\" width=\"" + m_width + "\" height=\"" + m_height
+	       + "\" border=\"0\" />");
+
+  } // end render
+
+} // end class ButtonSupplier

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/content/ButtonToken.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.content;
+
+import com.silverwrist.venice.ButtonType;
+
+class ButtonToken
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private ButtonType m_type;
+  private String m_name;
+  private String m_image_name;
+  private String m_caption;
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  ButtonToken(ButtonType type, String name, String image_name, String caption)
+  {
+    m_type = type;
+    m_name = name;
+    m_image_name = image_name;
+    m_caption = caption;
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * External operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  ButtonType getType()
+  {
+    return m_type;
+
+  } // end getType
+
+  String getName()
+  {
+    return m_name;
+
+  } // end getName
+
+  String getImageName()
+  {
+    return m_image_name;
+
+  } // end getImageName
+
+  String getCaption()
+  {
+    return m_caption;
+
+  } // end getCaption
+
+} // end class ButtonToken

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/content/ContentMessages.properties

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+# The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+# 
+# Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+# language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+# 
+# The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+# 
+# The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+# for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+# Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+# 
+# Contributor(s): 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# This file has been localized for the en_US locale
+init.noBlock=Unable to load the standard global block provider.
+init.noProp=Unable to load the standard global properties provider.
+prop.missing=Unable to load the value of standard property "{0}".
+prop.wrongType=The value of property "{0}" is of the wrong type.
+button.missing=The definition for button image "{0}" is missing.
+button.wrongType=The definition for button image "{0}" is the wrong type.
+default.errorBox.title=Error!
+render.errorBox=Unable to render an error box: {0}\nBox title was: {1}\nBox message was: {2}
+activity.never=Never
+activity.today=Today, {0}
+activity.yesterday=Yesterday, {0}
+activity.daysago={0} days ago

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/content/DateFormatterBottomHalf.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.content;
+
+import java.util.*;
+
+abstract class DateFormatterBottomHalf
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  protected DateFormatterBottomHalf()
+  { // do nothing
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Abstract operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  abstract Locale getLocale();
+
+  abstract TimeZone getTimeZone();
+
+} // end class DateFormatterBottomHalf

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/content/DateFormatterTopHalf.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.content;
+
+import java.text.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.VeniceNamespaces;
+
+public class DateFormatterTopHalf
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static data members
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public static final String NAMESPACE = VeniceNamespaces.SESSION_INFO_NAMESPACE;
+  public static final String PROPERTY = "date.formatter.bh";
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private DateFormatterBottomHalf m_bh = null;  // bottom half we get our data from
+  private DateFormat m_display_date = null;     // format to use for displaying dates
+  private DateFormat m_activity_time = null;    // format to use for activity string times
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public DateFormatterTopHalf(ServiceProvider sp)
+  {
+    try
+    { // get the SessionInfoProvider and the SessionInfo from the services
+      SessionInfoProvider sip = (SessionInfoProvider)(sp.queryService(SessionInfoProvider.class));
+      SessionInfo session = sip.getSessionInfo();
+
+      // now get the bottom half!
+      m_bh = (DateFormatterBottomHalf)(session.getObject(NAMESPACE,PROPERTY));
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NoSuchServiceException e)
+    { // ignore this exception
+    } // end catch
+    catch (NoSuchObjectException e)
+    { // ignore this exception
+    } // end catch
+
+    if (m_bh==null)  // default this!
+      m_bh = new DefaultDateFormatterBottomHalf(sp);
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * External operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String formatDate(java.util.Date date)
+  {
+    synchronized (this)
+    { // create the display date formatter if we don't yet have it
+      if (m_display_date==null)
+      { // create the display date formatter
+	m_display_date = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM,DateFormat.MEDIUM,m_bh.getLocale());
+	m_display_date.setTimeZone(m_bh.getTimeZone());
+
+      } // end if
+
+    } // end synchronized block
+
+    return m_display_date.format(date);
+
+  } // end formatDate
+
+  public String getActivityString(Date date)
+  {
+    ResourceBundle b = ResourceBundle.getBundle("com.silverwrist.venice.content.ContentMessages",
+						Locale.getDefault());
+    if (date==null)
+      return b.getString("activity.never");  // safeguard
+
+    // Set up the two calendars we'll use for comparison.
+    Calendar c_last = new GregorianCalendar(m_bh.getTimeZone(),m_bh.getLocale());
+    c_last.setTime(date);
+    Calendar c_now = new GregorianCalendar(m_bh.getTimeZone(),m_bh.getLocale());
+
+    // Determine the exact number of days in the delta.
+    int delta_days = 0;
+    while (   (c_last.get(Calendar.YEAR)!=c_now.get(Calendar.YEAR))
+	   || (c_last.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR)!=c_now.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR)))
+    { // advance until we're pointing at the same year and the same day of the year
+      delta_days++;
+      c_last.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR,1);
+
+    } // end while
+
+    // For today or yesterday, we want to paste the time in as well.
+    String s = null;
+    if (delta_days<=1)
+    { // set up to convert the time into a string
+      synchronized (this)
+      { // make sure we don't accidentally create the object twice
+	if (m_activity_time==null)
+	{ // get the "activity" time formatter
+	  m_activity_time = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM,m_bh.getLocale());
+	  m_activity_time.setTimeZone(m_bh.getTimeZone());
+
+	} // end if
+
+      } // end synchronized block
+
+      s = m_activity_time.format(date);
+
+    } // end if
+
+    // Return the actual activity string.
+    String pattern = null;
+    Object[] args = new Object[1];
+    if (delta_days==0)
+    { // "Today, 12:34:56"
+      pattern = b.getString("activity.today");
+      args[0] = s;
+
+    } // end if
+    else if (delta_days==1)
+    { // "Yesterday, 12:34:56"
+      pattern = b.getString("activity.yesterday");
+      args[0] = s;
+
+    } // end else if
+    else
+    { // "N days ago"
+      pattern = b.getString("activity.daysago");
+      args[0] = String.valueOf(delta_days);
+
+    } // end else
+
+    return MessageFormat.format(pattern,args);
+
+  } // end getActivityString
+
+} // end class DateFormatterTopHalf

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/content/DefaultDateFormatterBottomHalf.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.content;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.VeniceNamespaces;
+
+public class DefaultDateFormatterBottomHalf extends DateFormatterBottomHalf
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static data members
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private static final String NAMESPACE = VeniceNamespaces.USER_SETTINGS_NAMESPACE;
+  private static final String PROP_LOCALE = "locale";
+  private static final String PROP_TIMEZONE = "timezone";
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private Locale m_locale;                    // the locale we're guarding
+  private TimeZone m_timezone;                // the timezone we're guarding
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public DefaultDateFormatterBottomHalf(ServiceProvider services)
+  {
+    // Get the global object provider.
+    ObjectProvider props = null;
+    try
+    { // get the "properties" service from that object
+      ServiceProvider gdm_sp =
+          (ServiceProvider)(GetObjectUtils.getDynamoComponent(services,ServiceProvider.class,"globals"));
+      props = (ObjectProvider)(gdm_sp.queryService(ObjectProvider.class,"properties"));
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (ConfigException e)
+    { // this shouldn't happen, but...
+      m_locale = Locale.getDefault();
+      m_timezone = new SimpleTimeZone(0,"UTC");
+      return;
+
+    } // end catch
+    catch (NoSuchServiceException e)
+    { // this shouldn't happen, but...
+      m_locale = Locale.getDefault();
+      m_timezone = new SimpleTimeZone(0,"UTC");
+      return;
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    try
+    { // get the default user locale
+      m_locale = (Locale)(props.getObject(NAMESPACE,PROP_LOCALE));
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NoSuchObjectException e)
+    { // fall back on error
+      m_locale = Locale.getDefault();
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    try
+    { // get the default user timezone
+      m_timezone = (TimeZone)(props.getObject(NAMESPACE,PROP_TIMEZONE));
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NoSuchObjectException e)
+    { // fall back on error
+      m_timezone = new SimpleTimeZone(0,"UTC");
+
+    } // end catch
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Abstract implementations from class DateFormatterBottomHalf
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  Locale getLocale()
+  {
+    return m_locale;
+
+  } // end getLocale
+
+  TimeZone getTimeZone()
+  {
+    return m_timezone;
+
+  } // end getTimeZone
+
+} // end class DefaultDateFormatterBottomHalf

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/content/ErrorBox.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-03 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.content;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.frame.FramedContent;
+
+/**
+ * A content object that implements an error message box.  The error message consists of a title, a message,
+ * an optional exception (the stack trace of which is rendered within HTML comments), and an optional "back"
+ * link.  It is rendered inside the standard Venice frame.
+ * <P>Most scripting code will use the library function
+ * {@link com.silverwrist.venice.script.LibraryVenice#stdErrorBox(com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.Request,java.lang.String,java.lang.String) vlib.stdErrorBox()}
+ * to generate one of these, rather than constructing an <CODE>ErrorBox</CODE> instance directly.
+ * <P>The <CODE>ErrorBox</CODE> is rendered by
+ * {@link com.silverwrist.venice.content.StandardContentSupplier StandardContentSupplier}.
+ *
+ * @author Eric J. Bowersox &lt;erbo@silcom.com&gt;
+ * @version X
+ */
+public class ErrorBox implements FramedContent
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private String m_title;             // error box title
+  private String m_message;           // error box message
+  private Throwable m_except;         // exception to be dealt with
+  private String m_back_type;         // back link type
+  private String m_back;              // back link URL
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructors
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a new <CODE>ErrorBox</CODE>.
+   *
+   * @param title Title for the error message.  If this is <CODE>null</CODE>, a default title will be used.
+   * @param message The error message text itself.
+   * @param back_type The URL rewriter type of the back link.  If this is <CODE>null</CODE>, it is assumed to be
+   *                  "SERVLET".
+   * @param back The URL to use for a back link.
+   */
+  public ErrorBox(String title, String message, String back_type, String back)
+  {
+    setTitle(title);
+    m_message = message;
+    m_except = null;
+    m_back_type = ((back_type==null) ? "SERVLET" : back_type);
+    m_back = back;
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a new <CODE>ErrorBox</CODE>.
+   *
+   * @param title Title for the error message.  If this is <CODE>null</CODE>, a default title will be used.
+   * @param message The error message text itself.
+   * @param back The URL to use for a back link, assumed to be a "SERVLET" URL.
+   */
+  public ErrorBox(String title, String message, String back)
+  {
+    this(title,message,"SERVLET",back);
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a new <CODE>ErrorBox</CODE>.
+   *
+   * @param title Title for the error message.  If this is <CODE>null</CODE>, a default title will be used.
+   * @param message The error message text itself.
+   */
+  public ErrorBox(String title, String message)
+  {
+    setTitle(title);
+    m_message = message;
+    m_except = null;
+    m_back_type = null;
+    m_back = null;
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a new <CODE>ErrorBox</CODE>.
+   *
+   * @param title Title for the error message.  If this is <CODE>null</CODE>, a default title will be used.
+   * @param t The <CODE>Throwable</CODE> that caused this error; its stack trace will be rendered in HTML comments
+   *          to the output.
+   * @param back_type The URL rewriter type of the back link.  If this is <CODE>null</CODE>, it is assumed to be
+   *                  "SERVLET".
+   * @param back The URL to use for a back link.
+   */
+  public ErrorBox(String title, Throwable t, String back_type, String back)
+  {
+    this(title,t.getMessage(),t,back_type,back);
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a new <CODE>ErrorBox</CODE>.
+   *
+   * @param title Title for the error message.  If this is <CODE>null</CODE>, a default title will be used.
+   * @param t The <CODE>Throwable</CODE> that caused this error; its stack trace will be rendered in HTML comments
+   *          to the output.
+   * @param back The URL to use for a back link, assumed to be a "SERVLET" URL.
+   */
+  public ErrorBox(String title, Throwable t, String back)
+  {
+    this(title,t.getMessage(),t,"SERVLET",back);
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a new <CODE>ErrorBox</CODE>.
+   *
+   * @param title Title for the error message.  If this is <CODE>null</CODE>, a default title will be used.
+   * @param t The <CODE>Throwable</CODE> that caused this error; its stack trace will be rendered in HTML comments
+   *          to the output.
+   */
+  public ErrorBox(String title, Throwable t)
+  {
+    this(title,t.getMessage(),t);
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a new <CODE>ErrorBox</CODE>.
+   *
+   * @param title Title for the error message.  If this is <CODE>null</CODE>, a default title will be used.
+   * @param message The error message text itself.
+   * @param t The <CODE>Throwable</CODE> that caused this error; its stack trace will be rendered in HTML comments
+   *          to the output.
+   * @param back_type The URL rewriter type of the back link.  If this is <CODE>null</CODE>, it is assumed to be
+   *                  "SERVLET".
+   * @param back The URL to use for a back link.
+   */
+  public ErrorBox(String title, String message, Throwable t, String back_type, String back)
+  {
+    setTitle(title);
+    m_message = message;
+    m_except = t;
+    m_back_type = ((back_type==null) ? "SERVLET" : back_type);
+    m_back = back;
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a new <CODE>ErrorBox</CODE>.
+   *
+   * @param title Title for the error message.  If this is <CODE>null</CODE>, a default title will be used.
+   * @param message The error message text itself.
+   * @param t The <CODE>Throwable</CODE> that caused this error; its stack trace will be rendered in HTML comments
+   *          to the output.
+   * @param back The URL to use for a back link, assumed to be a "SERVLET" URL.
+   */
+  public ErrorBox(String title, String message, Throwable t, String back)
+  {
+    this(title,message,t,"SERVLET",back);
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a new <CODE>ErrorBox</CODE>.
+   *
+   * @param title Title for the error message.  If this is <CODE>null</CODE>, a default title will be used.
+   * @param message The error message text itself.
+   * @param t The <CODE>Throwable</CODE> that caused this error; its stack trace will be rendered in HTML comments
+   *          to the output.
+   */
+  public ErrorBox(String title, String message, Throwable t)
+  {
+    setTitle(title);
+    m_message = message;
+    m_except = t;
+    m_back_type = null;
+    m_back = null;
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Internal operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the title of the <CODE>ErrorBox</CODE>.
+   *
+   * @param title The title to use.  If this is <CODE>null/CODE>, a default title will be used.
+   */
+  private final void setTitle(String title)
+  {
+    if (title==null)
+    { // set the title to the default
+      ResourceBundle b = ResourceBundle.getBundle("com.silverwrist.venice.content.ContentMessages",
+						  Locale.getDefault());
+      m_title = b.getString("default.errorBox.title");
+
+    } // end if
+    else  // just use the one passed in
+      m_title = title;
+
+  } // end setTitle
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface FramedContent
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the desired menu selector for this page.  This value is <CODE>null</CODE>, which means the current
+   * menu selector is not changed.
+   *
+   * @return The desired menu selector (<CODE>null</CODE>).
+   */
+  public String getMenuSelector()
+  {
+    return null;
+
+  } // end getMenuSelector
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the desired title for the page.  This title is concatenated with the <EM>site title</EM> (set in
+   * global properties) to form the actual page title that gets sent to the browser.
+   *
+   * @return The desired page title.
+   */
+  public String getPageTitle()
+  {
+    return m_title;
+
+  } // end getPageTitle
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the desired quick ID for the page.  This value is <CODE>null</CODE>, which means the page quick ID
+   * is not used.
+   *
+   * @return The desired page quick ID (<CODE>null</CODE>).
+   */
+  public String getPageQID()
+  {
+    return null;
+
+  } // end getPageQID
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * External operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the title of the error message box.
+   *
+   * @return The title of the error message box.
+   */
+  public String getTitle()
+  {
+    return m_title;
+
+  } // end getTitle
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the error message text.
+   *
+   * @return The error message text.
+   */
+  public String getMessage()
+  {
+    return m_message;
+
+  } // end getMessage
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the <CODE>Throwable</CODE> wrapped by this <CODE>ErrorBox</CODE>, if any.
+   *
+   * @return The <CODE>Throwable</CODE> wrapped by this <CODE>ErrorBox</CODE>, or <CODE>null</CODE> if there is none.
+   */
+  public Throwable getException()
+  {
+    return m_except;
+
+  } // end getException
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the link type of the "back" link for this error message, if any.
+   *
+   * @return The link type of the "back" link for this error message, or <CODE>null</CODE> if there is none.
+   */
+  public String getBackType()
+  {
+    return m_back_type;
+
+  } // end getBackType
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the link URL of the "back" link for this error message, if any.
+   *
+   * @return The link URL of the "back" link for this error message, or <CODE>null</CODE> if there is none.
+   */
+  public String getBackLink()
+  {
+    return m_back;
+
+  } // end getBackLink
+
+} // end class ErrorBox

