/*
    * $Id: RequestUtils.java 471754 2006-11-06 14:55:09Z husted $
    *
    * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
    * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
    * distributed with this work for additional information
    * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
    * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (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.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
   *
   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
   * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
   * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
   * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
   * specific language governing permissions and limitations
   * under the License.
   */
  package org.apache.struts.util;
  
  import org.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanUtils;
  import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
  import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
  import org.apache.struts.Globals;
  import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
  import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;
  import org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet;
  import org.apache.struts.action.ActionServletWrapper;
  import org.apache.struts.config.ActionConfig;
  import org.apache.struts.config.FormBeanConfig;
  import org.apache.struts.config.ForwardConfig;
  import org.apache.struts.config.ModuleConfig;
  import org.apache.struts.upload.MultipartRequestHandler;
  import org.apache.struts.upload.MultipartRequestWrapper;
  
  import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
  import javax.servlet.ServletException;
  import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
  import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
  
  import java.net.MalformedURLException;
  import java.net.URL;
  
  import java.util.Collections;
  import java.util.Enumeration;
  import java.util.HashMap;
  import java.util.Hashtable;
  import java.util.Locale;
  import java.util.Map;
  
  /**
   * <p>General purpose utility methods related to processing a servlet request
   * in the Struts controller framework.</p>
   *
   * @version $Rev: 471754 $ $Date: 2006-11-06 08:55:09 -0600 (Mon, 06 Nov 2006) $
   */
  public class RequestUtils {
      // ------------------------------------------------------- Static Variables
  
      /**
       * <p>Commons Logging instance.</p>
       */
      protected static Log log = LogFactory.getLog(RequestUtils.class);
  
      // --------------------------------------------------------- Public Methods
  
      /**
       * <p>Create and return an absolute URL for the specified context-relative
       * path, based on the server and context information in the specified
       * request.</p>
       *
       * @param request The servlet request we are processing
       * @param path    The context-relative path (must start with '/')
       * @return absolute URL based on context-relative path
       * @throws MalformedURLException if we cannot create an absolute URL
       */
      public static URL absoluteURL(HttpServletRequest request, String path)
          throws MalformedURLException {
          return (new URL(serverURL(request), request.getContextPath() + path));
      }
  
      /**
       * <p>Return the <code>Class</code> object for the specified fully
       * qualified class name, from this web application's class loader.</p>
       *
       * @param className Fully qualified class name to be loaded
       * @return Class object
       * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the class cannot be found
       */
      public static Class applicationClass(String className)
          throws ClassNotFoundException {
          return applicationClass(className, null);
      }
  
      /**
       * <p>Return the <code>Class</code> object for the specified fully
       * qualified class name, from this web application's class loader.</p>
      *
      * @param className   Fully qualified class name to be loaded
      * @param classLoader The desired classloader to use
      * @return Class object
      * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the class cannot be found
      */
     public static Class applicationClass(String className,
         ClassLoader classLoader)
         throws ClassNotFoundException {
         if (classLoader == null) {
             // Look up the class loader to be used
             classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
 
             if (classLoader == null) {
                 classLoader = RequestUtils.class.getClassLoader();
             }
         }
 
         // Attempt to load the specified class
         return (classLoader.loadClass(className));
     }
 
     /**
      * <p>Return a new instance of the specified fully qualified class name,
      * after loading the class from this web application's class loader. The
      * specified class <strong>MUST</strong> have a public zero-arguments
      * constructor.</p>
      *
      * @param className Fully qualified class name to use
      * @return new instance of class
      * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the class cannot be found
      * @throws IllegalAccessException if the class or its constructor is not
      *                                accessible
      * @throws InstantiationException if this class represents an abstract
      *                                class, an interface, an array class, a
      *                                primitive type, or void
      * @throws InstantiationException if this class has no zero-arguments
      *                                constructor
      */
     public static Object applicationInstance(String className)
         throws ClassNotFoundException, IllegalAccessException,
             InstantiationException {
         return applicationInstance(className, null);
     }
 