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/content/StandardContentSupplier.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-03 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.content;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.w3c.dom.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.xml.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.velocity.VelocityRendererConfig;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.VeniceNamespaces;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.util.*;
+
+public class StandardContentSupplier
+    implements NamedObject, ComponentInitialize, ComponentShutdown, ServiceProvider, ContentBlockProvider,
+               TextRenderer
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Internal object implementing Velocity operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public class ContentOps
+  {
+    /*====================================================================
+     * Constructor
+     *====================================================================
+     */
+
+    ContentOps()
+    { // do nothing
+    } // end constructor
+
+    /*====================================================================
+     * External operations
+     *====================================================================
+     */
+
+    public Object header1(String title) throws DatabaseException
+    {
+      ContentBlock rc = getContentBlock("content.header");
+      rc.setContentParameter("title",title);
+      return rc;
+
+    } // end header1
+
+    public Object header2(String title, String subtitle) throws DatabaseException
+    {
+      ContentBlock rc = getContentBlock("content.header");
+      rc.setContentParameter("title",title);
+      rc.setContentParameter("subtitle",subtitle);
+      return rc;
+
+    } // end header1
+
+  } // end class ContentOps
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static data members
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(StandardContentSupplier.class);
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private String m_name = null;           // name of the object
+  private ObjectProvider m_blocks;        // global blocks provider
+  private ComponentShutdown m_shut_1;     // shut down renderer
+  private ComponentShutdown m_shut_2;     // shut down Velocity object
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public StandardContentSupplier()
+  { // do nothing
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface NamedObject
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getName()
+  {
+    return m_name;
+
+  } // end getName
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ComponentInitialize
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Initialize the component.
+   *
+   * @param config_root Pointer to the section of the Dynamo XML configuration file that configures this
+   *                    particular component.  This is to be considered "read-only" by the component.
+   * @param services An implementation of {@link com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.ServiceProvider ServiceProvider}
+   *                 which provides initialization services to the component.  This will include an implementation
+   *                 of {@link com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.ObjectProvider ObjectProvider} which may be used to
+   *                 get information about other objects previously initialized by the application.
+   * @exception com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.ConfigException If an error is encountered in the component
+   *            configuration.
+   */
+  public void initialize(Element config_root, ServiceProvider services) throws ConfigException
+  {
+    logger.info("StandardContentSupplier initializing");
+
+    XMLLoader loader = XMLLoader.get();
+    String gprops = null;
+    try
+    { // verify the right node name
+      loader.verifyNodeName(config_root,"object");
+
+      // get the object's name
+      m_name = loader.getAttribute(config_root,"name");
+
+      // get the name of the global properties object
+      DOMElementHelper config_root_h = new DOMElementHelper(config_root);
+      Element foo = loader.getSubElement(config_root_h,"global-properties");
+      gprops = loader.getAttribute(foo,"object");
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (XMLLoadException e)
+    { // error loading XML config data
+      logger.fatal("XML loader exception in StandardContentSupplier",e);
+      throw new ConfigException(e);
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    // Get the standard block provider.
+    ServiceProvider gdm_sp =
+        (ServiceProvider)(GetObjectUtils.getDynamoComponent(services,ServiceProvider.class,gprops));
+    try
+    { // get the "blocks" service from that object
+      m_blocks = (ObjectProvider)(gdm_sp.queryService(ObjectProvider.class,"blocks"));
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NoSuchServiceException e)
+    { // this shouldn't happen, but...
+      logger.fatal("Unable to find global properties object \"" + gprops + "\"",e);
+      throw new ConfigException(StandardContentSupplier.class,"ContentMessages","init.noBlock",e);
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    // Register this object as a renderer for some objects.
+    RendererRegistration rr = (RendererRegistration)(services.queryService(RendererRegistration.class));
+    m_shut_1 = rr.registerRenderer(ErrorBox.class,this);
+
+    // Add an object to the standard objects available to Velocity.
+    VelocityRendererConfig vrcon =
+        (VelocityRendererConfig)(services.queryService(VelocityRendererConfig.class));
+    m_shut_2 = vrcon.addStandardComponentInstance("content",new ContentOps());
+
+  } // end initialize
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ComponentShutdown
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void shutdown()
+  {
+    m_shut_2.shutdown();
+    m_shut_2 = null;
+    m_shut_1.shutdown();
+    m_shut_1 = null;
+    m_blocks = null;
+
+  } // end shutdown
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ServiceProvider
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Queries this object for a specified service.
+   *
+   * @param klass The class of the object that should be returned as a service.
+   * @return A service object.  The service object is guaranteed to be of the class
+   *         specified by <CODE>klass</CODE>; that is, if <CODE>queryService(klass)</CODE>
+   *         yields some object <CODE>x</CODE>, then the expression <CODE>klass.isInstance(x)</CODE>
+   *         is true.
+   * @exception com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.NoSuchServiceException If no service is available in
+   *            the specified class.
+   */
+  public Object queryService(Class klass)
+  {
+    if (klass==ContentBlockProvider.class)
+      return (ContentBlockProvider)this;
+    throw new NoSuchServiceException(getName(),klass);
+
+  } // end queryService
+
+  /**
+   * Queries this object for a specified service.
+   *
+   * @param klass The class of the object that should be returned as a service.
+   * @param serviceid ID for the service to be requested, to further discriminate between requests.
+   * @return A service object.  The service object is guaranteed to be of the class
+   *         specified by <CODE>klass</CODE>; that is, if <CODE>queryService(klass)</CODE>
+   *         yields some object <CODE>x</CODE>, then the expression <CODE>klass.isInstance(x)</CODE>
+   *         is true.
+   * @exception com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.NoSuchServiceException If no service is available in
+   *            the specified class.
+   */
+  public Object queryService(Class klass, String serviceid)
+  {
+    if (klass==ContentBlockProvider.class)
+      return (ContentBlockProvider)this;
+    throw new NoSuchServiceException(getName(),klass,serviceid);
+
+  } // end queryService
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ContentBlockProvider
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public ContentBlock getContentBlock(String name) throws DatabaseException
+  {
+    try
+    { // get the content block and wrap it in an object
+      String block = m_blocks.getObject(VeniceNamespaces.CONTENT_LAF_NAMESPACE,name).toString();
+      return new StringTemplateContentBlock(block,name);
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NoSuchObjectException e)
+    { // unwrap the DatabaseException if there's one in there
+      if (e.getCause() instanceof DatabaseException)
+	throw (DatabaseException)(e.getCause());
+      else
+	throw e;
+
+    } // end catch
+
+  } // end getContentBlock
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface TextRenderer
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void render(Object obj, TextRenderControl control) throws IOException, RenderingException
+  {
+    if (obj instanceof ErrorBox)
+    { // render an ErrorBox
+      ErrorBox ebox = (ErrorBox)obj;
+      try
+      { // get the error box template out of the database
+	ContentBlock blk = this.getContentBlock("error.box");
+	blk.setContentParameter("title",ebox.getTitle());
+	blk.setContentParameter("message",ebox.getMessage());
+	if (ebox.getException()!=null)
+	  blk.setContentParameter("except",ebox.getException());
+	if (ebox.getBackLink()!=null)
+	{ // set the "back" and "backtype" parameters
+	  blk.setContentParameter("backtype",ebox.getBackType());
+	  blk.setContentParameter("back",ebox.getBackLink());
+
+	} // end if
+
+	control.renderSubObject(blk);  // render the block
+
+      } // end try
+      catch (DatabaseException e)
+      { // translate this into a rendering exception
+	RenderingException re = new RenderingException(StandardContentSupplier.class,"ContentMessages",
+						       "render.errorBox",e);
+	re.setParameter(0,e.getMessage());
+	re.setParameter(1,ebox.getTitle());
+	re.setParameter(2,ebox.getMessage());
+	throw re;
+
+      } // end catch
+
+    } // end if
+
+  } // end render
+
+} // end class StandardContentSupplier

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/content/StdTextMessage.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-03 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.content;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.Namespaces;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.velocity.VelocityRenderable;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.ButtonType;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.frame.FramedContent;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.iface.*;
+
+public class StdTextMessage implements FramedContent, VelocityRenderable
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static data members
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private static final List MY_PARAMETERS;
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private ContentBlock m_header;                 // header to display
+  private String m_title = null;                 // title for box
+  private String m_subtitle = null;              // subtitle for box
+  private Object m_content = null;               // content for box
+  private ButtonProvider m_buttonprov;           // button provider
+  private ArrayList m_buttons = new ArrayList(); // list of buttons to display
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public StdTextMessage(ServiceProvider services) throws DatabaseException
+  {
+    // Get the header content block.
+    ObjectProvider oprov = (ObjectProvider)(services.queryService(ObjectProvider.class));
+    ServiceProvider sp = (ServiceProvider)(oprov.getObject(Namespaces.DYNAMO_OBJECT_NAMESPACE,
+							   "venice-content"));
+    ContentBlockProvider cblkp = (ContentBlockProvider)(sp.queryService(ContentBlockProvider.class));
+    m_header = cblkp.getContentBlock("content.header");
+
+    // Get a reference to the button provider.
+    sp = (ServiceProvider)(oprov.getObject(Namespaces.DYNAMO_OBJECT_NAMESPACE,"venice-buttons"));
+    m_buttonprov = (ButtonProvider)(sp.queryService(ButtonProvider.class));
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface FramedContent
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getMenuSelector()
+  {
+    return null;
+
+  } // end getMenuSelector
+
+  public String getPageTitle()
+  {
+    if (m_subtitle==null)
+      return m_title;
+    else
+      return m_title + " - " + m_subtitle;
+
+  } // end getPageTitle
+
+  public String getPageQID()
+  {
+    return null;
+
+  } // end getPageQID
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface VelocityParamSupplier
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public Object getParameter(String key)
+  {
+    if (key.equals("header"))
+      return m_header;
+    if (key.equals("content"))
+      return m_content;
+    if (key.equals("buttons"))
+      return Collections.unmodifiableList(m_buttons);
+    return null;
+
+  } // end getParameter
+
+  public Collection getParameterNames()
+  {
+    return MY_PARAMETERS;
+
+  } // end getParameterNames
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface VelocityRenderable
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getMimeType()
+  {
+    return "text/html";
+
+  } // end getMimeType
+
+  public String getTemplateName()
+  {
+    return "common/stdtextmessage.vm";
+
+  } // end getTemplateName
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * External operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getTitle()
+  {
+    return m_title;
+
+  } // end getTitle
+
+  public void setTitle(String title)
+  {
+    m_header.setContentParameter("title",title);
+    m_title = title;
+
+  } // end setTitle
+
+  public String getSubtitle()
+  {
+    return m_subtitle;
+
+  } // end getSubtitle
+
+  public void setSubtitle(String subtitle)
+  {
+    m_header.setContentParameter("subtitle",subtitle);
+    m_subtitle = subtitle;
+
+  } // end setSubtitle
+
+  public Object getContent()
+  {
+    return m_content;
+
+  } // end getContent
+
+  public void setContent(Object content)
+  {
+    m_content = content;
+
+  } // end setContent
+
+  public void addButton(String linktype, String link, String button)
+  {
+    HashMap map = new HashMap();
+    map.put("linktype",linktype);
+    map.put("link",link);
+    map.put("image",m_buttonprov.getButtonRenderObject(ButtonType.IMAGE,button));
+    m_buttons.add(Collections.unmodifiableMap(map));
+
+  } // end addButton
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static initializer
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  static
+  {
+    ArrayList tmp = new ArrayList();
+    tmp.add("header");
+    tmp.add("content");
+    tmp.add("buttons");
+    tmp.trimToSize();
+    MY_PARAMETERS = Collections.unmodifiableList(tmp);
+
+  } // end static initializer
+
+} // end class StdTextMessage

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/content/UserDateFormatterBottomHalf.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.content;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.event.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.VeniceNamespaces;
+
+public class UserDateFormatterBottomHalf extends DateFormatterBottomHalf
+    implements SessionValueBindListener, DynamicUpdateListener
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static data members
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private static final String NAMESPACE = VeniceNamespaces.USER_SETTINGS_NAMESPACE;
+  private static final String PROP_LOCALE = "locale";
+  private static final String PROP_TIMEZONE = "timezone";
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private int m_uid;                          // UID we're linked to
+  private ObjectProvider m_props;             // source for user properties
+  private Locale m_locale;                    // the locale we're guarding
+  private TimeZone m_timezone;                // the timezone we're guarding
+  private ComponentShutdown m_shut_listener;  // shutdown event listener
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public UserDateFormatterBottomHalf(Request r, DynamoUser user)
+  {
+    super();
+    m_uid = user.getUID();
+    m_props = user;
+
+    // Get the initial values we're guarding.
+    m_locale = retrieveLocale();
+    m_timezone = retrieveTimeZone();
+
+    // Set up a listener to monitor for changes in those values.
+    EventListenerRegistration reg =
+        (EventListenerRegistration)(r.queryService(EventListenerRegistration.class));
+    m_shut_listener = reg.registerDynamicUpdateListener(UserPropertyUpdateEvent.class,this);
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Internal operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private final void destroy()
+  {
+    m_shut_listener.shutdown();
+    m_shut_listener = null;
+    m_props = null;
+
+  } // end destroy
+
+  private final Locale retrieveLocale()
+  {
+    return (Locale)(m_props.getObject(NAMESPACE,PROP_LOCALE));
+
+  } // end retrieveLocale
+
+  private final TimeZone retrieveTimeZone()
+  {
+    return (TimeZone)(m_props.getObject(NAMESPACE,PROP_TIMEZONE));
+
+  } // end retrieveTimeZone
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Abstract implementations from class DateFormatterBottomHalf
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  Locale getLocale()
+  {
+    return m_locale;
+
+  } // end getLocale
+
+  TimeZone getTimeZone()
+  {
+    return m_timezone;
+
+  } // end getTimeZone
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface SessionValueBindListener
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void valueAdded(SessionValueBindEvent event)
+  { // do nothing
+  } // end valueAdded
+
+  public void valueRemoved(SessionValueBindEvent event)
+  {
+    destroy();
+
+  } // end valueRemoved
+
+  public void valueReplaced(SessionValueBindEvent event)
+  {
+    destroy();
+
+  } // end valueReplaced
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface DynamicUpdateListener
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void updateReceived(DynamicUpdateEvent evt)
+  {
+    UserPropertyUpdateEvent event = (UserPropertyUpdateEvent)evt;
+    if ((event.getUID()==m_uid) && NAMESPACE.equals(event.getPropertyNamespace()))
+    { // try to update our properties
+      try
+      { // match one of the two property names
+	if (PROP_LOCALE.equals(event.getPropertyName()))
+	{ // re-get the locale
+	  Locale loc = retrieveLocale();
+	  m_locale = loc;
+
+	} // end if
+	else if (PROP_TIMEZONE.equals(event.getPropertyName()))
+	{ // re-get the timezone
+	  TimeZone tz = retrieveTimeZone();
+	  m_timezone = tz;
+
+	} // end else if
+
+      } // end try
+      catch (NoSuchObjectException e)
+      { // do nothing here
+      } // end catch
+
+    } // end if
+
+  } // end updateReceived
+
+} // end class UserDateFormatterBottomHalf

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/content/UserPhotoRenderer.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.content;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.w3c.dom.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.xml.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.event.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.VeniceNamespaces;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.iface.*;
+
+public class UserPhotoRenderer
+    implements NamedObject, ComponentInitialize, ComponentShutdown, DynamicUpdateListener, ServiceProvider,
+               RenderImage
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Internal rendering object
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  class RenderObject implements SelfRenderable
+  {
+    /*====================================================================
+     * Attributes
+     *====================================================================
+     */
+
+    private String m_url;
+
+    /*====================================================================
+     * Constructor
+     *====================================================================
+     */
+
+    RenderObject(String url)
+    {
+      m_url = url;
+
+    } // end constructor
+
+    /*====================================================================
+     * Implementations from interface SelfRenderable
+     *====================================================================
+     */
+
+    public void render(SelfRenderControl control) throws IOException, RenderingException
+    {
+      renderImageTag(control.getTextRender(),m_url);
+
+    } // end render
+
+  } // end class RenderObject
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static data members
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(UserPhotoRenderer.class);
+
+  private static final String NAMESPACE = VeniceNamespaces.CONTENT_LAF_NAMESPACE;
+  private static final String PROP_WIDTH = "user.photo.width";
+  private static final String PROP_HEIGHT = "user.photo.height";
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private String m_name = null;             // object name
+  private ObjectProvider m_props;           // pointer to global property provider
+  private ComponentShutdown m_shut_event;   // event handler shutdown
+  private int m_width;                      // width for user photos
+  private int m_height;                     // height for user photos
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public UserPhotoRenderer()
+  { // do nothing
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Internal operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private final int getInitInteger(String name) throws ConfigException
+  {
+    try
+    { // call through to the property provider
+      return ((Integer)(m_props.getObject(NAMESPACE,name))).intValue();
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NoSuchObjectException e)
+    { // the property value isn't present?  yIkes!
+      ConfigException ce = new ConfigException(UserPhotoRenderer.class,"ContentMessages","prop.missing",e);
+      ce.setParameter(0,name);
+      throw ce;
+
+    } // end catch
+    catch (ClassCastException e)
+    { // not an Integer?  for shame!
+      ConfigException ce = new ConfigException(UserPhotoRenderer.class,"ContentMessages","prop.wrongType",e);
+      ce.setParameter(0,name);
+      throw ce;
+
+    } // end catch
+
+  } // end getInitInteger
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface NamedObject
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getName()
+  {
+    return m_name;
+
+  } // end getName
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ComponentInitialize
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Initialize the component.
+   *
+   * @param config_root Pointer to the section of the Dynamo XML configuration file that configures this
+   *                    particular component.  This is to be considered "read-only" by the component.
+   * @param services An implementation of {@link com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.ServiceProvider ServiceProvider}
+   *                 which provides initialization services to the component.  This will include an implementation
+   *                 of {@link com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.ObjectProvider ObjectProvider} which may be used to
+   *                 get information about other objects previously initialized by the application.
+   * @exception com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.ConfigException If an error is encountered in the component
+   *            configuration.
+   */
+  public void initialize(Element config_root, ServiceProvider services) throws ConfigException
+  {
+    logger.info("UserPhotoRenderer initializing");
+
+    XMLLoader loader = XMLLoader.get();
+    String gprops = null;
+    try
+    { // verify the right node name
+      loader.verifyNodeName(config_root,"object");
+
+      // get the object's name
+      m_name = loader.getAttribute(config_root,"name");
+
+      // get the name of the global properties object
+      DOMElementHelper config_root_h = new DOMElementHelper(config_root);
+      Element foo = loader.getSubElement(config_root_h,"global-properties");
+      gprops = loader.getAttribute(foo,"object");
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (XMLLoadException e)
+    { // error loading XML config data
+      logger.fatal("XML loader exception in UserPhotoRenderer",e);
+      throw new ConfigException(e);
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    // Get the standard properties provider.
+    ServiceProvider gdm_sp =
+        (ServiceProvider)(GetObjectUtils.getDynamoComponent(services,ServiceProvider.class,gprops));
+    try
+    { // get the "properties" service from that object
+      m_props = (ObjectProvider)(gdm_sp.queryService(ObjectProvider.class,"properties"));
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NoSuchServiceException e)
+    { // this shouldn't happen, but...
+      logger.fatal("Unable to find global properties object \"" + gprops + "\"",e);
+      throw new ConfigException(UserPhotoRenderer.class,"ContentMessages","init.noProp",e);
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    // Get the initial property values for our properties.
+    m_width = getInitInteger(PROP_WIDTH);
+    m_height = getInitInteger(PROP_HEIGHT);
+
+    // Register with the event listener to monitor those property values.
+    EventListenerRegistration reg =
+        (EventListenerRegistration)(services.queryService(EventListenerRegistration.class));
+    m_shut_event = reg.registerDynamicUpdateListener(GlobalPropertyUpdateEvent.class,this);
+
+  } // end initialize
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ComponentShutdown
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void shutdown()
+  {
+    m_shut_event.shutdown();
+    m_shut_event = null;
+    m_props = null;
+
+  } // end shutdown
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface DynamicUpdateListener
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void updateReceived(DynamicUpdateEvent evt)
+  {
+    GlobalPropertyUpdateEvent event = (GlobalPropertyUpdateEvent)evt;
+    if (NAMESPACE.equals(event.getPropertyNamespace()))
+    { // see if this is one of the properties we monitor
+      try
+      { // reuse the "initialization" getters here
+	if (PROP_WIDTH.equals(event.getPropertyName()))
+	{ // process new width
+	  int x = getInitInteger(PROP_WIDTH);
+	  m_width = x;
+
+	} // end else if
+	else if (PROP_HEIGHT.equals(event.getPropertyName()))
+	{ // process new height
+	  int x = getInitInteger(PROP_HEIGHT);
+	  m_height = x;
+
+	} // end else if
+
+      } // end try
+      catch (ConfigException ce)
+      { // property get failed - don't change the value
+      } // end catch
+
+    } // end if
+
+  } // end updateReceived
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ServiceProvider
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Queries this object for a specified service.
+   *
+   * @param klass The class of the object that should be returned as a service.
+   * @return A service object.  The service object is guaranteed to be of the class
+   *         specified by <CODE>klass</CODE>; that is, if <CODE>queryService(klass)</CODE>
+   *         yields some object <CODE>x</CODE>, then the expression <CODE>klass.isInstance(x)</CODE>
+   *         is true.
+   * @exception com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.NoSuchServiceException If no service is available in
+   *            the specified class.
+   */
+  public Object queryService(Class klass)
+  {
+    if (klass==RenderImage.class)
+      return (RenderImage)this;
+    throw new NoSuchServiceException(getName(),klass);
+
+  } // end queryService
+
+  /**
+   * Queries this object for a specified service.
+   *
+   * @param klass The class of the object that should be returned as a service.
+   * @param serviceid ID for the service to be requested, to further discriminate between requests.
+   * @return A service object.  The service object is guaranteed to be of the class
+   *         specified by <CODE>klass</CODE>; that is, if <CODE>queryService(klass)</CODE>
+   *         yields some object <CODE>x</CODE>, then the expression <CODE>klass.isInstance(x)</CODE>
+   *         is true.
+   * @exception com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.NoSuchServiceException If no service is available in
+   *            the specified class.
+   */
+  public Object queryService(Class klass, String serviceid)
+  {
+    if (klass==RenderImage.class)
+      return (RenderImage)this;
+    throw new NoSuchServiceException(getName(),klass,serviceid);
+
+  } // end queryService
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface RenderImage
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void renderImageTag(TextRenderControl control, String url) throws IOException, RenderingException
+  {
+    PrintWriter wr = control.getWriter();
+    wr.write("<img src=\"" + url + "\" alt=\"\" width=\"" + m_width + "\" height=\"" + m_height
+	     + "\" border=\"0\" />");
+
+  } // end renderImageTag
+
+  public Object getRenderingObject(String url)
+  {
+    return new RenderObject(url);
+
+  } // end getRenderingObject
+
+} // end class UserPhotoRenderer

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/content/VelocityView.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-03 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.content;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.velocity.VelocityParamSupplier;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.velocity.VelocityRenderable;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.frame.FramedContent;
+
+/**
+ * A "view object" that implements a rendering of a Velocity template, with parameters, inside of the standard
+ * Venice frame.
+ *
+ * @author Eric J. Bowersox &lt;erbo@silcom.com&gt;
+ * @version X
+ */
+public class VelocityView implements VelocityRenderable, FramedContent
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private String m_title;                         // title for the page
+  private String m_templ;                         // name of template resource to use
+  private Hashtable m_params = new Hashtable();   // parameters to give to Velocity
+  private String m_menu_sel = null;               // menu selector for the page
+  private String m_qid = null;                    // quick ID for the page
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a new <CODE>VelocityView</CODE>.
+   *
+   * @param title Title to use for the page.
+   * @param templ Name of the resource from which the Velocity template will be loaded.
+   */
+  public VelocityView(String title, String templ)
+  {
+    m_title = title;
+    m_templ = templ;
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface VelocityParamSupplier
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the value of a parameter set on the object.
+   *
+   * @param key The name of the parameter to look up.
+   * @return The parameter's value, or <CODE>null</CODE> if the parameter was not set.
+   */
+  public Object getParameter(String key)
+  {
+    return m_params.get(key);
+
+  } // end getParameter
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a <CODE>java.util.Collection</CODE> of all parameter names currently defined on this object.
+   *
+   * @return A collection of all parameter names currently defined.
+   */
+  public Collection getParameterNames()
+  {
+    HashSet rc = new HashSet(m_params.keySet());
+    return Collections.unmodifiableSet(rc);
+
+  } // end getParameterNames
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface VelocityRenderable
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the MIME type of the output to be rendered.  Usually, this will be "text/html".
+   *
+   * @return The MIME type of the output.
+   */
+  public String getMimeType()
+  {
+    return "text/html";
+
+  } // end getMimeType
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the resource name of the Velocity template to be used in rendering this object.  This pathname
+   * is interpreted relative to the "resource root path" specified in the Velocity renderer's configuration.
+   * The template engine loads it via the standard
+   * {@link com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.ResourceProvider ResourceProvider}, and then applies the parameters
+   * contained in this object to it.
+   *
+   * @return The resource pathname of the Velocity template to use.
+   */
+  public String getTemplateName()
+  {
+    return m_templ;
+
+  } // end getTemplateName
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface FramedContent
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the desired menu selector for this page.  The <EM>menu selector</EM> is a string that specifies
+   * which menu is to be displayed on the left menu bar, in addition to the "global menu."  This value may
+   * be <CODE>null</CODE>, in which case the current menu selector is not changed.
+   *
+   * @return The desired menu selector.
+   */
+  public String getMenuSelector()
+  {
+    return m_menu_sel;
+
+  } // end getMenuSelector
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the desired title for the page.  This title is concatenated with the <EM>site title</EM> (set in
+   * global properties) to form the actual page title that gets sent to the browser.
+   *
+   * @return The desired page title.
+   */
+  public String getPageTitle()
+  {
+    return m_title;
+
+  } // end getPageTitle
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the desired quick ID for the page.  The <EM>page quick ID</EM> is a small text string which can be used
+   * to "tag" the page with a unique identifier, for use with external tools such as offsite hit counters.
+   * If this value is <CODE>null</CODE>, the quick ID is not used for this page.
+   *
+   * @return The desired page quick ID.
+   */
+  public String getPageQID()
+  {
+    return m_qid;
+
+  } // end getPageQID
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * External operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the value of a parameter on the object.
+   *
+   * @param key The name of the parameter to set.
+   * @param value The value of the parameter to set, or <CODE>null</CODE> to remove the parameter.
+   */
+  public void setParameter(String key, Object value)
+  {
+    if (value!=null)
+      m_params.put(key,value);
+    else
+      m_params.remove(key);
+
+  } // end getParameter
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the resource name of the Velocity template to use for rendering this object.
+   *
+   * @param name The resource name of the Velocity template.
+   */
+  public void setTemplateName(String name)
+  {
+    m_templ = name;
+
+  } // end setTemplateName
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the desired menu selector for this page.
+   *
+   * @param s The desired menu selector for the page.
+   */
+  public void setMenuSelector(String s)
+  {
+    m_menu_sel = s;
+
+  } // end setMenuSelector
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the desired title for this page.
+   *
+   * @param s The desired title for the page.
+   */
+  public void setPageTitle(String s)
+  {
+    m_title = s;
+
+  } // end setPageTitle
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the desired quick ID for this page.
+   *
+   * @param s The desired quick ID for the page.
+   */
+  public void setPageQID(String s)
+  {
+    m_qid = s;
+
+  } // end setPageQID
+
+} // end class VelocityView

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/dialog/UserPhotoField.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.dialog;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import org.w3c.dom.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.xml.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.Namespaces;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.dialog.BaseDialogField;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.iface.*;
+
+class UserPhotoField extends BaseDialogField
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private String m_photo_url = null;
+  private String m_link_url;
+  private String m_link_type;
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructors
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  UserPhotoField(Element elt) throws DialogException
+  {
+    super(false,elt);
+    XMLLoader loader = XMLLoader.get();
+    try
+    { // get link URL and link type
+      m_link_url = loader.getAttribute(elt,"link");
+      m_link_type = loader.getAttribute(elt,"type");
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (XMLLoadException e)
+    { // translate to DialogException
+      throw new DialogException(e);
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    // Load caption 2 from messages
+    ResourceBundle b = ResourceBundle.getBundle("com.silverwrist.venice.dialog.VeniceDialogMessages",
+						Locale.getDefault());
+    setCaption2(b.getString("userphoto.caption2"));
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  protected UserPhotoField(UserPhotoField other)
+  {
+    super(other);
+    m_photo_url = null;
+    m_link_url = other.m_link_url;
+    m_link_type = other.m_link_type;
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Abstract implementations from class BaseDialogField
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  protected void renderField(TextRenderControl control, Map render_params)
+      throws IOException, RenderingException
+  {
+    PrintWriter wr = control.getWriter();
+    if (isEnabled())
+    { // write the opening <A> tag
+      URLRewriter rewriter = (URLRewriter)(control.queryService(URLRewriter.class));
+      wr.write("<a href=\""
+	       + rewriter.rewriteURL(m_link_type,StringUtils.replaceAllVariables(m_link_url,render_params))
+	       + "\">");
+
+    } // end if
+
+    // write the <IMG> tag by running it through the standard user photo renderer
+    ObjectProvider oprov = (ObjectProvider)(control.queryService(ObjectProvider.class));
+    ServiceProvider sp = (ServiceProvider)(oprov.getObject(Namespaces.DYNAMO_OBJECT_NAMESPACE,
+							   "venice-userphoto"));
+    RenderImage rimg = (RenderImage)(sp.queryService(RenderImage.class));
+    rimg.renderImageTag(control,m_photo_url);
+
+    // write the </A> tag
+    if (isEnabled())
+      wr.write("</a>");
+
+  } // end renderField
+
+  protected void validateContents(Request r, Object data) throws ValidationException
+  { // do nothing
+  } // end validateContents
+
+  public Object clone()
+  {
+    return new UserPhotoField(this);
+
+  } // end clone
+
+  public Object getValue()
+  {
+    return m_photo_url;
+
+  } // end getValue
+
+  public boolean containsValue()
+  {
+    return (m_photo_url!=null);
+
+  } // end containsValue
+
+  public void setValue(Object obj)
+  {
+    m_photo_url = ((obj==null) ? null : obj.toString());
+
+  } // end setValue
+
+  public void setValueFrom(Request r)
+  { // do nothing - this doesn't get handled in the usual way
+  } // end setValueFrom
+
+  public void reset()
+  { // do nothing
+  } // end reset
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Overrides from class BaseDialogField
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  protected boolean isNull(Object value)
+  {
+    return false;
+
+  } // end isNull
+
+  public int getFlags()
+  {
+    return 0;
+
+  } // end getFlags
+
+} // end class UserPhotoField

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/dialog/VeniceDialogItemFactory.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.dialog;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+
+public class VeniceDialogItemFactory implements DialogItemFactory
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public VeniceDialogItemFactory()
+  { // do nothing
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface DialogItemFactory
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public DialogItem createDialogItem(Element elt, DialogPLAF plaf) throws DialogException
+  {
+    String tagname = elt.getTagName();
+    if (tagname.equals("userphoto"))
+      return new UserPhotoField(elt);
+
+    throw new UnknownDialogFieldException(tagname,elt);
+
+  } // end createDialogItem
+
+} // end class VeniceDialogItemFactory

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/dialog/VeniceDialogManager.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.dialog;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.w3c.dom.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.xml.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.ButtonType;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.iface.*;
+
+public class VeniceDialogManager implements NamedObject, ComponentInitialize, ComponentShutdown, DialogPLAF
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static data members
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(VeniceDialogManager.class);
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private String m_name;
+  private ButtonProvider m_buttonprov;
+  private ContentBlockProvider m_cbprov;
+  private LinkedList m_shutdown_list = new LinkedList();
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public VeniceDialogManager()
+  { // do nothing
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface NamedObject
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getName()
+  {
+    return m_name;
+
+  } // end getName
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ComponentInitialize
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Initialize the component.
+   *
+   * @param config_root Pointer to the section of the Dynamo XML configuration file that configures this
+   *                    particular component.  This is to be considered "read-only" by the component.
+   * @param services An implementation of {@link com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.ServiceProvider ServiceProvider}
+   *                 which provides initialization services to the component.  This will include an implementation
+   *                 of {@link com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.ObjectProvider ObjectProvider} which may be used to
+   *                 get information about other objects previously initialized by the application.
+   * @exception com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.ConfigException If an error is encountered in the component
+   *            configuration.
+   */
+  public void initialize(Element config_root, ServiceProvider services) throws ConfigException
+  {
+    logger.info("VeniceDialogManager initializing");
+
+    XMLLoader loader = XMLLoader.get();
+    String button_prov = null, content_prov = null;
+    try
+    { // verify the right node name
+      loader.verifyNodeName(config_root,"object");
+
+      // get the object's name
+      m_name = loader.getAttribute(config_root,"name");
+
+      // get the names of the default providers
+      DOMElementHelper config_root_h = new DOMElementHelper(config_root);
+      Element foo = loader.getSubElement(config_root_h,"providers");
+      button_prov = loader.getAttribute(foo,"button");
+      content_prov = loader.getAttribute(foo,"content");
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (XMLLoadException e)
+    { // error loading XML config data
+      logger.fatal("XML loader exception in StandardContentSupplier",e);
+      throw new ConfigException(e);
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    // Get the initial objects.
+    m_buttonprov = (ButtonProvider)(GetObjectUtils.getDynamoComponent(services,ButtonProvider.class,button_prov));
+    m_cbprov = (ContentBlockProvider)(GetObjectUtils.getDynamoComponent(services,ContentBlockProvider.class,
+									content_prov));
+
+    // Register ourselves as providing the new dialog look-and-feel.
+    DialogFactoryConfig dlg_conf = (DialogFactoryConfig)(services.queryService(DialogFactoryConfig.class));
+    dlg_conf.setDialogPLAF(this);
+
+    // Register our own field types.
+    VeniceDialogItemFactory itemfact = new VeniceDialogItemFactory();
+    m_shutdown_list.addFirst(dlg_conf.registerDialogItem("userphoto",itemfact));
+
+  } // end initialize
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ComponentShutdown
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void shutdown()
+  {
+    while (m_shutdown_list.size()>0)
+    { // shut down all components on the shutdown list
+      ComponentShutdown cs = (ComponentShutdown)(m_shutdown_list.removeFirst());
+      cs.shutdown();
+
+    } // end while
+
+    m_buttonprov = null;
+    m_cbprov = null;
+
+  } // end shutdown
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface DialogPLAF
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public Object getButtonRendering(String button_name)
+  {
+    return m_buttonprov.getButtonRenderObject(ButtonType.INPUT,button_name);
+
+  } // end getButtonRendering
+
+  public boolean isButtonClicked(Request r, String button_name)
+  {
+    RequestHelper rh = new RequestHelper(r);
+    return rh.isImageButtonClicked(button_name);
+
+  } // end isButtonClicked
+
+  public Object getContentHeader(String title, String subtitle)
+  {
+    try
+    { // get and return the header block
+      ContentBlock rc = m_cbprov.getContentBlock("content.header");
+      rc.setContentParameter("title",title);
+      if (subtitle!=null)
+	rc.setContentParameter("subtitle",subtitle);
+      return rc;
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (DatabaseException de)
+    { // return a RenderingExceptionWrapper instead
+      RenderingException re = new RenderingException(VeniceDialogManager.class,"VeniceDialogMessages",
+						     "cheader.fail",de);
+      re.setParameter(0,de.getMessage());
+      return new RenderingExceptionWrapper(re);
+
+    } // end catch
+
+  } // end getContentHeader
+
+} // end class VeniceDialogManager

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/dialog/VeniceDialogMessages.properties

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+# The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+# 
+# Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+# language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+# 
+# The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+# 
+# The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+# for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+# Copyright (C) 2003 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+# 
+# Contributor(s): 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# This file has been localized for the en_US locale
+userphoto.caption2=(click to change)
+cheader.fail=Unable to get content header object: {0}

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/except/StyleSheetException.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.except;
+
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.ExternalException;
+
+public class StyleSheetException extends ExternalException
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructors
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public StyleSheetException(Class caller, String bundle, String message_id)
+  {
+    super(caller,bundle,message_id);
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  public StyleSheetException(Class caller, String bundle, String message_id, Throwable inner)
+  {
+    super(caller,bundle,message_id,inner);
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+} // end class StyleSheetException