     /**
      * <p>Return a new instance of the specified fully qualified class name,
      * after loading the class from this web application's class loader. The
      * specified class <strong>MUST</strong> have a public zero-arguments
      * constructor.</p>
      *
      * @param className   Fully qualified class name to use
      * @param classLoader The desired classloader to use
      * @return new instance of class
      * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the class cannot be found
      * @throws IllegalAccessException if the class or its constructor is not
      *                                accessible
      * @throws InstantiationException if this class represents an abstract
      *                                class, an interface, an array class, a
      *                                primitive type, or void
      * @throws InstantiationException if this class has no zero-arguments
      *                                constructor
      */
     public static Object applicationInstance(String className,
         ClassLoader classLoader)
         throws ClassNotFoundException, IllegalAccessException,
             InstantiationException {
         return (applicationClass(className, classLoader).newInstance());
     }
 
     /**
      * <p>Create (if necessary) and return an <code>ActionForm</code> instance
      * appropriate for this request.  If no <code>ActionForm</code> instance
      * is required, return <code>null</code>.</p>
      *
      * @param request      The servlet request we are processing
      * @param mapping      The action mapping for this request
      * @param moduleConfig The configuration for this module
      * @param servlet      The action servlet
      * @return ActionForm instance associated with this request
      */
     public static ActionForm createActionForm(HttpServletRequest request,
         ActionMapping mapping, ModuleConfig moduleConfig, ActionServlet servlet) {
         // Is there a form bean associated with this mapping?
         String attribute = mapping.getAttribute();
 
         if (attribute == null) {
             return (null);
         }
 
         // Look up the form bean configuration information to use
         String name = mapping.getName();
         FormBeanConfig config = moduleConfig.findFormBeanConfig(name);
 
         if (config == null) {
             log.warn("No FormBeanConfig found under '" + name + "'");
 
             return (null);
         }
 
         ActionForm instance =
             lookupActionForm(request, attribute, mapping.getScope());
 
         // Can we recycle the existing form bean instance (if there is one)?
         if ((instance != null) && config.canReuse(instance)) {
             return (instance);
         }
 
         return createActionForm(config, servlet);
     }
 
     private static ActionForm lookupActionForm(HttpServletRequest request,
         String attribute, String scope) {
         // Look up any existing form bean instance
         if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
             log.debug(" Looking for ActionForm bean instance in scope '"
                 + scope + "' under attribute key '" + attribute + "'");
         }
 
         ActionForm instance = null;
         HttpSession session = null;
 
         if ("request".equals(scope)) {
             instance = (ActionForm) request.getAttribute(attribute);
         } else {
             session = request.getSession();
             instance = (ActionForm) session.getAttribute(attribute);
         }
 
         return (instance);
     }
 
     /**
      * <p>Create and return an <code>ActionForm</code> instance appropriate to
      * the information in <code>config</code>.</p>
      *
      * <p>Does not perform any checks to see if an existing ActionForm exists
      * which could be reused.</p>
      *
      * @param config  The configuration for the Form bean which is to be
      *                created.
      * @param servlet The action servlet
      * @return ActionForm instance associated with this request
      */
     public static ActionForm createActionForm(FormBeanConfig config,
         ActionServlet servlet) {
         if (config == null) {
             return (null);
         }
 
         ActionForm instance = null;
 
         // Create and return a new form bean instance
         try {
             instance = config.createActionForm(servlet);
 
             if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
                 log.debug(" Creating new "
                     + (config.getDynamic() ? "DynaActionForm" : "ActionForm")
                     + " instance of type '" + config.getType() + "'");
                 log.trace(" --> " + instance);
             }
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             log.error(servlet.getInternal().getMessage("formBean",
                     config.getType()), t);
         }
 
         return (instance);
     }
 
     /**
      * <p>Retrieves the servlet mapping pattern for the specified {@link ActionServlet}.</p>
      *
      * @return the servlet mapping
      * @see Globals#SERVLET_KEY
      * @since Struts 1.3.6
      */
     public static String getServletMapping(ActionServlet servlet) {
         ServletContext servletContext = servlet.getServletConfig().getServletContext();
         return (String)servletContext.getAttribute(Globals.SERVLET_KEY);
     }
 