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/frame/FrameAssembler.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.frame;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.regex.*;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.w3c.dom.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.xml.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.RequestType;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.event.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.velocity.VelocityParamSupplier;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.velocity.VelocityRendererConfig;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.VeniceNamespaces;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.session.SessionInfoParams;
+
+public class FrameAssembler
+    implements NamedObject, ComponentInitialize, ComponentShutdown, OutputObjectFilter, DynamicUpdateListener,
+               FrameParameters
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Internal class that supplies rendering parameters for the frame
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private class BaseParams implements VelocityParamSupplier
+  {
+    /*====================================================================
+     * Constructor
+     *====================================================================
+     */
+
+    BaseParams()
+    { // do nothing
+    } // end constructor
+
+    /*====================================================================
+     * Implementations from interface VelocityParamSupplier
+     *====================================================================
+     */
+
+    public Object getParameter(String key)
+    {
+      return m_globals.get(key);
+
+    } // end getParameter
+
+    public Collection getParameterNames()
+    {
+      return Collections.unmodifiableSet(m_globals.keySet());
+
+    } // end getParameterNames
+
+  } // end class BaseParams
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Internal class that supplies additional operations for the Velocity engine
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public class VelocityOps
+  {
+    /*====================================================================
+     * Constructor
+     *====================================================================
+     */
+
+    VelocityOps()
+    { // do nothing
+    } // end constructor
+
+    /*====================================================================
+     * External operations
+     *====================================================================
+     */
+
+    public boolean getShowComments()
+    {
+      return m_show_comments;
+
+    } // end showComments
+
+  } // end class VelocityOps
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static data members
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(FrameAssembler.class);
+
+  private static final Map PROP_TO_VELOCITY;
+  private static final Map PROP_TO_TYPE;
+
+  private static final Pattern PAT_LINEBREAK = Pattern.compile("\\r*\\n");
+
+  private static final int[] NO_ACLS = new int[0];
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private String m_name;                       // this object's name
+  private ObjectProvider m_props;              // global properties
+  private ObjectProvider m_blocks;             // global blocks
+  private MenuProvider m_menu_prov;            // menu provider
+  private String m_frame_template;             // frame template parameter
+  private HashMap m_globals = new HashMap();   // globals fed to Velocity
+  private BaseParams m_base_params;            // base parameters object
+  private boolean m_footer_breaks;             // add line breaks to footer?
+  private boolean m_show_comments;             // show HTML comments?
+  private ComponentShutdown m_shut_event;      // shutdown event handler
+  private ComponentShutdown m_shut_vr;         // shutdown Velocity rendering component
+  private ComponentShutdown m_shut_fasm;       // shutdown FrameAssembler
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public FrameAssembler()
+  { // do nothing
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Internal operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private final Object initLoadProperty(String name, Class expected_class) throws ConfigException
+  {
+    try
+    { // call through to getObject
+      Object rc = m_props.getObject(NAMESPACE,name);
+      if (!(expected_class.isInstance(rc)))
+      { // not the right class!
+	ConfigException ce = new ConfigException(FrameAssembler.class,"FrameMessages","property.wrongClass");
+	ce.setParameter(0,name);
+	ce.setParameter(1,expected_class.getName());
+	throw ce;
+
+      } // end if
+
+      return rc;
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NoSuchObjectException e)
+    { // translate into ConfigException and reflect it back
+      ConfigException ce = new ConfigException(FrameAssembler.class,"FrameMessages","property.notFound",e);
+      ce.setParameter(0,name);
+      throw ce;
+
+    } // end catch
+
+  } // end initLoadProperty
+
+  private final void setupOptions(OptionSet set)
+  {
+    m_show_comments = set.get(OPT_COMMENTS);
+    m_globals.put("ms_copyright_violations",Boolean.valueOf(set.get(OPT_SMARTTAG)));
+    m_footer_breaks = set.get(OPT_FOOTER_BREAKS);
+
+  } // end setupOptions
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Overrides from class Object
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String toString()
+  {
+    return "the FrameAssembler";
+
+  } // end toString
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface NamedObject
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getName()
+  {
+    return m_name;
+
+  } // end getName
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ComponentInitialize
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Initialize the component.
+   *
+   * @param config_root Pointer to the section of the Dynamo XML configuration file that configures this
+   *                    particular component.  This is to be considered "read-only" by the component.
+   * @param services An implementation of {@link com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.ServiceProvider ServiceProvider}
+   *                 which provides initialization services to the component.  This will include an implementation
+   *                 of {@link com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.ObjectProvider ObjectProvider} which may be used to
+   *                 get information about other objects previously initialized by the application.
+   * @exception com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.ConfigException If an error is encountered in the component
+   *            configuration.
+   */
+  public void initialize(Element config_root, ServiceProvider services) throws ConfigException
+  {
+    logger.info("FrameAssembler initializing");
+
+    XMLLoader loader = XMLLoader.get();
+    String gprops = null, name_menu = null;
+    try
+    { // verify the right node name
+      loader.verifyNodeName(config_root,"object");
+
+      // get the object's name
+      m_name = loader.getAttribute(config_root,"name");
+
+      // get the name of the global properties object
+      DOMElementHelper config_root_h = new DOMElementHelper(config_root);
+      Element foo = loader.getSubElement(config_root_h,"global-properties");
+      gprops = loader.getAttribute(foo,"object");
+
+      // get the name of the menu manager
+      foo = loader.getSubElement(config_root_h,"providers");
+      name_menu = loader.getAttribute(foo,"menu");
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (XMLLoadException e)
+    { // error loading XML config data
+      logger.fatal("XML loader exception in FrameAssembler",e);
+      throw new ConfigException(e);
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    // Get the global data manager object.
+    ServiceProvider gdm_sp =
+        (ServiceProvider)(GetObjectUtils.getDynamoComponent(services,ServiceProvider.class,gprops));
+    try
+    { // get the "properties" and "blocks" services from that object
+      m_props = (ObjectProvider)(gdm_sp.queryService(ObjectProvider.class,"properties"));
+      m_blocks = (ObjectProvider)(gdm_sp.queryService(ObjectProvider.class,"blocks"));
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NoSuchServiceException e)
+    { // this shouldn't happen, but...
+      throw new ConfigException(FrameAssembler.class,"FrameMessages","init.noGlobals",e);
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    // Set up the initial values of the global properties.
+    Iterator it = PROP_TO_VELOCITY.entrySet().iterator();
+    while (it.hasNext())
+    { // scan through maps and load globals
+      Map.Entry ntry = (Map.Entry)(it.next());
+      String key = ntry.getKey().toString();
+      m_globals.put(ntry.getValue().toString(),initLoadProperty(key,(Class)(PROP_TO_TYPE.get(key))));
+
+    } // end while
+
+    // Set up the frame template.
+    m_frame_template = (String)initLoadProperty(PARAM_FRAME_TEMPLATE_NAME,String.class);
+
+    // Set up the initial values for the option set.
+    setupOptions((OptionSet)initLoadProperty(PARAM_OPTIONSET,OptionSet.class));
+
+    m_base_params = new BaseParams();  // create base parameter object
+
+    // Load the menu provider.
+    m_menu_prov = (MenuProvider)(GetObjectUtils.getDynamoComponent(services,MenuProvider.class,name_menu));
+
+    // Register to receive global property update events.
+    EventListenerRegistration reg =
+        (EventListenerRegistration)(services.queryService(EventListenerRegistration.class));
+    m_shut_event = reg.registerDynamicUpdateListener(GlobalPropertyUpdateEvent.class,this);
+
+    // Add an object to the standard objects available to Velocity.
+    VelocityRendererConfig vrcon =
+        (VelocityRendererConfig)(services.queryService(VelocityRendererConfig.class));
+    m_shut_vr = vrcon.addStandardComponentInstance("frame",new VelocityOps());
+
+    // Register this object as a filter for output.
+    OutputObjectFilterRegistration freg =
+        (OutputObjectFilterRegistration)(services.queryService(OutputObjectFilterRegistration.class));
+    m_shut_fasm = freg.registerOutputObjectFilter(this);
+
+    logger.info("FrameAssembler init complete");
+
+  } // end initialize
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ComponentShutdown
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void shutdown()
+  {
+    m_shut_fasm.shutdown();
+    m_shut_fasm = null;
+    m_shut_vr.shutdown();
+    m_shut_vr = null;
+    m_shut_event.shutdown();
+    m_shut_event = null;
+    m_base_params = null;
+    m_menu_prov = null;
+    m_props = null;
+    m_blocks = null;
+    m_globals.clear();
+
+  } // end shutdown
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface OutputObjectFilter
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public Object filterObject(Object input, Request r) throws RenderingException
+  {
+    if (RequestType.HTTP.equals(r.getType()) && (input instanceof FramedContent))
+    { // we need to retrieve the user from the session
+      try
+      { // get the user
+	RequestHelper rh = new RequestHelper(r);
+	SessionInfo session = rh.getSession();
+	DynamoUser user = (DynamoUser)(session.getObject(SessionInfoParams.NAMESPACE,
+							 SessionInfoParams.ATTR_USER));
+
+	// get the request-borne data
+	String location = (String)(r.getObject(SessionInfoParams.REQ_NAMESPACE,
+					       SessionInfoParams.RATTR_LOCATION));
+	Boolean display_login = (Boolean)(r.getObject(SessionInfoParams.REQ_NAMESPACE,
+						      SessionInfoParams.RATTR_DISPLAY_LOGIN));
+
+	// get the menus
+	MenuRenderObject fixed_menu = m_menu_prov.getLeftMenu(user,VeniceNamespaces.FRAME_LAF_NAMESPACE,
+							      "fixed.menu",NO_ACLS);
+
+	// get the footer and optionally insert line breaks
+	String footer = (String)(m_blocks.getObject(NAMESPACE,BLOCK_FOOTER));
+	if (m_footer_breaks)
+	  // set up the regular expression system to replace carriage returns to insert a <br />
+	  footer = PAT_LINEBREAK.matcher(footer).replaceAll("<br />\r\n");
+
+	return new FrameRendering((FramedContent)input,m_frame_template,m_base_params,user,location,
+				  display_login,fixed_menu,footer);
+
+      } // end try
+      catch (DatabaseException e)
+      { // rethrow it as a RenderingException
+	throw new RenderingException(e);
+
+      } // end catch
+
+    } // end if
+
+    return null;
+
+  } // end filterObject
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface DynamicUpdateListener
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void updateReceived(DynamicUpdateEvent evt)
+  {
+    GlobalPropertyUpdateEvent event = (GlobalPropertyUpdateEvent)evt;
+    if (NAMESPACE.equals(event.getPropertyNamespace()))
+    { // see if this is one of the properties we monitor
+      String key = (String)(PROP_TO_VELOCITY.get(event.getPropertyName()));
+      if (key!=null)
+	m_globals.put(key,m_props.getObject(NAMESPACE,event.getPropertyName()));
+
+      if (PARAM_FRAME_TEMPLATE_NAME.equals(event.getPropertyName()))
+	m_frame_template = (String)(m_props.getObject(NAMESPACE,event.getPropertyName()));
+
+      if (PARAM_OPTIONSET.equals(event.getPropertyName()))
+	setupOptions((OptionSet)(m_props.getObject(NAMESPACE,event.getPropertyName())));
+
+    } // end if
+
+  } // end updateReceived
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static initializer
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  static
+  { // Initialize the mapping from property names to Velocity parameter names.
+    HashMap tmp = new HashMap();
+    HashMap tmp2 = new HashMap();
+    tmp.put(PARAM_SITE_TITLE,"sitetitle");
+    tmp2.put(PARAM_SITE_TITLE,String.class);
+    tmp.put(PARAM_SITE_URL,"siteurl");
+    tmp2.put(PARAM_SITE_URL,String.class);
+    tmp.put(PARAM_SITE_LOGO_URL,"logourl");
+    tmp2.put(PARAM_SITE_LOGO_URL,String.class);
+    tmp.put(PARAM_SITE_LOGO_URL_TYPE,"logourltype");
+    tmp2.put(PARAM_SITE_LOGO_URL_TYPE,String.class);
+    tmp.put(PARAM_SITE_LOGO_WIDTH,"logowidth");
+    tmp2.put(PARAM_SITE_LOGO_WIDTH,Integer.class);
+    tmp.put(PARAM_SITE_LOGO_HEIGHT,"logoheight");
+    tmp2.put(PARAM_SITE_LOGO_HEIGHT,Integer.class);
+    tmp.put(PARAM_FOOTER_LOGO_SCALE,"flogoscale");
+    tmp2.put(PARAM_FOOTER_LOGO_SCALE,Integer.class);
+    tmp.put(PARAM_PAGEICON_URL,"pgicon_url");
+    tmp2.put(PARAM_PAGEICON_URL,String.class);
+    tmp.put(PARAM_PAGEICON_URL_TYPE,"pgicon_ltyp");
+    tmp2.put(PARAM_PAGEICON_URL_TYPE,String.class);
+    tmp.put(PARAM_PAGEICON_TYPE,"pgicon_mime");
+    tmp2.put(PARAM_PAGEICON_TYPE,String.class);
+    tmp.put(PARAM_FAVICON_URL,"favicon_url");
+    tmp2.put(PARAM_FAVICON_URL,String.class);
+    tmp.put(PARAM_FAVICON_URL_TYPE,"favicon_ltyp");
+    tmp2.put(PARAM_FAVICON_URL_TYPE,String.class);
+    PROP_TO_VELOCITY = Collections.unmodifiableMap(tmp);
+    PROP_TO_TYPE = Collections.unmodifiableMap(tmp2);
+
+  } // end static initializer
+
+} // end class FrameAssembler

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/frame/FrameDialog.java

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-03 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.frame;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+
+public class FrameDialog implements FramedContent, SelfRenderable
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private Dialog m_dialog;
+  private String m_menu_sel = null;
+  private String m_qid = null;
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructors
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public FrameDialog(Dialog dialog)
+  {
+    m_dialog = dialog;
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  public FrameDialog(Dialog dialog, String menu_sel)
+  {
+    m_dialog = dialog;
+    m_menu_sel = menu_sel;
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface FramedContent
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getMenuSelector()
+  {
+    return m_menu_sel;
+
+  } // end getMenuSelector
+
+  public String getPageTitle()
+  {
+    String s = m_dialog.getSubtitle();
+    if (s==null)
+      return m_dialog.getTitle();
+    StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(m_dialog.getTitle());
+    buf.append(" - ").append(s);
+    return buf.toString();
+
+  } // end getPageTitle
+
+  public String getPageQID()
+  {
+    return m_qid;
+
+  } // end getPageQID
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface SelfRenderable
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void render(SelfRenderControl control) throws IOException, RenderingException
+  {
+    m_dialog.render(control.getTextRender());
+
+  } // end render
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * External operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void setMenuSelector(String s)
+  {
+    m_menu_sel = s;
+
+  } // end setMenuSelector
+
+  public void setPageQID(String s)
+  {
+    m_qid = s;
+
+  } // end setPageQID
+
+} // end class FrameDialog

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/frame/FrameMessages.properties

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+# The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+# 
+# Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+# language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+# 
+# The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+# 
+# The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+# for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+# Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+# 
+# Contributor(s): 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# This file has been localized for the en_US locale
+init.noGlobals=Unable to find the global properties provider (should be named "globals").
+property.notFound=Unable to get value of frame property "{0}".
+property.wrongClass=Value of property "{0}" is not of class "{1}".
+ss.noPrefix=Configuration error: no stylesheet prefix configured for servlet path {0}.
+ss.noTemplate=No stylesheet template name found for property "{0}".
+ss.renderFail=Unable to render stylesheet template {0}: {1}

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/frame/FrameParameters.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.frame;
+
+import com.silverwrist.venice.VeniceNamespaces;
+
+public interface FrameParameters
+{
+  public static final String NAMESPACE = VeniceNamespaces.FRAME_LAF_NAMESPACE;
+
+  public static final String PARAM_SITE_TITLE = "site.title";
+
+  public static final String PARAM_OPTIONSET = "optionset";
+
+  public static final String PARAM_SITE_URL = "site.url";
+
+  public static final String PARAM_SITE_LOGO_URL = "site.logo.url";
+
+  public static final String PARAM_SITE_LOGO_URL_TYPE = "site.logo.url.type";
+
+  public static final String PARAM_SITE_LOGO_WIDTH = "site.logo.width";
+
+  public static final String PARAM_SITE_LOGO_HEIGHT = "site.logo.height";
+
+  public static final String PARAM_FRAME_TEMPLATE_NAME = "frame.template";
+
+  public static final String PARAM_FOOTER_LOGO_SCALE = "footer.logo.scale";
+
+  public static final String PARAM_PAGEICON_URL = "page.icon.url";
+
+  public static final String PARAM_PAGEICON_URL_TYPE = "page.icon.url.type";
+
+  public static final String PARAM_PAGEICON_TYPE = "page.icon.type";
+
+  public static final String PARAM_FAVICON_URL = "page.favicon.url";
+
+  public static final String PARAM_FAVICON_URL_TYPE = "page.favicon.url.type";
+
+  public static final String BLOCK_FOOTER = "footer";
+
+  public static final int OPT_COMMENTS = 0;
+  public static final int OPT_SMARTTAG = 1;
+  public static final int OPT_FOOTER_BREAKS = 2;
+
+} // end interface FrameParameters

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/frame/FrameRendering.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.frame;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.velocity.VelocityParamSupplier;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.velocity.VelocityRenderable;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.VeniceNamespaces;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.iface.*;
+
+class FrameRendering implements VelocityRenderable
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private String m_templ;
+  private VelocityParamSupplier m_base_params;
+  private HashMap m_local_vars = new HashMap();
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  FrameRendering(FramedContent content, String templ, VelocityParamSupplier base_params, DynamoUser user,
+		 String location, Boolean display_login, MenuRenderObject fixed_menu, String footer)
+  {
+    m_templ = templ;
+    m_base_params = base_params;
+    m_local_vars.put("content",content);
+    m_local_vars.put("pagetitle",content.getPageTitle());
+    m_local_vars.put("qid",content.getPageQID());
+    m_local_vars.put("user",user);
+    m_local_vars.put("unverified",
+		     Boolean.valueOf(PropertyUtils.hasProperty(user,VeniceNamespaces.USER_SETTINGS_NAMESPACE,
+							       "confirmation.number")));
+    m_local_vars.put("location",location);
+    m_local_vars.put("display_login",display_login);
+    m_local_vars.put("fixed_menu",fixed_menu);
+    m_local_vars.put("footer_text",footer);
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface VelocityParamSupplier
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public Object getParameter(String key)
+  {
+    Object rc = m_local_vars.get(key);
+    if (rc==null)
+      rc = m_base_params.getParameter(key);
+    return rc;
+
+  } // end getParameter
+
+  public Collection getParameterNames()
+  {
+    HashSet rc = new HashSet(m_local_vars.keySet());
+    rc.addAll(m_base_params.getParameterNames());
+    return Collections.unmodifiableSet(rc);
+
+  } // end getParameterNames
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface VelocityRenderable
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getMimeType()
+  {
+    return "text/html";
+
+  } // end getMimeType
+
+  public String getTemplateName()
+  {
+    return m_templ;
+
+  } // end getTemplateName
+
+} // end class FrameRendering

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/frame/FramedContent.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-03 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.frame;
+
+/**
+ * An interface implemented by content objects that are to be rendered inside the Venice frame.
+ * The Venice frame provides the outer border, top bar with basic links and ad banner, left bar with
+ * menus, and page footer with standard text and graphics.
+ * <P>Objects implementing this interface are intercepted by an
+ * {@link com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.OutputObjectFilter OutputObjectFilter} installed by the
+ * {@link com.silverwrist.venice.frame.FrameAssembler FrameAssembler} class, and are wrapped in an object
+ * ({@link com.silverwrist.venice.frame.FrameRendering FrameRendering}), which then renders it as part
+ * of its rendering process.
+ *
+ * @author Eric J. Bowersox &lt;erbo@silcom.com&gt;
+ * @version X
+ */
+public interface FramedContent
+{
+  /**
+   * Returns the desired menu selector for this page.  The <EM>menu selector</EM> is a string that specifies
+   * which menu is to be displayed on the left menu bar, in addition to the "global menu."  This value may
+   * be <CODE>null</CODE>, in which case the current menu selector is not changed.
+   *
+   * @return The desired menu selector.
+   */
+  public String getMenuSelector();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the desired title for the page.  This title is concatenated with the <EM>site title</EM> (set in
+   * global properties) to form the actual page title that gets sent to the browser.
+   *
+   * @return The desired page title.
+   */
+  public String getPageTitle();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the desired quick ID for the page.  The <EM>page quick ID</EM> is a small text string which can be used
+   * to "tag" the page with a unique identifier, for use with external tools such as offsite hit counters.
+   * If this value is <CODE>null</CODE>, the quick ID is not used for this page.
+   *
+   * @return The desired page quick ID.
+   */
+  public String getPageQID();
+
+} // end interface FramedContent

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/frame/StyleSheetData.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.frame;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+
+class StyleSheetData
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private String m_css_data;
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  StyleSheetData(String css_data)
+  {
+    m_css_data = css_data;
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * External operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  void render(TextRenderControl control) throws IOException, RenderingException
+  {
+    control.setContentType("text/css");
+    PrintWriter wr = control.getWriter();
+    wr.write(m_css_data);
+    wr.print("\n");
+    wr.flush();
+
+  } // end render
+
+} // end class StyleSheetData

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/frame/StyleSheetServlet.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.frame;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import org.apache.commons.collections.*;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.event.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.servlet.ServletBase;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.velocity.VelocityRenderable;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.VeniceNamespaces;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.session.SessionInfoParams;
+
+public class StyleSheetServlet extends ServletBase
+    implements ComponentShutdown, TextRenderer, DynamicUpdateListener
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Inner class implementing the template for rendering.
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private class StyleSheetTemplate implements VelocityRenderable
+  {
+    /*====================================================================
+     * Attributes
+     *====================================================================
+     */
+
+    private String m_template_name;
+
+    /*====================================================================
+     * Constructor
+     *====================================================================
+     */
+
+    StyleSheetTemplate(String template_name)
+    {
+      m_template_name = template_name;
+
+    } // end constructor
+
+    /*====================================================================
+     * Implementations from interface VelocityParamSupplier
+     *====================================================================
+     */
+
+    public Object getParameter(String key)
+    {
+      return null;
+
+    } // end getParameter
+    
+    public Collection getParameterNames()
+    {
+      return Collections.EMPTY_SET;
+
+    } // end getParameterNames
+
+    /*====================================================================
+     * Implementations from interface VelocityRenderable
+     *====================================================================
+     */
+
+    public String getMimeType()
+    {
+      return "text/css";
+
+    } // end getMimeType
+
+    public String getTemplateName()
+    {
+      return m_template_name;
+
+    } // end getTemplateName
+
+  } // end class StyleSheetTemplate
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static data members
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(StyleSheetServlet.class);
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private ObjectProvider m_props;
+  private ReferenceMap m_cache = new ReferenceMap(ReferenceMap.HARD,ReferenceMap.SOFT);
+  private Object m_cache_sync = new Object();
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Abstract implementations from class ServletBase
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  protected Object process(Request r, Application app) throws Exception
+  {
+    // Get the first half of the sheet property name, based on the request servlet name.
+    StylesheetMapper mapper = (StylesheetMapper)(app.queryService(StylesheetMapper.class));
+    String prop1 = mapper.getStylesheetPrefix(r.getRequestPath());
+    if (prop1==null)
+    { // no configuration - throw this
+      logger.error("stylesheet prefix for " + r.getRequestPath() + " not configured");
+      StyleSheetException sse = new StyleSheetException(StyleSheetServlet.class,"FrameMessages","ss.noPrefix");
+      sse.setParameter(0,r.getRequestPath());
+      throw sse;
+
+    } // end if
+
+    // Get the second half of the sheet property name - the stylesheet type as noted
+    // in the session.
+    RequestHelper rh = new RequestHelper(r);
+    SessionInfo session = rh.getSession();
+    String prop2 = null;
+    try
+    { // get the property name
+      prop2 = (String)(session.getObject(SessionInfoParams.NAMESPACE,
+					 SessionInfoParams.ATTR_STYLESHEET_SELECTOR));
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NoSuchObjectException e)
+    { // property not found
+      logger.warn("session stylesheet selector not found, defaulting to 'normal'");
+      prop2 = "normal";  // default value
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    String propname = "sheet." + prop1 + "." + prop2;  // this is the full property name
+    if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+      logger.debug("Stylesheet property name: " + propname);
+
+    StyleSheetData rc = null;
+    synchronized (m_cache_sync)
+    { // See if the stylesheet is cached.
+      rc = (StyleSheetData)(m_cache.get(propname));
+      if (rc==null)
+      { // generate the style sheet data and cache it
+	String template_name = null;
+	try
+	{ // get the template name
+	  template_name = (String)(m_props.getObject(VeniceNamespaces.STYLESHEET_NAMESPACE,propname));
+	  if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+	    logger.debug("Rendering template name: " + template_name);
+
+	} // end try
+	catch (NoSuchObjectException e)
+	{ // property not found - throw an exception
+	  logger.error("did not find stylesheet property with name " + propname,e);
+	  StyleSheetException sse = new StyleSheetException(StyleSheetServlet.class,"FrameMessages",
+							    "ss.noTemplate",e);
+	  sse.setParameter(0,propname);
+	  throw sse;
+
+	} // end catch
+
+	// create and render the template
+	StyleSheetTemplate templ = new StyleSheetTemplate(template_name);
+	RenderImmediate rimm = (RenderImmediate)(r.queryService(RenderImmediate.class));
+	try
+	{ // render the stylesheet template and create the StyleSheetData object
+	  rc = new StyleSheetData(rimm.renderTextObject(templ));
+
+	} // end try
+	catch (IOException e)
+	{ // throw this as an exception
+	  logger.error("RenderImmediate on stylesheet " + template_name + " threw IOException",e);
+	  StyleSheetException sse = new StyleSheetException(StyleSheetServlet.class,"FrameMessages",
+							    "ss.renderFail",e);
+	  sse.setParameter(0,template_name);
+	  sse.setParameter(1,e.getMessage());
+	  throw sse;
+
+	} // end catch
+	catch (RenderingException e)
+	{ // throw this as an exception
+	  logger.error("RenderImmediate on stylesheet " + template_name + " threw RenderingException",e);
+	  StyleSheetException sse = new StyleSheetException(StyleSheetServlet.class,"FrameMessages",
+							    "ss.renderFail",e);
+	  sse.setParameter(0,template_name);
+	  sse.setParameter(1,e.getMessage());
+	  throw sse;
+
+	} // end catch
+
+	m_cache.put(propname,rc);  // cache the new data
+
+      } // end if
+
+    } // end synchronized block
+
+    return rc;  // return the style sheet data
+
+  } // end process
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Overrides from class ServletBase
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  protected void initServlet(ServiceProvider services) throws DynamoException
+  {
+    logger.info("Starting up StyleSheetServlet");
+
+    // Get the global properties provider.
+    ServiceProvider gprop_sp =
+        (ServiceProvider)(GetObjectUtils.getDynamoComponent(services,ServiceProvider.class,"globals"));
+    m_props = (ObjectProvider)(gprop_sp.queryService(ObjectProvider.class,"properties"));
+
+    // Register this class as being a renderer for StyleSheetData.
+    RendererRegistration rreg = (RendererRegistration)(services.queryService(RendererRegistration.class));
+    addShutdownHook(rreg.registerRenderer(StyleSheetData.class,this));
+
+    // Register to receive global property update events.
+    EventListenerRegistration reg =
+        (EventListenerRegistration)(services.queryService(EventListenerRegistration.class));
+    addShutdownHook(reg.registerDynamicUpdateListener(GlobalPropertyUpdateEvent.class,this));
+
+    logger.info("StyleSheetServlet initialized");
+
+  } // end initServlet
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ComponentShutdown
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void shutdown()
+  {
+    m_props = null;
+
+  } // end shutdown
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface TextRenderer
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void render(Object obj, TextRenderControl control) throws IOException, RenderingException
+  {
+    ((StyleSheetData)obj).render(control);
+
+  } // end render
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface DynamicUpdateListener
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void updateReceived(DynamicUpdateEvent evt)
+  {
+    GlobalPropertyUpdateEvent event = (GlobalPropertyUpdateEvent)evt;
+    if (VeniceNamespaces.STYLESHEET_NAMESPACE.equals(event.getPropertyNamespace()))
+    { // a stylesheet template name has changed...
+      synchronized (m_cache_sync)
+      { // un-cache the corresponding stylesheet data
+	m_cache.remove(event.getPropertyName());
+
+      } // end synchronized block
+
+    } // end if
+
+  } // end updateReceived
+
+} // end class StyleSheetServlet