     /**
      * <p>Look up and return current user locale, based on the specified
      * parameters.</p>
      *
      * @param request The request used to lookup the Locale
      * @param locale  Name of the session attribute for our user's Locale.  If
      *                this is <code>null</code>, the default locale key is
      *                used for the lookup.
      * @return current user locale
      * @since Struts 1.2
      */
     public static Locale getUserLocale(HttpServletRequest request, String locale) {
         Locale userLocale = null;
         HttpSession session = request.getSession(false);
 
         if (locale == null) {
             locale = Globals.LOCALE_KEY;
         }
 
         // Only check session if sessions are enabled
         if (session != null) {
             userLocale = (Locale) session.getAttribute(locale);
         }
 
         if (userLocale == null) {
             // Returns Locale based on Accept-Language header or the server default
             userLocale = request.getLocale();
         }
 
         return userLocale;
     }
 
     /**
      * <p>Populate the properties of the specified JavaBean from the specified
      * HTTP request, based on matching each parameter name against the
      * corresponding JavaBeans "property setter" methods in the bean's class.
      * Suitable conversion is done for argument types as described under
      * <code>convert()</code>.</p>
      *
      * @param bean    The JavaBean whose properties are to be set
      * @param request The HTTP request whose parameters are to be used to
      *                populate bean properties
      * @throws ServletException if an exception is thrown while setting
      *                          property values
      */
     public static void populate(Object bean, HttpServletRequest request)
         throws ServletException {
         populate(bean, null, null, request);
     }
 
     /**
      * <p>Populate the properties of the specified JavaBean from the specified
      * HTTP request, based on matching each parameter name (plus an optional
      * prefix and/or suffix) against the corresponding JavaBeans "property
      * setter" methods in the bean's class. Suitable conversion is done for
      * argument types as described under <code>setProperties</code>.</p>
      *
      * <p>If you specify a non-null <code>prefix</code> and a non-null
      * <code>suffix</code>, the parameter name must match
      * <strong>both</strong> conditions for its value(s) to be used in
      * populating bean properties. If the request's content type is
      * "multipart/form-data" and the method is "POST", the
      * <code>HttpServletRequest</code> object will be wrapped in a
      * <code>MultipartRequestWrapper</code object.</p>
      *
      * @param bean    The JavaBean whose properties are to be set
      * @param prefix  The prefix (if any) to be prepend to bean property names
      *                when looking for matching parameters
      * @param suffix  The suffix (if any) to be appended to bean property
      *                names when looking for matching parameters
      * @param request The HTTP request whose parameters are to be used to
      *                populate bean properties
      * @throws ServletException if an exception is thrown while setting
      *                          property values
      */
     public static void populate(Object bean, String prefix, String suffix,
         HttpServletRequest request)
         throws ServletException {
         // Build a list of relevant request parameters from this request
         HashMap properties = new HashMap();
 
         // Iterator of parameter names
         Enumeration names = null;
 
         // Map for multipart parameters
         Map multipartParameters = null;
 
         String contentType = request.getContentType();
         String method = request.getMethod();
         boolean isMultipart = false;
 
         if (bean instanceof ActionForm) {
             ((ActionForm) bean).setMultipartRequestHandler(null);
         }
 
         MultipartRequestHandler multipartHandler = null;
         if ((contentType != null)
             && (contentType.startsWith("multipart/form-data"))
             && (method.equalsIgnoreCase("POST"))) {
             // Get the ActionServletWrapper from the form bean
             ActionServletWrapper servlet;
 
             if (bean instanceof ActionForm) {
                 servlet = ((ActionForm) bean).getServletWrapper();
             } else {
                 throw new ServletException("bean that's supposed to be "
                     + "populated from a multipart request is not of type "
                     + "\"org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm\", but type "
                     + "\"" + bean.getClass().getName() + "\"");
             }
 
             // Obtain a MultipartRequestHandler
             multipartHandler = getMultipartHandler(request);
 
             if (multipartHandler != null) {
                 isMultipart = true;
 
                 // Set servlet and mapping info
                 servlet.setServletFor(multipartHandler);
                 multipartHandler.setMapping((ActionMapping) request
                     .getAttribute(Globals.MAPPING_KEY));
 
                 // Initialize multipart request class handler
                 multipartHandler.handleRequest(request);
 
                 //stop here if the maximum length has been exceeded
                 Boolean maxLengthExceeded =
                     (Boolean) request.getAttribute(MultipartRequestHandler.ATTRIBUTE_MAX_LENGTH_EXCEEDED);
 
                 if ((maxLengthExceeded != null)
                     && (maxLengthExceeded.booleanValue())) {
                     ((ActionForm) bean).setMultipartRequestHandler(multipartHandler);
                     return;
                 }
 
                 //retrieve form values and put into properties
                 multipartParameters =
                     getAllParametersForMultipartRequest(request,
                         multipartHandler);
                 names = Collections.enumeration(multipartParameters.keySet());
             }
         }
 
         if (!isMultipart) {
             names = request.getParameterNames();
         }
 
         while (names.hasMoreElements()) {
             String name = (String) names.nextElement();
             String stripped = name;
 
             if (prefix != null) {
                 if (!stripped.startsWith(prefix)) {
                     continue;
                 }
 
                 stripped = stripped.substring(prefix.length());
             }
 
             if (suffix != null) {
                 if (!stripped.endsWith(suffix)) {
                     continue;
                 }
 
                 stripped =
                     stripped.substring(0, stripped.length() - suffix.length());
             }
 
             Object parameterValue = null;
 
             if (isMultipart) {
                 parameterValue = multipartParameters.get(name);
             } else {
                 parameterValue = request.getParameterValues(name);
             }
 
             // Populate parameters, except "standard" struts attributes
             // such as 'org.apache.struts.action.CANCEL'
             if (!(stripped.startsWith("org.apache.struts."))) {
                 properties.put(stripped, parameterValue);
             }
         }
 
         // Set the corresponding properties of our bean
         try {
             BeanUtils.populate(bean, properties);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new ServletException("BeanUtils.populate", e);
         } finally {
             if (multipartHandler != null) {
                 // Set the multipart request handler for our ActionForm.
                 // If the bean isn't an ActionForm, an exception would have been
                 // thrown earlier, so it's safe to assume that our bean is
                 // in fact an ActionForm.
                 ((ActionForm) bean).setMultipartRequestHandler(multipartHandler);
             }
         }
     }
 
     /**
      * <p>Try to locate a multipart request handler for this request. First,
      * look for a mapping-specific handler stored for us under an attribute.
      * If one is not present, use the global multipart handler, if there is
      * one.</p>
      *
      * @param request The HTTP request for which the multipart handler should
      *                be found.
      * @return the multipart handler to use, or null if none is found.
      * @throws ServletException if any exception is thrown while attempting to
      *                          locate the multipart handler.
      */
     private static MultipartRequestHandler getMultipartHandler(
         HttpServletRequest request)
         throws ServletException {
         MultipartRequestHandler multipartHandler = null;
         String multipartClass =
             (String) request.getAttribute(Globals.MULTIPART_KEY);
 
         request.removeAttribute(Globals.MULTIPART_KEY);
 
         // Try to initialize the mapping specific request handler
         if (multipartClass != null) {
             try {
                 multipartHandler =
                     (MultipartRequestHandler) applicationInstance(multipartClass);
             } catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
                 log.error("MultipartRequestHandler class \"" + multipartClass
                     + "\" in mapping class not found, "
                     + "defaulting to global multipart class");
             } catch (InstantiationException ie) {
                 log.error("InstantiationException when instantiating "
                     + "MultipartRequestHandler \"" + multipartClass + "\", "
                     + "defaulting to global multipart class, exception: "
                     + ie.getMessage());
             } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
                 log.error("IllegalAccessException when instantiating "
                     + "MultipartRequestHandler \"" + multipartClass + "\", "
                     + "defaulting to global multipart class, exception: "
                     + iae.getMessage());
             }
 
             if (multipartHandler != null) {
                 return multipartHandler;
             }
         }
 
         ModuleConfig moduleConfig =
             ModuleUtils.getInstance().getModuleConfig(request);
 
         multipartClass = moduleConfig.getControllerConfig().getMultipartClass();
 