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/frame/TempFramedContent.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.frame;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+
+public class TempFramedContent implements FramedContent, SelfRenderable
+{
+  private Object m_obj;
+
+  public TempFramedContent(Object obj)
+  {
+    m_obj = obj;
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  public String getMenuSelector()
+  {
+    return "";
+
+  } // end getMenuSelector
+
+  public String getPageTitle()
+  {
+    return "TempFramedContent";
+
+  } // end getPageTitle
+
+  public String getPageQID()
+  {
+    return "";
+
+  } // end getPageQID
+
+  public void render(SelfRenderControl control) throws IOException, RenderingException
+  {
+    control.getTextRender().renderSubObject(m_obj);
+
+  } // end render
+
+} // end class TempFramedContent

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/iface/ButtonProvider.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.iface;
+
+import com.silverwrist.venice.ButtonType;
+
+public interface ButtonProvider
+{
+  public Object getButtonRenderObject(ButtonType type, String name);
+
+} // end interface ButtonProvider

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/iface/ContentBlock.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.iface;
+
+public interface ContentBlock
+{
+  public void setContentParameter(String name, Object obj);
+
+} // end interface ContentBlock

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/iface/ContentBlockProvider.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.iface;
+
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.DatabaseException;
+
+public interface ContentBlockProvider
+{
+  public ContentBlock getContentBlock(String name) throws DatabaseException;
+
+} // end interface ContentBlockProvider

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/iface/MenuProvider.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.iface;
+
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.DatabaseException;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.DynamoUser;
+
+public interface MenuProvider
+{
+  public MenuRenderObject getStandardMenu(DynamoUser caller, String namespace, String name, int[] acl_ids)
+      throws DatabaseException;
+
+  public MenuRenderObject getLeftMenu(DynamoUser caller, String namespace, String name, int[] acl_ids)
+      throws DatabaseException;
+
+} // end interface MenuProvider

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/iface/MenuRenderObject.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.iface;
+
+public interface MenuRenderObject
+{
+  public void setVariable(String name, String value);
+
+} // end interface MenuRenderObject

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/iface/RenderImage.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.iface;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.RenderingException;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.TextRenderControl;
+
+public interface RenderImage
+{
+  public void renderImageTag(TextRenderControl control, String url) throws IOException, RenderingException;
+
+  public Object getRenderingObject(String url);
+
+} // end interface RenderImage

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/iface/StylesheetMapper.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.iface;
+
+public interface StylesheetMapper
+{
+  public String getStylesheetPrefix(String path);
+
+} // end interface StylesheetMapper

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/iface/UserDefaultPropertyNamespace.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.iface;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+public interface UserDefaultPropertyNamespace
+{
+  public Collection getDefaultPropertyNamespaces();
+
+} // end interface UserDefaultPropertyNamespace

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/iface/UserDefaultPropertyNamespaceRegistration.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.iface;
+
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.ComponentShutdown;
+
+public interface UserDefaultPropertyNamespaceRegistration
+{
+  public ComponentShutdown registerUserDefaultPropertyNamespace(String namespace);
+
+} // end interface UserDefaultPropertyNamespaceRegistration

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/menu/LeftMenuRendering.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.menu;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.security.SecurityReferenceMonitor;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.iface.*;
+
+class LeftMenuRendering implements MenuRenderObject, SelfRenderable
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private MenuDefinition m_menudef;
+  private boolean[] m_showitem;
+  private HashMap m_local_vars;
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  LeftMenuRendering(DynamoUser caller, MenuDefinition def, SecurityReferenceMonitor srm, int[] acl_ids)
+      throws DatabaseException
+  {
+    m_menudef = def;
+    int count = def.getItemCount();
+    m_showitem = new boolean[count];
+    for (int i=0; i<count; i++)
+    { // get the "show item" flags
+      MenuItemDefinition item = def.getItem(i);
+      m_showitem[i] = item.itemAppears(caller,srm,acl_ids);
+
+    } // end for
+
+    m_local_vars = new HashMap(def.getVarDefaults());
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Internal operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private final void renderTextItem(TextRenderControl control, MenuItemDefinition item)
+      throws IOException, RenderingException
+  {
+    PrintWriter wr = control.getWriter();
+    for (int i=0; i<item.getIndentLevel(); i++)
+      wr.write("&nbsp;");
+    if (item.isEnabled() && (item.getLink()!=null))
+    { // write the link
+      URLRewriter rewriter = (URLRewriter)(control.queryService(URLRewriter.class));
+      wr.write("<a href=\""
+	       + rewriter.rewriteURL(item.getLinkType(),
+				     StringUtils.replaceAllVariables(item.getLink(),m_local_vars)) + "\"");
+      String s = item.getTarget();
+      if (s!=null)
+	wr.write(" target=\"" + s + "\"");
+      s = item.getTitle();
+      if (s!=null)
+	wr.write(" title=\"" + s + "\"");
+      s = item.getOnClick();
+      if (s!=null)
+	wr.write(" onClick=\"" + s + "\"");
+      wr.write("class=\"frameleft\" >");
+
+    } // end if
+    else  // just disable the text
+      wr.write("<span style=\"color: silver;\">");
+    wr.write(StringUtils.encodeHTML(StringUtils.replaceAllVariables(item.getText(),m_local_vars)));
+    if (item.isEnabled())
+      wr.write("</a>");
+    else
+      wr.write("</span>");
+    wr.write("<br />\n");
+
+  } // end renderTextItem
+
+  private final void renderHeaderItem(TextRenderControl control, MenuItemDefinition item)
+      throws IOException, RenderingException
+  {
+    PrintWriter wr = control.getWriter();
+    for (int i=0; i<item.getIndentLevel(); i++)
+      wr.write("&nbsp;");
+    wr.write("<b>");
+    if (item.isEnabled() && (item.getLink()!=null))
+    { // write the link
+      URLRewriter rewriter = (URLRewriter)(control.queryService(URLRewriter.class));
+      wr.write("<a href=\""
+	       + rewriter.rewriteURL(item.getLinkType(),
+				     StringUtils.replaceAllVariables(item.getLink(),m_local_vars)) + "\"");
+      String s = item.getTarget();
+      if (s!=null)
+	wr.write(" target=\"" + s + "\"");
+      s = item.getTitle();
+      if (s!=null)
+	wr.write(" title=\"" + s + "\"");
+      s = item.getOnClick();
+      if (s!=null)
+	wr.write(" onClick=\"" + s + "\"");
+      wr.write("class=\"frameleft\" >");
+
+    } // end if
+    else  // just disable the text
+      wr.write("<span style=\"color: silver;\">");
+    wr.write(StringUtils.encodeHTML(StringUtils.replaceAllVariables(item.getText(),m_local_vars)));
+    if (item.isEnabled())
+      wr.write("</a>");
+    else
+      wr.write("</span>");
+    wr.write("</b><br />\n");
+
+  } // end renderHeaderItem
+
+  private final void renderImageItem(TextRenderControl control, MenuItemDefinition item)
+      throws IOException, RenderingException
+  {
+    URLRewriter rewriter = (URLRewriter)(control.queryService(URLRewriter.class));
+    String s;
+    PrintWriter wr = control.getWriter();
+    for (int i=0; i<item.getIndentLevel(); i++)
+      wr.write("&nbsp;");
+    if (item.isEnabled() && (item.getLink()!=null))
+    { // write the link
+      wr.write("<a href=\""
+	       + rewriter.rewriteURL(item.getLinkType(),
+				     StringUtils.replaceAllVariables(item.getLink(),m_local_vars)) + "\"");
+      s = item.getTarget();
+      if (s!=null)
+	wr.write(" target=\"" + s + "\"");
+      s = item.getTitle();
+      if (s!=null)
+	wr.write(" title=\"" + s + "\"");
+      s = item.getOnClick();
+      if (s!=null)
+	wr.write(" onClick=\"" + s + "\"");
+      wr.write(" class=\"frameleft\">");
+
+    } // end if
+    else  // just disable the text
+      wr.write("<span style=\"color: silver;\">");
+    String[] data = StringUtils.split(item.getText(),",",4);
+    wr.write("<img src=\"" + rewriter.rewriteURL(data[2],StringUtils.replaceAllVariables(data[3],m_local_vars))
+	     + "\"");
+    s = item.getTitle();
+    if (s==null)
+      wr.write(" alt=\"\"");
+    else
+      wr.write(" alt=\"" + s + "\" title=\"" + s + "\"");
+    wr.write(" width=\"" + data[0] + "\" height=\"" + data[1] + "\" border=\"0\" />");
+    if (item.isEnabled())
+      wr.write("</a>");
+    else
+      wr.write("</span>");
+    wr.write("<br />\n");
+
+  } // end renderImageItem
+
+  private final void renderSeparatorItem(TextRenderControl control, MenuItemDefinition item)
+      throws IOException, RenderingException
+  {
+    PrintWriter wr = control.getWriter();
+    wr.write("<br />\n");
+
+  } // end renderSeparatorItem
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface MenuRenderObject
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void setVariable(String name, String value)
+  {
+    if (m_menudef.isVariable(name))
+      m_local_vars.put(name,value);
+
+  } // end setVariable
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface SelfRenderable
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void render(SelfRenderControl control) throws IOException, RenderingException
+  {
+    TextRenderControl tctrl = control.getTextRender();
+    PrintWriter wr = tctrl.getWriter();
+    if (m_menudef.getTitle()!=null)
+    { // write the title and subtitle
+      wr.write("<b>" + StringUtils.encodeHTML(m_menudef.getTitle()) + "</b><br />\n");
+      if (m_menudef.getSubtitle()!=null)
+	wr.write(StringUtils.encodeHTML(m_menudef.getSubtitle()) + "<br />\n");
+
+    } // end if
+
+    for (int i=0; i<m_showitem.length; i++)
+    { // render each menu item in turn
+      MenuItemDefinition item = m_menudef.getItem(i);
+      if (m_showitem[i] && item.itemDefined(m_local_vars))
+      { // render this item
+	String s = item.getItemType();
+	if (s.equalsIgnoreCase("TEXT"))
+	  renderTextItem(tctrl,item);
+	if (s.equalsIgnoreCase("HEADER"))
+	  renderHeaderItem(tctrl,item);
+	if (s.equalsIgnoreCase("IMAGE"))
+	  renderImageItem(tctrl,item);
+	if (s.equalsIgnoreCase("SEPARATOR"))
+	  renderSeparatorItem(tctrl,item);
+
+      } // end if
+
+    } // end for
+
+  } // end render
+
+} // end class LeftMenuRendering

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/menu/MenuDatabaseOps.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.menu;
+
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.db.NamespaceCache;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.db.OpsBase;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+
+abstract class MenuDatabaseOps extends OpsBase
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private NamespaceCache m_ns_cache;
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  protected MenuDatabaseOps(DBConnectionPool pool)
+  {
+    super(pool);
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Internal operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  protected final int namespaceNameToId(String name) throws DatabaseException
+  {
+    return m_ns_cache.namespaceNameToId(name);
+
+  } // end namespaceNameToId
+
+  protected final String namespaceIdToName(int id) throws DatabaseException
+  {
+    return m_ns_cache.namespaceIdToName(id);
+
+  } // end namespaceIdToName
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Abstract operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  abstract MenuDefinition getMenu(String namespace, String name) throws DatabaseException;
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * External operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  void setNamespaceCache(NamespaceCache nsc)
+  {
+    m_ns_cache = nsc;
+
+  } // end setNamespaceCache
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * External static operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  static MenuDatabaseOps get(DBConnectionPool pool) throws ConfigException
+  {
+    return (MenuDatabaseOps)get(pool,MenuDatabaseOps.class.getClassLoader(),
+				MenuDatabaseOps.class.getName() + "_","MenuDatabaseOps");
+
+  } // end get
+
+} // end class MenuDatabaseOps

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/menu/MenuDatabaseOps_mysql.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.menu;
+
+import java.sql.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+
+public class MenuDatabaseOps_mysql extends MenuDatabaseOps
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public MenuDatabaseOps_mysql(DBConnectionPool pool)
+  {
+    super(pool);
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Abstract implementations from class MenuDatabaseOps
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  MenuDefinition getMenu(String namespace, String name) throws DatabaseException
+  {
+    Connection conn = null;
+    PreparedStatement stmt = null;
+    ResultSet rs = null;
+    try
+    { // get a connection
+      conn = getConnection();
+
+      // create the statement to retrieve the base data
+      stmt = conn.prepareStatement("SELECT m.menuid, m.title, m.subtitle FROM menus m, namespaces n "
+				   + "WHERE m.menu_nsid = n.nsid AND n.namespace = ? AND m.menu_name = ?;");
+      stmt.setString(1,namespace);
+      stmt.setString(2,name);
+      rs = stmt.executeQuery();
+      if (!(rs.next()))
+	return null;  // not found
+
+      // get the ID and create the initial menu definition
+      int id = rs.getInt(1);
+      MenuDefinition def = new MenuDefinition(id,namespace,name,rs.getString(2),rs.getString(3));
+
+      // shut down things for the next operation
+      SQLUtils.shutdown(rs);
+      rs = null;
+      SQLUtils.shutdown(stmt);
+
+      // get the variable definitions
+      stmt = conn.prepareStatement("SELECT var_name, default_val FROM menuvars WHERE menuid = ?;");
+      stmt.setInt(1,id);
+      rs = stmt.executeQuery();
+      while (rs.next())
+	def.addVariableDef(rs.getString(1),rs.getString(2));
+
+      // shut down things for the next operation
+      SQLUtils.shutdown(rs);
+      rs = null;
+      SQLUtils.shutdown(stmt);
+
+      // get the menu items
+      stmt = conn.prepareStatement("SELECT itemtype, enable, indent, text, linktype, link, target, title, "
+				   + "on_click, perm_nsid, perm_name, ifdef_var, ifndef_var FROM menuitems "
+				   + "WHERE menuid = ? ORDER BY sequence;");
+      stmt.setInt(1,id);
+      rs = stmt.executeQuery();
+      while (rs.next())
+      { // get the namespace and add the item definition
+	int nsid = rs.getInt(10);
+	String ns = (rs.wasNull() ? null : namespaceIdToName(nsid));
+	MenuItemDefinition item = new MenuItemDefinition(rs.getString(1),(rs.getInt(2)!=0),rs.getInt(3),
+							 rs.getString(4),rs.getString(5),rs.getString(6),
+							 rs.getString(7),rs.getString(8),rs.getString(9),ns,
+							 rs.getString(11),rs.getString(12),rs.getString(13));
+	def.addItemDef(item);
+
+      } // end while
+
+      return def;
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (SQLException e)
+    { // translate to a general DatabaseException
+      throw generalException(e);
+
+    } // end catch
+    finally
+    { // shut everything down
+      SQLUtils.shutdown(rs);
+      SQLUtils.shutdown(stmt);
+      SQLUtils.shutdown(conn);
+
+    } // end finally
+
+  } // end getMenu
+
+} // end class MenuDatabaseOps_mysql

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/menu/MenuDefinition.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.menu;
+
+import java.util.*;
+
+public class MenuDefinition
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private int m_id;
+  private String m_namespace;
+  private String m_name;
+  private String m_title;
+  private String m_subtitle;
+  private HashSet m_vars = new HashSet();
+  private HashMap m_defaults = new HashMap();
+  private ArrayList m_items = new ArrayList();
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  MenuDefinition(int id, String namespace, String name, String title, String subtitle)
+  {
+    m_id = id;
+    m_namespace = namespace;
+    m_name = name;
+    m_title = title;
+    m_subtitle = subtitle;
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Internal operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  void addVariableDef(String name, String default_val)
+  {
+    m_vars.add(name);
+    if (default_val!=null)
+      m_defaults.put(name,default_val);
+
+  } // end addVariableDef
+
+  void addItemDef(MenuItemDefinition item)
+  {
+    m_items.add(item);
+
+  } // end addItemDef
+
+  Map getVarDefaults()
+  {
+    return Collections.unmodifiableMap(m_defaults);
+
+  } // end getVarDefaults
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * External operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getNamespace()
+  {
+    return m_namespace;
+
+  } // end getNamespace
+
+  public String getName()
+  {
+    return m_name;
+
+  } // end getName
+
+  public String getTitle()
+  {
+    return m_title;
+
+  } // end getTitle
+
+  public String getSubtitle()
+  {
+    return m_subtitle;
+
+  } // end getSubtitle
+
+  public boolean isVariable(String name)
+  {
+    return m_vars.contains(name);
+
+  } // end isVariable
+
+  public int getItemCount()
+  {
+    return m_items.size();
+
+  } // end getItemCount
+
+  public MenuItemDefinition getItem(int ndx)
+  {
+    return (MenuItemDefinition)(m_items.get(ndx));
+
+  } // end getItem
+
+} // end class MenuDefinition