         // Try to initialize the global request handler
         if (multipartClass != null) {
             try {
                 multipartHandler =
                     (MultipartRequestHandler) applicationInstance(multipartClass);
             } catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
                 throw new ServletException("Cannot find multipart class \""
                     + multipartClass + "\"" + ", exception: "
                     + cnfe.getMessage());
             } catch (InstantiationException ie) {
                 throw new ServletException(
                     "InstantiationException when instantiating "
                     + "multipart class \"" + multipartClass + "\", exception: "
                     + ie.getMessage());
             } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
                 throw new ServletException(
                     "IllegalAccessException when instantiating "
                     + "multipart class \"" + multipartClass + "\", exception: "
                     + iae.getMessage());
             }
 
             if (multipartHandler != null) {
                 return multipartHandler;
             }
         }
 
         return multipartHandler;
     }
 
     /**
      * <p>Create a <code>Map</code> containing all of the parameters supplied
      * for a multipart request, keyed by parameter name. In addition to text
      * and file elements from the multipart body, query string parameters are
      * included as well.</p>
      *
      * @param request          The (wrapped) HTTP request whose parameters are
      *                         to be added to the map.
      * @param multipartHandler The multipart handler used to parse the
      *                         request.
      * @return the map containing all parameters for this multipart request.
      */
     private static Map getAllParametersForMultipartRequest(
         HttpServletRequest request, MultipartRequestHandler multipartHandler) {
         Map parameters = new HashMap();
         Hashtable elements = multipartHandler.getAllElements();
         Enumeration e = elements.keys();
 
         while (e.hasMoreElements()) {
             String key = (String) e.nextElement();
 
             parameters.put(key, elements.get(key));
         }
 
         if (request instanceof MultipartRequestWrapper) {
             request =
                 (HttpServletRequest) ((MultipartRequestWrapper) request)
                 .getRequest();
             e = request.getParameterNames();
 
             while (e.hasMoreElements()) {
                 String key = (String) e.nextElement();
 
                 parameters.put(key, request.getParameterValues(key));
             }
         } else {
             log.debug("Gathering multipart parameters for unwrapped request");
         }
 
         return parameters;
     }
 
     /**
      * <p>Compute the printable representation of a URL, leaving off the
      * scheme/host/port part if no host is specified. This will typically be
      * the case for URLs that were originally created from relative or
      * context-relative URIs.</p>
      *
      * @param url URL to render in a printable representation
      * @return printable representation of a URL
      */
     public static String printableURL(URL url) {
         if (url.getHost() != null) {
             return (url.toString());
         }
 
         String file = url.getFile();
         String ref = url.getRef();
 
         if (ref == null) {
             return (file);
         } else {
             StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(file);
 
             sb.append('#');
             sb.append(ref);
 
             return (sb.toString());
         }
     }
 
     /**
      * <p>Return the context-relative URL that corresponds to the specified
      * {@link ActionConfig}, relative to the module associated with the
      * current modules's {@link ModuleConfig}.</p>
      *
      * @param request The servlet request we are processing
      * @param action  ActionConfig to be evaluated
      * @param pattern URL pattern used to map the controller servlet
      * @return context-relative URL relative to the module
      * @since Struts 1.1
      */
     public static String actionURL(HttpServletRequest request,
         ActionConfig action, String pattern) {
         StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
 
         if (pattern.endsWith("/*")) {
             sb.append(pattern.substring(0, pattern.length() - 2));
             sb.append(action.getPath());
         } else if (pattern.startsWith("*.")) {
             ModuleConfig appConfig =
                 ModuleUtils.getInstance().getModuleConfig(request);
 
             sb.append(appConfig.getPrefix());
             sb.append(action.getPath());
             sb.append(pattern.substring(1));
         } else {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(pattern);
         }
 