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.menu;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.security.SecurityReferenceMonitor;
+
+public class MenuItemDefinition
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private String m_type;
+  private boolean m_enable;
+  private int m_indent;
+  private String m_text;
+  private String m_linktype;
+  private String m_link;
+  private String m_target;
+  private String m_title;
+  private String m_on_click;
+  private String m_perm_namespace;
+  private String m_perm_name;
+  private String m_ifdef_var;
+  private String m_ifndef_var;
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  MenuItemDefinition(String type, boolean enable, int indent, String text, String linktype, String link,
+		     String target, String title, String on_click, String perm_namespace, String perm_name,
+		     String ifdef_var, String ifndef_var)
+  {
+    m_type = type;
+    m_enable = enable;
+    m_indent = indent;
+    m_text = text;
+    m_linktype = linktype;
+    m_link = link;
+    if ((m_link!=null) && (m_linktype==null))
+      m_linktype = "ABSOLUTE";
+    m_target = target;
+    m_title = title;
+    m_on_click = on_click;
+    m_perm_namespace = perm_namespace;
+    m_perm_name = perm_name;
+    m_ifdef_var = ifdef_var;
+    m_ifndef_var = ifndef_var;
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Internal operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  boolean itemAppears(DynamoUser caller, SecurityReferenceMonitor srm, int[] acl_ids) throws DatabaseException
+  {
+    if ((m_perm_namespace==null) && (m_perm_name==null))
+      return true;
+    for (int i=0; i<acl_ids.length; i++)
+    { // test each of the ACL IDs in turn
+      if (srm.testPermission(acl_ids[i],caller,m_perm_namespace,m_perm_name))
+	return true;
+
+    } // end for
+
+    return false;
+
+  } // end itemAppears
+
+  boolean itemDefined(Map vars)
+  {
+    boolean r1, r2;
+    if (m_ifdef_var==null)
+      r1 = true;
+    else
+      r1 = vars.containsKey(m_ifdef_var);
+    if (m_ifndef_var==null)
+      r2 = true;
+    else
+      r2 = !(vars.containsKey(m_ifndef_var));
+    return (r1 && r2);
+
+  } // end itemDefined
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * External operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getItemType()
+  {
+    return m_type;
+
+  } // end getItemType
+
+  public boolean isEnabled()
+  {
+    return m_enable;
+
+  } // end isEnabled
+
+  public int getIndentLevel()
+  {
+    return m_indent;
+
+  } // end getIndentLevel
+
+  public String getText()
+  {
+    return m_text;
+
+  } // end getText
+
+  public String getLinkType()
+  {
+    return m_linktype;
+
+  } // end getLinkType
+
+  public String getLink()
+  {
+    return m_link;
+
+  } // end getLink
+
+  public String getTarget()
+  {
+    return m_target;
+
+  } // end getTarget
+
+  public String getTitle()
+  {
+    return m_title;
+
+  } // end getTitle
+
+  public String getOnClick()
+  {
+    return m_on_click;
+
+  } // end getOnClick
+
+} // end class MenuItemDefinition

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/menu/MenuManager.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.menu;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.w3c.dom.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.xml.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.db.NamespaceCache;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.security.SecurityReferenceMonitor;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.iface.*;
+
+public class MenuManager implements NamedObject, ComponentInitialize, ComponentShutdown, MenuProvider
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static data members
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(MenuManager.class);
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private String m_name = null;
+  private NamespaceCache m_ns_cache;
+  private SecurityReferenceMonitor m_srm;
+  private MenuDatabaseOps m_ops;
+  private HardSoftCache m_menudef_cache;
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public MenuManager()
+  { // do nothing
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface NamedObject
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public synchronized String getName()
+  {
+    return m_name;
+
+  } // end getName
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ComponentInitialize
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Initialize the component.
+   *
+   * @param config_root Pointer to the section of the Dynamo XML configuration file that configures this
+   *                    particular component.  This is to be considered "read-only" by the component.
+   * @param services An implementation of {@link com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.ServiceProvider ServiceProvider}
+   *                 which provides initialization services to the component.  This will include an implementation
+   *                 of {@link com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.ObjectProvider ObjectProvider} which may be used to
+   *                 get information about other objects previously initialized by the application.
+   * @exception com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.ConfigException If an error is encountered in the component
+   *            configuration.
+   */
+  public void initialize(Element config_root, ServiceProvider services) throws ConfigException
+  {
+    logger.info("MenuManager initializing");
+
+    XMLLoader loader = XMLLoader.get();
+    String name_pool = null, name_cache = null, name_srm = null;
+    try
+    { // verify the right node name
+      loader.verifyNodeName(config_root,"object");
+
+      // get the object's name
+      m_name = loader.getAttribute(config_root,"name");
+
+      // get the name of the database pool and namespace cache
+      DOMElementHelper config_root_h = new DOMElementHelper(config_root);
+      Element foo = loader.getSubElement(config_root_h,"database");
+      name_pool = loader.getAttribute(foo,"connection");
+      name_cache = loader.getAttribute(foo,"namespaces");
+
+      // get the name of the security reference monitor
+      foo = loader.getSubElement(config_root_h,"security");
+      name_srm = loader.getAttribute(foo,"object");
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (XMLLoadException e)
+    { // error loading XML config data
+      logger.fatal("XML loader exception in StandardContentSupplier",e);
+      throw new ConfigException(e);
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    // Get the database connection pool.
+    DBConnectionPool pool = GetObjectUtils.getDatabaseConnection(services,name_pool);
+
+    // Get the namespace cache.
+    m_ns_cache = (NamespaceCache)(GetObjectUtils.getDynamoComponent(services,NamespaceCache.class,name_cache));
+
+    // Get the security reference monitor.
+    m_srm =
+        (SecurityReferenceMonitor)(GetObjectUtils.getDynamoComponent(services,SecurityReferenceMonitor.class,
+								     name_srm));
+
+    // Get the menu database operations.
+    m_ops = MenuDatabaseOps.get(pool);
+    m_ops.setNamespaceCache(m_ns_cache);
+
+    // Create the menu definition cache.
+    m_menudef_cache = new HardSoftCache(3,10);
+
+  } // end initialize
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ComponentShutdown
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void shutdown()
+  {
+    m_ns_cache = null;
+    m_srm = null;
+
+  } // end shutdown
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface MenuProvider
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public MenuRenderObject getStandardMenu(DynamoUser caller, String namespace, String name, int[] acl_ids)
+      throws DatabaseException
+  {
+    QualifiedNameKey key = new QualifiedNameKey(namespace,name);
+    MenuDefinition mdef = (MenuDefinition)(m_menudef_cache.get(key));
+    if (mdef==null)
+    { // get it and add it to the cache
+      mdef = m_ops.getMenu(namespace,name);
+      m_menudef_cache.put(key,mdef);
+
+    } // end if
+
+    return new StandardMenuRendering(caller,mdef,m_srm,acl_ids);
+
+  } // end getStandardMenu
+
+  public MenuRenderObject getLeftMenu(DynamoUser caller, String namespace, String name, int[] acl_ids)
+      throws DatabaseException
+  {
+    QualifiedNameKey key = new QualifiedNameKey(namespace,name);
+    MenuDefinition mdef = (MenuDefinition)(m_menudef_cache.get(key));
+    if (mdef==null)
+    { // get it and add it to the cache
+      mdef = m_ops.getMenu(namespace,name);
+      m_menudef_cache.put(key,mdef);
+
+    } // end if
+
+    return new LeftMenuRendering(caller,mdef,m_srm,acl_ids);
+
+  } // end getLeftMenu
+
+} // end class MenuManager

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/menu/StandardMenuRendering.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.menu;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.Namespaces;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.security.SecurityReferenceMonitor;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.frame.FramedContent;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.iface.*;
+
+class StandardMenuRendering implements MenuRenderObject, SelfRenderable, FramedContent
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private MenuDefinition m_menudef;
+  private boolean[] m_showitem;
+  private HashMap m_local_vars;
+  private ContentBlock m_bullet = null;
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  StandardMenuRendering(DynamoUser caller, MenuDefinition def, SecurityReferenceMonitor srm, int[] acl_ids)
+      throws DatabaseException
+  {
+    m_menudef = def;
+    int count = def.getItemCount();
+    m_showitem = new boolean[count];
+    for (int i=0; i<count; i++)
+    { // get the "show item" flags
+      MenuItemDefinition item = def.getItem(i);
+      m_showitem[i] = item.itemAppears(caller,srm,acl_ids);
+
+    } // end for
+
+    m_local_vars = new HashMap(def.getVarDefaults());
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Internal operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private final void renderTextItem(TextRenderControl control, MenuItemDefinition item)
+      throws IOException, RenderingException
+  {
+    PrintWriter wr = control.getWriter();
+    for (int i=0; i<item.getIndentLevel(); i++)
+      wr.write("&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;");
+    control.renderSubObject(m_bullet);
+    wr.write("&nbsp;");
+    if (item.isEnabled() && (item.getLink()!=null))
+    { // write the link
+      URLRewriter rewriter = (URLRewriter)(control.queryService(URLRewriter.class));
+      wr.write("<a href=\""
+	       + rewriter.rewriteURL(item.getLinkType(),
+				     StringUtils.replaceAllVariables(item.getLink(),m_local_vars)) + "\"");
+      String s = item.getTarget();
+      if (s!=null)
+	wr.write(" target=\"" + s + "\"");
+      s = item.getTitle();
+      if (s!=null)
+	wr.write(" title=\"" + s + "\"");
+      s = item.getOnClick();
+      if (s!=null)
+	wr.write(" onClick=\"" + s + "\"");
+      wr.write(">");
+
+    } // end if
+    else  // just disable the text
+      wr.write("<span style=\"color: silver;\">");
+    wr.write(StringUtils.encodeHTML(StringUtils.replaceAllVariables(item.getText(),m_local_vars)));
+    if (item.isEnabled())
+      wr.write("</a>");
+    else
+      wr.write("</span>");
+    wr.write("<br />\n");
+
+  } // end renderTextItem
+
+  private final void renderHeaderItem(TextRenderControl control, MenuItemDefinition item)
+      throws IOException, RenderingException
+  {
+    PrintWriter wr = control.getWriter();
+    for (int i=0; i<item.getIndentLevel(); i++)
+      wr.write("&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;");
+    wr.write("<span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;\">");
+    if (item.isEnabled() && (item.getLink()!=null))
+    { // write the link
+      URLRewriter rewriter = (URLRewriter)(control.queryService(URLRewriter.class));
+      wr.write("<a href=\""
+	       + rewriter.rewriteURL(item.getLinkType(),
+				     StringUtils.replaceAllVariables(item.getLink(),m_local_vars)) + "\"");
+      String s = item.getTarget();
+      if (s!=null)
+	wr.write(" target=\"" + s + "\"");
+      s = item.getTitle();
+      if (s!=null)
+	wr.write(" title=\"" + s + "\"");
+      s = item.getOnClick();
+      if (s!=null)
+	wr.write(" onClick=\"" + s + "\"");
+      wr.write(">");
+
+    } // end if
+    else  // just disable the text
+      wr.write("<span style=\"color: silver;\">");
+    wr.write(StringUtils.encodeHTML(StringUtils.replaceAllVariables(item.getText(),m_local_vars)));
+    if (item.isEnabled())
+      wr.write("</a>");
+    else
+      wr.write("</span>");
+    wr.write("</span><br />\n");
+
+  } // end renderHeaderItem
+
+  private final void renderImageItem(TextRenderControl control, MenuItemDefinition item)
+      throws IOException, RenderingException
+  {
+    URLRewriter rewriter = (URLRewriter)(control.queryService(URLRewriter.class));
+    String s;
+    PrintWriter wr = control.getWriter();
+    for (int i=0; i<item.getIndentLevel(); i++)
+      wr.write("&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;");
+    if (item.isEnabled() && (item.getLink()!=null))
+    { // write the link
+      wr.write("<a href=\""
+	       + rewriter.rewriteURL(item.getLinkType(),
+				     StringUtils.replaceAllVariables(item.getLink(),m_local_vars)) + "\"");
+      s = item.getTarget();
+      if (s!=null)
+	wr.write(" target=\"" + s + "\"");
+      s = item.getTitle();
+      if (s!=null)
+	wr.write(" title=\"" + s + "\"");
+      s = item.getOnClick();
+      if (s!=null)
+	wr.write(" onClick=\"" + s + "\"");
+      wr.write(">");
+
+    } // end if
+    else  // just disable the text
+      wr.write("<span style=\"color: silver;\">");
+    String[] data = StringUtils.split(item.getText(),",",4);
+    wr.write("<img src=\"" + rewriter.rewriteURL(data[2],StringUtils.replaceAllVariables(data[3],m_local_vars))
+	     + "\"");
+    s = item.getTitle();
+    if (s==null)
+      wr.write(" alt=\"\"");
+    else
+      wr.write(" alt=\"" + s + "\" title=\"" + s + "\"");
+    wr.write(" width=\"" + data[0] + "\" height=\"" + data[1] + "\" border=\"0\" />");
+    if (item.isEnabled())
+      wr.write("</a>");
+    else
+      wr.write("</span>");
+    wr.write("<br />\n");
+
+  } // end renderImageItem
+
+  private final void renderSeparatorItem(TextRenderControl control, MenuItemDefinition item)
+      throws IOException, RenderingException
+  {
+    PrintWriter wr = control.getWriter();
+    wr.write("<br />\n");
+
+  } // end renderSeparatorItem
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface MenuRenderObject
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void setVariable(String name, String value)
+  {
+    if (m_menudef.isVariable(name))
+      m_local_vars.put(name,value);
+
+  } // end setVariable
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface SelfRenderable
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void render(SelfRenderControl control) throws IOException, RenderingException
+  {
+    ObjectProvider op = (ObjectProvider)(control.queryService(ObjectProvider.class));
+    ServiceProvider tmp_sp = (ServiceProvider)(op.getObject(Namespaces.DYNAMO_OBJECT_NAMESPACE,
+							    "venice-content"));
+    ContentBlockProvider cblkp = (ContentBlockProvider)(tmp_sp.queryService(ContentBlockProvider.class));
+    ContentBlock header = null;
+    try
+    { // get a header block
+      header = cblkp.getContentBlock("content.header");
+      if (m_bullet==null)
+	m_bullet = cblkp.getContentBlock("std.bullet");
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (DatabaseException e)
+    { // header block failed
+      throw new RenderingException(e);
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    // set the parameters for the content header
+    header.setContentParameter("title",StringUtils.replaceAllVariables(m_menudef.getTitle(),m_local_vars));
+    String s = m_menudef.getSubtitle();
+    if (s!=null)
+      header.setContentParameter("subtitle",StringUtils.replaceAllVariables(s,m_local_vars));
+
+    // render the header
+    TextRenderControl tctl = control.getTextRender();
+    tctl.renderSubObject(header);
+
+    PrintWriter wr = tctl.getWriter();
+    wr.write("<div class=\"content\">\n");
+
+    for (int i=0; i<m_showitem.length; i++)
+    { // render each menu item in turn
+      MenuItemDefinition item = m_menudef.getItem(i);
+      if (m_showitem[i] && item.itemDefined(m_local_vars))
+      { // render this item
+	s = item.getItemType();
+	if (s.equalsIgnoreCase("TEXT"))
+	  renderTextItem(tctl,item);
+	if (s.equalsIgnoreCase("HEADER"))
+	  renderHeaderItem(tctl,item);
+	if (s.equalsIgnoreCase("IMAGE"))
+	  renderImageItem(tctl,item);
+	if (s.equalsIgnoreCase("SEPARATOR"))
+	  renderSeparatorItem(tctl,item);
+
+      } // end if
+
+    } // end for
+
+    wr.write("</div>\n");
+
+  } // end render
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface FramedContent
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getMenuSelector()
+  {
+    return null;
+
+  } // end getMenuSelector
+
+  public String getPageTitle()
+  {
+    return m_menudef.getTitle();
+
+  } // end getPageTitle
+
+  public String getPageQID()
+  {
+    return null;
+
+  } // end getPageQID
+
+} // end class StandardMenuRendering