         return sb.toString();
     }
 
     /**
      * <p>Return the context-relative URL that corresponds to the specified
      * <code>ForwardConfig</code>. The URL is calculated based on the
      * properties of the {@link ForwardConfig} instance as follows:</p>
      *
      * <ul>
      *
      *
      * <li>If the <code>contextRelative</code> property is set, it is assumed
      * that the <code>path</code> property contains a path that is already
      * context-relative:
      *
      * <ul>
      *
      * <li>If the <code>path</code> property value starts with a slash, it is
      * returned unmodified.</li> <li>If the <code>path</code> property value
      * does not start with a slash, a slash is prepended.</li>
      *
      * </ul></li>
      *
      * <li>Acquire the <code>forwardPattern</code> property from the
      * <code>ControllerConfig</code> for the application module used to
      * process this request. If no pattern was configured, default to a
      * pattern of <code>$M$P</code>, which is compatible with the hard-coded
      * mapping behavior in Struts 1.0.</li>
      *
      * <li>Process the acquired <code>forwardPattern</code>, performing the
      * following substitutions:
      *
      * <ul>
      *
      * <li><strong>$M</strong> - Replaced by the module prefix for the
      * application module processing this request.</li>
      *
      * <li><strong>$P</strong> - Replaced by the <code>path</code> property of
      * the specified {@link ForwardConfig}, prepended with a slash if it does
      * not start with one.</li>
      *
      * <li><strong>$$</strong> - Replaced by a single dollar sign
      * character.</li>
      *
      * <li><strong>$x</strong> (where "x" is any charater not listed above) -
      * Silently omit these two characters from the result value.  (This has
      * the side effect of causing all other $+letter combinations to be
      * reserved.)</li>
      *
      * </ul></li>
      *
      * </ul>
      *
      * @param request The servlet request we are processing
      * @param forward ForwardConfig to be evaluated
      * @return context-relative URL
      * @since Struts 1.1
      */
     public static String forwardURL(HttpServletRequest request,
         ForwardConfig forward) {
         return forwardURL(request, forward, null);
     }
 
     /**
      * <p>Return the context-relative URL that corresponds to the specified
      * <code>ForwardConfig</code>. The URL is calculated based on the
      * properties of the {@link ForwardConfig} instance as follows:</p>
      *
      * <ul>
      *
      * <li>If the <code>contextRelative</code> property is set, it is assumed
      * that the <code>path</code> property contains a path that is already
      * context-relative: <ul>
      *
      * <li>If the <code>path</code> property value starts with a slash, it is
      * returned unmodified.</li> <li>If the <code>path</code> property value
      * does not start with a slash, a slash is prepended.</li>
      *
      * </ul></li>
      *
      * <li>Acquire the <code>forwardPattern</code> property from the
      * <code>ControllerConfig</code> for the application module used to
      * process this request. If no pattern was configured, default to a
      * pattern of <code>$M$P</code>, which is compatible with the hard-coded
      * mapping behavior in Struts 1.0.</li>
      *
      * <li>Process the acquired <code>forwardPattern</code>, performing the
      * following substitutions: <ul> <li><strong>$M</strong> - Replaced by the
      * module prefix for the application module processing this request.</li>
      *
      * <li><strong>$P</strong> - Replaced by the <code>path</code> property of
      * the specified {@link ForwardConfig}, prepended with a slash if it does
      * not start with one.</li>
      *
      * <li><strong>$$</strong> - Replaced by a single dollar sign
      * character.</li>
      *
      * <li><strong>$x</strong> (where "x" is any charater not listed above) -
      * Silently omit these two characters from the result value.  (This has
      * the side effect of causing all other $+letter combinations to be
      * reserved.)</li>
      *
      * </ul></li></ul>
      *
      * @param request      The servlet request we are processing
      * @param forward      ForwardConfig to be evaluated
      * @param moduleConfig Base forward on this module config.
      * @return context-relative URL
      * @since Struts 1.2
      */
     public static String forwardURL(HttpServletRequest request,
         ForwardConfig forward, ModuleConfig moduleConfig) {
         //load the current moduleConfig, if null
         if (moduleConfig == null) {
             moduleConfig = ModuleUtils.getInstance().getModuleConfig(request);
         }
 
         String path = forward.getPath();
 
         //load default prefix
         String prefix = moduleConfig.getPrefix();
 
         //override prefix if supplied by forward
         if (forward.getModule() != null) {
             prefix = forward.getModule();
 
             if ("/".equals(prefix)) {
                 prefix = "";
             }
         }
 
         StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
 
         // Calculate a context relative path for this ForwardConfig
         String forwardPattern =
             moduleConfig.getControllerConfig().getForwardPattern();
 
         if (forwardPattern == null) {
             // Performance optimization for previous default behavior
             sb.append(prefix);
 