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/script/LibraryVenice.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-03 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.script;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.Namespaces;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.db.UserManagement;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.VeniceNamespaces;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.content.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.session.SessionInfoParams;
+
+public class LibraryVenice
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static data members
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public static final int CONFIRM_MIN = 1000000;
+  public static final int CONFIRM_MAX = 9999999;
+
+  private static final String ALPHABET =
+      "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz./";
+  private static final char[] ALPHA_ARRAY = ALPHABET.toCharArray();
+
+  private static final String[] SYLLABARY = {
+    "ba", "be", "bi", "bo", "bu",
+    "da", "de", "di", "do", "du",
+    "cha", "chi", "cho", "chu",
+    "fa", "fe", "fi", "fo", "fu",
+    "ga", "ge", "gi", "go", "gu",
+    "ha", "he", "hi", "ho", "hu",
+    "ja", "je", "ji", "jo", "ju",
+    "ka", "ke", "ki", "ko", "ku",
+    "la", "le", "li", "lo", "lu",
+    "ma", "me", "mi", "mo", "mu",
+    "na", "ne", "ni", "no", "nu",
+    "pa", "pe", "pi", "po", "pu",
+    "ra", "re", "ri", "ro", "ru",
+    "sa", "se", "si", "so", "su",
+    "sha", "she", "sho", "shu",
+    "ta", "te", "ti", "to", "tu",
+    "va", "ve", "vi", "vo", "vu",
+    "wa", "we", "wi", "wo", "wu",
+    "ya", "ye", "yi", "yo", "yu",
+    "za", "ze", "zi", "zo", "zu"
+  };  // 98 syllables
+
+  private static final char[] DIGITS = { '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9' };
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private Random m_rng;
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public LibraryVenice()
+  {
+    m_rng = new Random();
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * External operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String dialogFrameTitle(Dialog dlg)
+  {
+    String s = dlg.getSubtitle();
+    if (s==null)
+      return dlg.getTitle();
+    StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(dlg.getTitle());
+    buf.append(" - ").append(s);
+    return buf.toString();
+
+  } // end dialogFrameTitle
+
+  public String getLocation(Request req)
+  {
+    return (String)(req.getObject(SessionInfoParams.REQ_NAMESPACE,SessionInfoParams.RATTR_LOCATION));
+
+  } // end getLocation
+
+  public DynamoUser getUser(SessionInfo session)
+  {
+    return (DynamoUser)(session.getObject(SessionInfoParams.NAMESPACE,SessionInfoParams.ATTR_USER));
+
+  } // end getUser
+
+  public DynamoUser getUser(Request request)
+  {
+    SessionInfoProvider prov = (SessionInfoProvider)(request.queryService(SessionInfoProvider.class));
+    return this.getUser(prov.getSessionInfo());
+
+  } // end getUser
+
+  public DynamoUser lookupUser(Request req, String name) throws DatabaseException
+  {
+    if (StringUtils.isEmpty(name))
+      return null;
+    ObjectProvider op = (ObjectProvider)(req.queryService(ObjectProvider.class));
+    UserManagement umgmt = (UserManagement)(op.getObject(Namespaces.DYNAMO_OBJECT_NAMESPACE,"users"));
+    return umgmt.getUser(name);
+
+  } // end lookupUser
+
+  public DynamoUser lookupUser(Request req, int uid) throws DatabaseException
+  {
+    if (uid<=0)
+      return null;
+    ObjectProvider op = (ObjectProvider)(req.queryService(ObjectProvider.class));
+    UserManagement umgmt = (UserManagement)(op.getObject(Namespaces.DYNAMO_OBJECT_NAMESPACE,"users"));
+    return umgmt.getUser(uid);
+
+  } // end lookupUser
+
+  public int randomConfirmationNumber()
+  {
+    return m_rng.nextInt(CONFIRM_MAX - CONFIRM_MIN + 1) + CONFIRM_MIN;
+
+  } // end randomConfirmationNumber
+
+  public String randomPassword()
+  {
+    StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
+    int i;
+    for (i=0; i<4; i++)   // 4 random syllables
+      buf.append(SYLLABARY[m_rng.nextInt(SYLLABARY.length)]);
+    for (i=0; i<3; i++)   // 3 random digits
+      buf.append(DIGITS[m_rng.nextInt(DIGITS.length)]);
+    return buf.toString();
+    // total possible number of passwords = 92,236,816,000
+
+  } // end randomPassword
+
+  public String randomRecoveryAuth()
+  {
+    return String.valueOf(m_rng.nextInt(Integer.MAX_VALUE));
+
+  } // end randomRecoveryAuth
+
+  public String randomString(int len)
+  {
+    StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(len);
+    for (int i=0; i<len; i++)
+      buf.append(ALPHA_ARRAY[m_rng.nextInt(ALPHA_ARRAY.length)]);
+    return buf.toString();
+
+  } // end randomString
+
+  public void setLocation(Request req, String location)
+  {
+    req.setObject(SessionInfoParams.REQ_NAMESPACE,SessionInfoParams.RATTR_LOCATION,location);
+
+  } // end setLocation
+
+  public void setDisplayLogin(Request req, boolean flag)
+  {
+    req.setObject(SessionInfoParams.REQ_NAMESPACE,SessionInfoParams.RATTR_DISPLAY_LOGIN,
+		  Boolean.valueOf(flag));
+
+  } // end setDisplayLogin
+
+  public void setOnError(Request req, String on_error)
+  {
+    req.setObject(VeniceNamespaces.REQUEST_INFO_NAMESPACE,"on.error",on_error);
+
+  } // end setOnError
+
+  public void setOnErrorType(Request req, String on_error)
+  {
+    req.setObject(VeniceNamespaces.REQUEST_INFO_NAMESPACE,"on.error.type",on_error);
+
+  } // end setOnErrorType
+
+  public ErrorBox stdErrorBox(Request req, String title, String message)
+  {
+    String onerr = (String)(PropertyUtils.getPropertyNoErr(req,VeniceNamespaces.REQUEST_INFO_NAMESPACE,
+							   "on.error"));
+    String onerr_type = (String)(PropertyUtils.getPropertyNoErr(req,VeniceNamespaces.REQUEST_INFO_NAMESPACE,
+								"on.error.type"));
+    if (onerr!=null)
+      return new ErrorBox(title,message,onerr_type,onerr);
+    else
+      return new ErrorBox(title,message);
+
+  } // end stdErrorBox
+
+} // end class LibraryVenice

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/script/LibraryVeniceCast.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.script;
+
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.Namespaces;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.iface.*;
+
+public class LibraryVeniceCast
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public LibraryVeniceCast()
+  { // do nothing
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Internal operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private final Object query(Object obj, Class klass)
+  {
+    if (klass.isInstance(obj))
+      return obj;
+    if (obj instanceof ServiceProvider)
+    { // try using ServiceProvider
+      try
+      { // query for this object as a service
+	return ((ServiceProvider)obj).queryService(klass);
+
+      } // end try
+      catch (NoSuchServiceException e)
+      { // do nothing with this exception
+      } // end catch
+
+    } // end if
+
+    throw new ClassCastException("object is not an instance of " + klass.getName());
+
+  } // end query
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * External operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public final SecureObjectStore getGlobalBlocksStore(Request r)
+  {
+    ObjectProvider op = (ObjectProvider)(r.queryService(ObjectProvider.class));
+    ServiceProvider sp = (ServiceProvider)(op.getObject(Namespaces.DYNAMO_OBJECT_NAMESPACE,"globals"));
+    return (SecureObjectStore)(sp.queryService(SecureObjectStore.class,"blocks"));
+
+  } // end getGlobalPropertiesStore
+
+  public final SecureObjectStore getGlobalPropertiesStore(Request r)
+  {
+    ObjectProvider op = (ObjectProvider)(r.queryService(ObjectProvider.class));
+    ServiceProvider sp = (ServiceProvider)(op.getObject(Namespaces.DYNAMO_OBJECT_NAMESPACE,"globals"));
+    return (SecureObjectStore)(sp.queryService(SecureObjectStore.class,"properties"));
+
+  } // end getGlobalPropertiesStore
+
+  public final ButtonProvider queryButtonProvider(Object obj)
+  {
+    return (ButtonProvider)query(obj,ButtonProvider.class);
+
+  } // end queryButtonProvider
+
+  public final ContentBlockProvider queryContentBlockProvider(Object obj)
+  {
+    return (ContentBlockProvider)query(obj,ContentBlockProvider.class);
+
+  } // end queryContentBlockProvider
+
+  public final RenderImage queryRenderImage(Object obj)
+  {
+    return (RenderImage)query(obj,RenderImage.class);
+
+  } // end queryRenderImage
+
+  public final UserDefaultPropertyNamespace queryUserDefaultPropertyNamespace(Object obj)
+  {
+    return (UserDefaultPropertyNamespace)query(obj,UserDefaultPropertyNamespace.class);
+
+  } // end queryUserDefaultPropertyNamespace
+
+} // end class LibraryVeniceCast

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/servlet/BinaryPageData.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.servlet;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+
+class BinaryPageData extends PageData
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private String m_type;
+  private int m_length;
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  BinaryPageData(File file, String type) throws IOException
+  {
+    super(file);
+    m_type = type;
+    m_length = (int)(file.length());
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Abstract implementations from class PageData
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void render(SelfRenderControl control) throws IOException, RenderingException
+  {
+    BinaryRenderControl c = control.getBinaryRender();
+    c.setContentType(m_type);
+    c.setContentLength(m_length);
+    InputStream in = null;
+    OutputStream out = c.getStream();
+    try
+    { // copy the data out!
+      in = new FileInputStream(m_file);
+      IOUtils.copy(in,out);
+      out.flush();
+
+    } // end try
+    finally
+    { // close the file stream when we're done
+      IOUtils.shutdown(in);
+
+    } // end finally;
+    
+  } // end render
+
+} // end class BinaryPageData

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/servlet/FrameServlet.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.servlet;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.HttpStatusCode;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.Namespaces;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.servlet.ServletBase;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.util.*;
+
+public class FrameServlet extends ServletBase
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static data members
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private static final int DEFAULT_HARD_LIMIT = 5;
+  private static final int DEFAULT_SOFT_LIMIT = 10;
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private File m_base_directory;         // base directory from where we get static pages
+  private HardSoftCache m_cache;         // cache for static page information
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Abstract implementations from class ServletBase
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  protected Object process(Request r, Application app) throws Exception
+  {
+    String page_name = r.getExtraPath().substring(1);
+    PageData pd = (PageData)(m_cache.get(page_name));
+    if (pd!=null)
+    { // found page data - test to see if it's been modified
+      if (pd.isModified())
+      { // data is modified - kick it out of the cache
+	m_cache.remove(page_name);
+	pd = null;
+
+      } // end if
+
+    } // end if
+
+    if (pd==null)
+    { // Start by getting the File associated with this page name.
+      File page_file = new File(m_base_directory,page_name);
+      if (!(page_file.canRead()))  // can't read the farking file!
+	return new HttpErrorMessage(HttpStatusCode.E_NOTFOUND);
+
+      // Figure out whether this is actually "frameable" content.
+      MIMETypeMapper mapper = (MIMETypeMapper)(r.queryService(MIMETypeMapper.class));
+      String type = mapper.getMIMEType(page_name);
+      boolean is_text = type.startsWith("text/html");
+
+      try
+      { // Create the page data and cache it.
+	if (is_text)
+	{ // only cache the text pages
+	  pd = new TextPageData(page_file,r.getRequestPath() + r.getExtraPath());
+	  m_cache.put(page_name,pd);
+
+	} // end if
+	else  // just output binary data
+	  pd = new BinaryPageData(page_file,type);
+
+      } // end try
+      catch (IOException e)
+      { // if there's an error reading the page data, send back a 500 Internal Server Error
+	return new HttpErrorMessage(HttpStatusCode.E_INTERNAL,e.getMessage());
+
+      } // end catch
+
+    } // end if
+
+    return pd;  // return the PageData to be rendered
+
+  } // end process
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Overrides from class ServletBase
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  protected void initServlet(ServiceProvider services) throws DynamoException
+  {
+    // Start by getting the base directory.
+    ObjectProvider oprov = (ObjectProvider)(services.queryService(ObjectProvider.class));
+    String base_dir = (String)(oprov.getObject(Namespaces.SUBSTRATE_NAMESPACE,
+					       ApplicationSubstrate.OBJ_BASE_PATH));
+
+    // Now try and get the content prefix and append it to that base path.
+    try
+    { // retrieve the prefix for the frame servlet
+      String pfx = (String)(oprov.getObject(Namespaces.SERVLET_INIT_NAMESPACE,"content.prefix"));
+      if (!(pfx.startsWith("/")))
+	base_dir += "/";
+      base_dir += pfx;
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NoSuchObjectException e)
+    { // leave the base path as it is
+    } // end catch
+
+    m_base_directory = new File(base_dir);
+    if (!(m_base_directory.isDirectory()))
+    { // it's not a directory - throw an exception!
+      ConfigException ce = new ConfigException(FrameServlet.class,"FrameServletMessages",
+					       "basepath.notDirectory");
+      ce.setParameter(0,m_base_directory.getAbsolutePath());
+      throw ce;
+
+    } // end if
+
+    int hard_limit = DEFAULT_HARD_LIMIT;
+    try
+    { // get the hard limit from the configuration and parse it
+      String s = (String)(oprov.getObject(Namespaces.SERVLET_INIT_NAMESPACE,"cache.hard.limit"));
+      hard_limit = Integer.parseInt(s);
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NoSuchObjectException e)
+    { // if the hard limit is not present, default it
+      hard_limit = DEFAULT_HARD_LIMIT;
+
+    } // end catch
+    catch (NumberFormatException e)
+    { // if it's not an integer, that's an error
+      throw new ConfigException(FrameServlet.class,"FrameServletMessages","hardlimit.notInteger");
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    int soft_limit = DEFAULT_SOFT_LIMIT;
+    try
+    { // get the soft limit from the configuration and parse it
+      String s = (String)(oprov.getObject(Namespaces.SERVLET_INIT_NAMESPACE,"cache.soft.limit"));
+      soft_limit = Integer.parseInt(s);
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NoSuchObjectException e)
+    { // if the soft limit is not present, default it
+      soft_limit = DEFAULT_SOFT_LIMIT;
+
+    } // end catch
+    catch (NumberFormatException e)
+    { // if it's not an integer, that's an error
+      throw new ConfigException(FrameServlet.class,"FrameServletMessages","softlimit.notInteger");
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    // Create the cache.
+    m_cache = new HardSoftCache(hard_limit,soft_limit);
+
+  } // end initServlet
+
+} // end class FrameServlet

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/servlet/FrameServletMessages.properties

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+# The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+# 
+# Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+# language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+# 
+# The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+# 
+# The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+# for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+# Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+# 
+# Contributor(s): 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# This file has been localized for the en_US locale
+basepath.notDirectory=The configured frame content base path "{0}" is not a directory.
+hardlimit.notInteger=The configured cache hard limit is not an integer.
+softlimit.notInteger=The configured cache hard limit is not an integer.
+frame.noContent=(No content)

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/servlet/PageData.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.servlet;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+
+abstract class PageData implements SelfRenderable
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  protected File m_file;     // underlying File object
+  private long m_lastmod;    // initial "last modified" time
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  protected PageData(File file) throws IOException
+  {
+    m_file = file;
+    m_lastmod = m_file.lastModified();
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Abstract operations from interface SelfRenderable
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public abstract void render(SelfRenderControl control) throws IOException, RenderingException;
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * External operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  boolean isModified()
+  {
+    long tmp = m_file.lastModified();
+    if (tmp==0)
+      return true;
+    else
+      return (tmp>m_lastmod);
+
+  } // end isModified
+
+} // end class PageData

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/servlet/TextPageData.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.servlet;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.frame.FramedContent;
+
+class TextPageData extends PageData implements FramedContent
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private String m_title;    // title string
+  private String m_body;     // body text
+  private String m_qid;      // page QID
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  TextPageData(File file, String request_path) throws IOException
+  {
+    super(file);
+
+    // Read in the file data.
+    StringBuffer raw = IOUtils.loadText(file);
+
+    // make the upper-case search page and use that to locate the page title and body
+    String search = raw.toString().toUpperCase();
+    m_title = searchBetweenTags(raw,search,"TITLE");
+    m_body = searchBetweenTags(raw,search,"BODY");
+
+    if (m_body==null)
+    { // default the body if it doesn't exist
+      ResourceBundle b = ResourceBundle.getBundle("com.silverwrist.venice.servlet.FrameServletMessages",
+						  Locale.getDefault());
+      m_body = b.getString("frame.noContent");
+
+    } // end if
+
+    if (m_title==null)
+    { // default the title as well
+      int p = request_path.lastIndexOf('/');
+      if (p<0)
+	m_title = request_path;
+      else
+	m_title = request_path.substring(p+1);
+
+    } // end if
+
+    // Determine the page QID.
+    if (request_path.startsWith("/"))
+      m_qid = request_path.substring(1);
+    else
+      m_qid = request_path;
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Internal operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private static final String searchBetweenTags(StringBuffer data, String search, String tagname)
+  {
+    tagname = tagname.toUpperCase();
+    String start = "<" + tagname;
+    String end = "</" + tagname + ">";
+
+    int startpos = search.indexOf(start);
+    if (startpos<0)
+      return null;
+    startpos += start.length();
+
+    int bkt_pos = search.indexOf('>',startpos);
+    if (bkt_pos<0)
+      return null;
+
+    int end_pos = search.indexOf(end,++bkt_pos);
+    if (end_pos<0)
+      return data.substring(bkt_pos);
+    else
+      return data.substring(bkt_pos,end_pos);
+
+  } // end searchBetweenTags
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Abstract implementations from class PageData
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void render(SelfRenderControl control) throws IOException, RenderingException
+  {
+    PrintWriter wr = control.getTextRender().getWriter();
+    wr.write(m_body);
+    wr.flush();
+
+  } // end render
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface FramedContent
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getMenuSelector()
+  {
+    return null;
+
+  } // end getMenuSelector
+
+  public String getPageTitle()
+  {
+    return m_title;
+
+  } // end getPageTitle
+
+  public String getPageQID()
+  {
+    return m_qid;
+
+  } // end getPageQID
+
+} // end class TextPageData

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/servlet/UserServlet.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.servlet;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.HttpStatusCode;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.Namespaces;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.db.UserManagement;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.servlet.ServletBase;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.util.*;
+
+public class UserServlet extends ServletBase
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Abstract implementations from class ServletBase
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  protected Object process(Request r, Application app) throws Exception
+  {
+    // Look up the user.
+    ObjectProvider op = (ObjectProvider)(r.queryService(ObjectProvider.class));
+    UserManagement umgmt = (UserManagement)(op.getObject(Namespaces.DYNAMO_OBJECT_NAMESPACE,"users"));
+    DynamoUser user = umgmt.getUser(r.getExtraPath().substring(1));
+    if (user==null)
+      return new HttpErrorMessage(HttpStatusCode.E_NOTFOUND);
+
+    // Execute the script that produces the view.
+    r.setObject("temp:","user",user);
+    ScriptExecute exec = (ScriptExecute)(r.queryService(ScriptExecute.class));
+    return exec.executeScript(r,"/util/create_profile.js");
+
+  } // end process
+
+} // end class UserServlet

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/session/CookieAuthenticator.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.session;
+
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+
+class CookieAuthenticator implements Authenticator
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  CookieAuthenticator()
+  { // do nothing
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface Authenticator
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public boolean authenticate(String stored_data, String input_data) throws AuthenticationException
+  {
+    return stored_data.equals(input_data);
+
+  } // end authenticate
+
+  public String processInputData(String input_data) throws AuthenticationException
+  {
+    return input_data;
+
+  } // end processInputData
+
+} // end class CookieAuthenticator

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/session/PasswordRecoveryAuthenticator.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.session;
+
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+
+class PasswordRecoveryAuthenticator implements Authenticator
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private VeniceSessionManager m_sm;
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  PasswordRecoveryAuthenticator(VeniceSessionManager sm)
+  {
+    m_sm = sm;
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface Authenticator
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public boolean authenticate(String stored_data, String input_data) throws AuthenticationException
+  {
+    if (!(stored_data.equals(input_data)))
+      return false;
+    try
+    { // check the timestamp on the data
+      int pos = input_data.indexOf('.');
+      if (pos<0)
+	return false;
+      long timestamp = Long.parseLong(input_data.substring(pos+1));
+      if ((System.currentTimeMillis() - timestamp)>m_sm.getPasswordRecoveryTime())
+	return false;
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NumberFormatException e)
+    { // number parse is wrong
+      return false;
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    return true;
+
+  } // end authenticate
+
+  public String processInputData(String input_data) throws AuthenticationException
+  {
+    return input_data;
+
+  } // end processInputData
+
+} // end class PasswordRecoveryAuthenticator

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/session/PasswordRecoveryRequest.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.session;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.util.*;
+
+class PasswordRecoveryRequest extends FilterRequest
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private Map m_params;
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  PasswordRecoveryRequest(Request r, Integer uid, String auth)
+  {
+    super(r);
+    HashMap p = new HashMap();
+    p.put("uid",uid);
+    p.put("auth",auth);
+    m_params = Collections.unmodifiableMap(p);
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Overrides from class FilterRequest
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public Map getParameters()
+  {
+    return m_params;
+
+  } // end getParameters
+
+  public Class getParametersEntryClass()
+  {
+    return Object.class;
+
+  } // end getParametersEntryClass
+
+} // end class PasswordRecoveryRequest

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/session/PasswordRecoveryServlet.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.session;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.servlet.ServletBase;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.content.*;
+
+public class PasswordRecoveryServlet extends ServletBase
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Abstract implementations from class ServletBase
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  protected Object process(Request r, Application app) throws Exception
+  {
+    // Get the parameters.
+    String tmp = r.getExtraPath().substring(1);
+    int pos = tmp.indexOf('/');
+    if (pos<0)
+    { // error!
+      ResourceBundle b = ResourceBundle.getBundle("com.silverwrist.venice.session.SessionMessages",
+						  Locale.getDefault());
+      return new ErrorBox(null,b.getString("pwrec.badformat"));
+
+    } // end if
+
+    Integer uid = null;
+    String auth = null;
+    try
+    { // create user ID and authorization string
+      uid = new Integer(tmp.substring(0,pos));
+      auth = tmp.substring(pos+1);
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NumberFormatException e)
+    { // cannot parse the UID
+      ResourceBundle b = ResourceBundle.getBundle("com.silverwrist.venice.session.SessionMessages",
+						  Locale.getDefault());
+      return new ErrorBox(null,b.getString("pwrec.badformat"));
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    // Call the script that implements this function.
+    ScriptExecute exec = (ScriptExecute)(r.queryService(ScriptExecute.class));
+    return exec.executeScript(new PasswordRecoveryRequest(r,uid,auth),"/util/password_recovery.js");
+
+  } // end process
+
+} // end class PasswordRecoveryServlet

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/session/SessionInfoParams.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.session;
+
+import com.silverwrist.venice.VeniceNamespaces;
+
+public interface SessionInfoParams
+{
+  public static final String NAMESPACE = VeniceNamespaces.SESSION_INFO_NAMESPACE;
+
+  public static final String REQ_NAMESPACE = VeniceNamespaces.REQUEST_INFO_NAMESPACE;
+
+  public static final String ATTR_USER = "user";
+
+  public static final String ATTR_STYLESHEET_SELECTOR = "stylesheet.sel";
+
+  public static final String ATTR_COOKIE_AUTH_SOURCE = "cookie.auth.source";
+
+  public static final String RATTR_LOCATION = "location";
+
+  public static final String RATTR_DISPLAY_LOGIN = "display.login";
+
+} // end interface SessionInfoParams

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/session/SessionMessages.properties

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+# The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+# 
+# Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+# language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+# 
+# The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+# 
+# The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+# for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+# Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+# 
+# Contributor(s): 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# This file has been localized for the en_US locale
+no.anon=Unable to retrieve "anonymous" user account.
+init.noProp=Unable to load the standard global properties provider.
+prop.missing=Unable to load the value of standard property "{0}".
+prop.wrongType=The value of property "{0}" is of the wrong type.
+pwrec.badformat=Invalid password recovery request.

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/session/VeniceSessionManager.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-03 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.session;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.w3c.dom.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.xml.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.RequestType;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.db.UserManagement;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.event.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.VeniceNamespaces;
+
+public class VeniceSessionManager
+    implements NamedObject, ComponentInitialize, ComponentShutdown, SessionInfoListener, RequestPreprocessor,
+               DynamicUpdateListener, SessionInfoParams
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Internal class implementing "venice_session" operations in the script engine
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public class VeniceSessionOpsImpl
+  {
+    /*====================================================================
+     * Constructor
+     *====================================================================
+     */
+
+    VeniceSessionOpsImpl()
+    { // do nothing
+    } // end constructor
+
+    /*====================================================================
+     * External operations
+     *====================================================================
+     */
+
+    public String getLoginCookieName()
+    {
+      return m_cookie_name;
+
+    } // end getLoginCookieName
+
+    public int getLoginCookieAge()
+    {
+      return m_cookie_maxage * 86400;  // convert to seconds
+
+    } // end getLoginCookieAge
+
+  } // end class VeniceSessionOpsImpl
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static data members
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(VeniceSessionManager.class);
+
+  private static final String CONTROL_NAMESPACE = VeniceNamespaces.SESSION_CONTROL_NAMESPACE;
+
+  private static final String PROP_SESSION_INIT_SCRIPT = "session.init.script";
+  private static final String PROP_LOGIN_COOKIE = "login.cookie";
+  private static final String PROP_LOGIN_COOKIE_MAXAGE = "login.cookie.maxage";
+  private static final String PROP_PASSWORD_RECOVERY_TIME = "password.recovery.time";
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private String m_name;                                  // name of this object
+  private DynamoUser m_anonymous;                         // anonymous user
+  private ObjectProvider m_props;                         // global properties provider
+  private String m_session_init_script;                   // session initialization script
+  private String m_cookie_name;                           // name of login cookie
+  private int m_cookie_maxage;                            // maximum age of cookie (in days)
+  private int m_pass_recovery_time;                       // password recovery time (in minutes)
+  private LinkedList m_shutdown_list = new LinkedList();  // shutdown list
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public VeniceSessionManager()
+  { // do nothing
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Internal operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private final String getInitString(String name) throws ConfigException
+  {
+    try
+    { // call through to the property provider
+      return (String)(m_props.getObject(CONTROL_NAMESPACE,name));
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NoSuchObjectException e)
+    { // the property value isn't present?  yIkes!
+      ConfigException ce = new ConfigException(VeniceSessionManager.class,"SessionMessages","prop.missing",e);
+      ce.setParameter(0,name);
+      throw ce;
+
+    } // end catch
+    catch (ClassCastException e)
+    { // not a String?  for shame!
+      ConfigException ce = new ConfigException(VeniceSessionManager.class,"SessionMessages",
+					       "prop.wrongType",e);
+      ce.setParameter(0,name);
+      throw ce;
+
+    } // end catch
+
+  } // end getInitString
+
+  private final int getInitInteger(String name) throws ConfigException
+  {
+    try
+    { // call through to the property provider
+      return ((Integer)(m_props.getObject(CONTROL_NAMESPACE,name))).intValue();
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NoSuchObjectException e)
+    { // the property value isn't present?  yIkes!
+      ConfigException ce = new ConfigException(VeniceSessionManager.class,"SessionMessages","prop.missing",e);
+      ce.setParameter(0,name);
+      throw ce;
+
+    } // end catch
+    catch (ClassCastException e)
+    { // not an Integer?  for shame!
+      ConfigException ce = new ConfigException(VeniceSessionManager.class,"SessionMessages",
+					       "prop.wrongType",e);
+      ce.setParameter(0,name);
+      throw ce;
+
+    } // end catch
+
+  } // end getInitString
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Overrides from class Object
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String toString()
+  {
+    return "the VeniceSessionManager";
+
+  } // end toString
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface NamedObject
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getName()
+  {
+    return m_name;
+
+  } // end getName
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ComponentInitialize
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Initialize the component.
+   *
+   * @param config_root Pointer to the section of the Dynamo XML configuration file that configures this
+   *                    particular component.  This is to be considered "read-only" by the component.
+   * @param services An implementation of {@link com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.ServiceProvider ServiceProvider}
+   *                 which provides initialization services to the component.  This will include an implementation
+   *                 of {@link com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.ObjectProvider ObjectProvider} which may be used to
+   *                 get information about other objects previously initialized by the application.
+   * @exception com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.ConfigException If an error is encountered in the component
+   *            configuration.
+   */
+  public void initialize(Element config_root, ServiceProvider services) throws ConfigException
+  {
+    logger.info("VeniceSessionManager initializing");
+
+    XMLLoader loader = XMLLoader.get();
+    String gprops = null, users = null;
+    try
+    { // verify the right node name
+      loader.verifyNodeName(config_root,"object");
+
+      // get the object's name
+      m_name = loader.getAttribute(config_root,"name");
+
+      // get the name of the global properties object
+      DOMElementHelper config_root_h = new DOMElementHelper(config_root);
+      Element foo = loader.getSubElement(config_root_h,"global-properties");
+      gprops = loader.getAttribute(foo,"object");
+
+      // get the name of the users object
+      foo = loader.getSubElement(config_root_h,"user-manager");
+      users = loader.getAttribute(foo,"object");
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (XMLLoadException e)
+    { // error loading XML config data
+      logger.fatal("XML loader exception in VeniceSessionManager",e);
+      throw new ConfigException(e);
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    // Get the standard properties provider.
+    ServiceProvider gdm_sp =
+        (ServiceProvider)(GetObjectUtils.getDynamoComponent(services,ServiceProvider.class,gprops));
+    try
+    { // get the "properties" service from that object
+      m_props = (ObjectProvider)(gdm_sp.queryService(ObjectProvider.class,"properties"));
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NoSuchServiceException e)
+    { // this shouldn't happen, but...
+      throw new ConfigException(VeniceSessionManager.class,"SessionMessages","init.noProp",e);
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    // Get the values of the session properties.
+    m_session_init_script = getInitString(PROP_SESSION_INIT_SCRIPT);
+    m_cookie_name = getInitString(PROP_LOGIN_COOKIE);
+    m_cookie_maxage = getInitInteger(PROP_LOGIN_COOKIE_MAXAGE);
+    m_pass_recovery_time = getInitInteger(PROP_PASSWORD_RECOVERY_TIME);
+
+    try
+    { // Get the "anonymous" user context and save a reference to it.
+      UserManagement umgmt =
+          (UserManagement)(GetObjectUtils.getDynamoComponent(services,UserManagement.class,users));
+      m_anonymous = umgmt.getAnonymousUser();
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (DatabaseException e)
+    { // translate to ConfigException
+      throw new ConfigException(VeniceSessionManager.class,"SessionMessages","no.anon",e);
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    // Register a scripting object that exposes the session properties to scripts.
+    ScriptEngineConfig sconf = (ScriptEngineConfig)(services.queryService(ScriptEngineConfig.class));
+    m_shutdown_list.addFirst(sconf.addDeclaredObject("venice_session",new VeniceSessionOpsImpl(),
+						     VeniceSessionOpsImpl.class));
+
+    // Register our "cookie" authenticator and password recovery authenticator.
+    AuthenticatorRegistration authreg =
+        (AuthenticatorRegistration)(services.queryService(AuthenticatorRegistration.class));
+    m_shutdown_list.addFirst(authreg.registerAuthenticator(CONTROL_NAMESPACE,"cookie",
+							   new CookieAuthenticator()));
+    m_shutdown_list.addFirst(authreg.registerAuthenticator(CONTROL_NAMESPACE,"password.recovery",
+							   new PasswordRecoveryAuthenticator(this)));
+
+    // Register this object to listen to session info events and property update events.
+    EventListenerRegistration reg =
+        (EventListenerRegistration)(services.queryService(EventListenerRegistration.class));
+    m_shutdown_list.addFirst(reg.registerSessionInfoListener(this));
+    m_shutdown_list.addFirst(reg.registerDynamicUpdateListener(GlobalPropertyUpdateEvent.class,this));
+
+    // Register this object to preprocess requests.
+    RequestPreprocessorRegistration rpreg =
+        (RequestPreprocessorRegistration)(services.queryService(RequestPreprocessorRegistration.class));
+    m_shutdown_list.addFirst(rpreg.registerRequestPreprocessor(this));
+
+    logger.info("VeniceSessionManager initialized");
+
+  } // end initialize
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ComponentShutdown
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void shutdown()
+  {
+    logger.info("Shutting down VeniceSessionManager");
+    while (m_shutdown_list.size()>0)
+    { // shut down everything on the shutdown list
+      ComponentShutdown cs = (ComponentShutdown)(m_shutdown_list.removeFirst());
+      cs.shutdown();
+
+    } // end while
+
+    m_props = null;
+    m_anonymous = null;
+
+  } // end shutdown
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface SessionInfoListener
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void sessionInitialized(SessionInfoEvent event)
+  {
+    SessionInfo session = event.getSession();
+
+    // Add the "anonymous" user context to this session.
+    session.setObject(NAMESPACE,ATTR_USER,m_anonymous);
+
+    // Add the default stylesheet selector to the session.
+    session.setObject(NAMESPACE,ATTR_STYLESHEET_SELECTOR,"normal");
+
+    try
+    { // Execute the session-initialization script.
+      Request r = event.getRequest();
+      ScriptExecute exec = (ScriptExecute)(r.queryService(ScriptExecute.class));
+      exec.executeScript(r,m_session_init_script);
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (ScriptingException e)
+    { // just log this exception
+      logger.error("Session initialization script failed",e);
+
+    } // end catch
+
+  } // end sessionInitialized
+
+  public void sessionExiting(SessionInfoEvent event)
+  { // don't use this notification
+  } // end sessionExiting
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface RequestPreprocessor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void preprocessRequest(Request r)
+  {
+    if (RequestType.HTTP.equals(r.getType()))
+    { // only need to worry about any of this in HTTP requests
+      if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+	logger.debug("VeniceSessionManager preprocessing request: " + r);
+
+      RequestHelper rh = new RequestHelper(r);
+      SessionInfo session = rh.getSession();
+      try
+      { // look for the stylesheet selector
+	session.getObject(NAMESPACE,ATTR_STYLESHEET_SELECTOR);
+
+      } // end try
+      catch (NoSuchObjectException e)
+      { // TEMP: until we can sniff the browser
+	session.setObject(NAMESPACE,ATTR_STYLESHEET_SELECTOR,"normal");
+
+      } // end catch
+
+      try
+      { // see if the "location" has been set yet
+	r.getObject(REQ_NAMESPACE,RATTR_LOCATION);
+
+      } // end r
+      catch (NoSuchObjectException e)
+      { // Create the initial "location" request data.
+	StringBuffer loc_buf = new StringBuffer(r.getRequestPath());
+	if (loc_buf.charAt(0)=='/')
+	  loc_buf.delete(0,1);
+	String tmp = r.getExtraPath();
+	if (tmp!=null)
+	  loc_buf.append(tmp);
+	tmp = r.getQueryString();
+	if (tmp!=null)
+	  loc_buf.append('?').append(tmp);
+	if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+	  logger.debug("Setting location: " + loc_buf.toString());
+	r.setObject(REQ_NAMESPACE,RATTR_LOCATION,loc_buf.toString());
+
+      } // end catch
+
+      try
+      { // see if "display login" has already been set
+	r.getObject(REQ_NAMESPACE,RATTR_DISPLAY_LOGIN);
+
+      } // end try
+      catch (NoSuchObjectException e)
+      { // Set the "display login" flag.
+	r.setObject(REQ_NAMESPACE,RATTR_DISPLAY_LOGIN,Boolean.TRUE);
+
+      } // end catch
+
+    } // end if
+
+  } // end preprocessRequest
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface DynamicUpdateListener
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void updateReceived(DynamicUpdateEvent evt)
+  {
+    GlobalPropertyUpdateEvent event = (GlobalPropertyUpdateEvent)evt;
+    if (CONTROL_NAMESPACE.equals(event.getPropertyNamespace()))
+    { // see if this is one of the properties we monitor
+      try
+      { // reuse the "initialization" getters here
+	if (PROP_SESSION_INIT_SCRIPT.equals(event.getPropertyName()))
+	{ // process new initialization script
+	  String s = getInitString(PROP_SESSION_INIT_SCRIPT);
+	  m_session_init_script = s;
+
+	} // end if
+	else if (PROP_LOGIN_COOKIE.equals(event.getPropertyName()))
+	{ // process new cookie name
+	  String s = getInitString(PROP_LOGIN_COOKIE);
+	  m_cookie_name = s;
+
+	} // end else if
+	else if (PROP_LOGIN_COOKIE_MAXAGE.equals(event.getPropertyName()))
+	{ // process new cookie maximum age
+	  int x = getInitInteger(PROP_LOGIN_COOKIE_MAXAGE);
+	  m_cookie_maxage = x;
+
+	} // end else if
+	else if (PROP_PASSWORD_RECOVERY_TIME.equals(event.getPropertyName()))
+	{ // process new password recovery time
+	  int x = getInitInteger(PROP_PASSWORD_RECOVERY_TIME);
+	  m_pass_recovery_time = x;
+	  
+	} // end else if
+
+      } // end try
+      catch (ConfigException ce)
+      { // property get failed - don't change the value
+      } // end catch
+
+    } // end if
+
+  } // end updateReceived
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * External operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  long getPasswordRecoveryTime()
+  {
+    return (long)(m_pass_recovery_time * 60000L);
+
+  } // end getPasswordRecoveryTime
+
+} // end class VeniceSessionManager

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/util/StringTemplateContentBlock.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.util;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.velocity.VelocityOwnTemplate;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.iface.ContentBlock;
+
+public class StringTemplateContentBlock implements VelocityOwnTemplate, ContentBlock
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private String m_mime_type;
+  private String m_template;
+  private String m_identifier;
+  private HashMap m_params = new HashMap();
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructors
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public StringTemplateContentBlock(String template, String identifier, String mime_type)
+  {
+    m_mime_type = mime_type;
+    m_template = template;
+    m_identifier = identifier;
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  public StringTemplateContentBlock(String template, String identifier)
+  {
+    this(template,identifier,"text/html");
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  public StringTemplateContentBlock(String template)
+  {
+    this(template,"StringTemplateContentBlock","text/html");
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Overrides from class Object
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String toString()
+  {
+    return m_template;
+
+  } // end toString
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface VelocityParamSupplier
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public Object getParameter(String key)
+  {
+    return m_params.get(key);
+
+  } // end getParameter
+
+  public Collection getParameterNames()
+  {
+    return Collections.unmodifiableSet(m_params.keySet());
+
+  } // end getParameterNames
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface VelocityOwnTemplate
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getMimeType()
+  {
+    return m_mime_type;
+
+  } // end getMimeType
+
+  public String getTemplate()
+  {
+    return m_template;
+
+  } // end getTemplate
+
+  public String getIdentifier()
+  {
+    return m_identifier;
+
+  } // end getIdentifier
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ContentBlock
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void setContentParameter(String name, Object obj)
+  {
+    m_params.put(name,obj);
+
+  } // end setContentParameter
+
+} // end class StringTemplateContentBlock

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/xmlrpc/VeniceCreateSession.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.xmlrpc;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
+import com.silverwrist.dynamo.xmlrpc.*;
+
+public class VeniceCreateSession implements XmlRpcDispatcher, XmlRpcTypeNames
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static data members
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private static final List SUPPORTED_METHODS;
+  private static final List SIGNATURES;
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public VeniceCreateSession()
+  { // do nothing
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface XmlRpcDispatcher
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getSessionIDParamValue(Request r, Application app)
+  {
+    return null;
+
+  } // end getSessionIDParamValue
+
+  public Object dispatchXmlRpcCall(Request r, Application app) throws Exception, FaultCode
+  {
+    if (r.getParameters().size()!=0)
+      throw new XmlRpcParameterError("parameter count mismatch");
+    XmlRpcCreateSession creator = (XmlRpcCreateSession)(r.queryService(XmlRpcCreateSession.class));
+    SessionInfo session = creator.createNewSession(r);
+    return session.getID();
+
+  } // end dispatchXmlRpcCall
+
+  public Collection getSupportedMethods(Request r)
+  {
+    return SUPPORTED_METHODS;
+
+  } // end getSupportedMethods
+
+  public List getMethodSignature(Request r, String method) throws FaultCode
+  {
+    return SIGNATURES;
+
+  } // end getMethodSignature
+
+  public String getMethodHelp(Request r, String method) throws FaultCode
+  {
+    ResourceBundle b = ResourceBundle.getBundle("com.silverwrist.venice.xmlrpc.VeniceXmlRpcMessages",
+						Locale.getDefault());
+    return b.getString("help.createSess");
+
+  } // end getMethodHelp
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static initializer
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  static
+  { // create the supported methods list
+    SUPPORTED_METHODS = Collections.singletonList("venice:session.create");
+
+    // create the signatures list
+    List l = Collections.singletonList(TYPE_STRING);
+    SIGNATURES = Collections.singletonList(l);
+
+  } // end static initializer
+
+} // end class VeniceCreateSession

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/xmlrpc/VeniceFaultCodes.java

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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.xmlrpc;
+
+public interface VeniceFaultCodes
+{
+  public static final int IS_LOGGEDIN = 1000;
+
+  public static final int IS_NOT_LOGGEDIN = 1001;
+
+  public static final int USER_NOTFOUND = 1002;
+
+  public static final int USER_NOLOGIN = 1003;
+
+  public static final int USER_LOCKED = 1004;
+
+  public static final int USER_NOAUTH = 1005;
+
+} // end interface VeniceFaultCodes

src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/xmlrpc/VeniceXmlRpcMessages.properties

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+# The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+# 
+# Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+# language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+# 
+# The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+# 
+# The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+# for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+# Copyright (C) 2003 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+# 
+# Contributor(s): 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# This file has been localized for the en_US locale
+help.createSess=Creates a new Venice session. \r\n\
+                Returns: The identifier of the new session.  This is passed to most other Venice API functions.