             // smoothly insert a '/' if needed
             if (!path.startsWith("/")) {
                 sb.append("/");
             }
 
             sb.append(path);
         } else {
             boolean dollar = false;
 
             for (int i = 0; i < forwardPattern.length(); i++) {
                 char ch = forwardPattern.charAt(i);
 
                 if (dollar) {
                     switch (ch) {
                     case 'M':
                         sb.append(prefix);
 
                         break;
 
                     case 'P':
 
                         // add '/' if needed
                         if (!path.startsWith("/")) {
                             sb.append("/");
                         }
 
                         sb.append(path);
 
                         break;
 
                     case '$':
                         sb.append('$');
 
                         break;
 
                     default:
                         ; // Silently swallow
                     }
 
                     dollar = false;
 
                     continue;
                 } else if (ch == '$') {
                     dollar = true;
                 } else {
                     sb.append(ch);
                 }
             }
         }
 
         return (sb.toString());
     }
 
     /**
      * <p>Return the URL representing the current request. This is equivalent
      * to <code>HttpServletRequest.getRequestURL</code> in Servlet 2.3.</p>
      *
      * @param request The servlet request we are processing
      * @return URL representing the current request
      * @throws MalformedURLException if a URL cannot be created
      */
     public static URL requestURL(HttpServletRequest request)
         throws MalformedURLException {
         StringBuffer url = requestToServerUriStringBuffer(request);
 
         return (new URL(url.toString()));
     }
 
     /**
      * <p>Return the URL representing the scheme, server, and port number of
      * the current request. Server-relative URLs can be created by simply
      * appending the server-relative path (starting with '/') to this.</p>
      *
      * @param request The servlet request we are processing
      * @return URL representing the scheme, server, and port number of the
      *         current request
      * @throws MalformedURLException if a URL cannot be created
      */
     public static URL serverURL(HttpServletRequest request)
         throws MalformedURLException {
         StringBuffer url = requestToServerStringBuffer(request);
 
         return (new URL(url.toString()));
     }
 
     /**
      * <p>Return the string representing the scheme, server, and port number
      * of the current request. Server-relative URLs can be created by simply
      * appending the server-relative path (starting with '/') to this.</p>
      *
      * @param request The servlet request we are processing
      * @return URL representing the scheme, server, and port number of the
      *         current request
      * @since Struts 1.2.0
      */
     public static StringBuffer requestToServerUriStringBuffer(
         HttpServletRequest request) {
         StringBuffer serverUri =
             createServerUriStringBuffer(request.getScheme(),
                 request.getServerName(), request.getServerPort(),
                 request.getRequestURI());
 
         return serverUri;
     }
 
     /**
      * <p>Return <code>StringBuffer</code> representing the scheme, server,
      * and port number of the current request. Server-relative URLs can be
      * created by simply appending the server-relative path (starting with
      * '/') to this.</p>
      *
      * @param request The servlet request we are processing
      * @return URL representing the scheme, server, and port number of the
      *         current request
      * @since Struts 1.2.0
      */
     public static StringBuffer requestToServerStringBuffer(
         HttpServletRequest request) {
         return createServerStringBuffer(request.getScheme(),
             request.getServerName(), request.getServerPort());
     }
 
     /**
      * <p>Return <code>StringBuffer</code> representing the scheme, server,
      * and port number of the current request.</p>
      *
      * @param scheme The scheme name to use
      * @param server The server name to use
      * @param port   The port value to use
      * @return StringBuffer in the form scheme: server: port
      * @since Struts 1.2.0
      */
     public static StringBuffer createServerStringBuffer(String scheme,
         String server, int port) {
         StringBuffer url = new StringBuffer();
 
         if (port < 0) {
             port = 80; // Work around java.net.URL bug
         }
 
         url.append(scheme);
         url.append("://");
         url.append(server);
 
         if ((scheme.equals("http") && (port != 80))
             || (scheme.equals("https") && (port != 443))) {
             url.append(':');
             url.append(port);
         }
 
         return url;
     }
 
     /**
      * <p>Return <code>StringBuffer</code> representing the scheme, server,
      * and port number of the current request.</p>
      *
      * @param scheme The scheme name to use
      * @param server The server name to use
      * @param port   The port value to use
      * @param uri    The uri value to use
      * @return StringBuffer in the form scheme: server: port
      * @since Struts 1.2.0
      */
     public static StringBuffer createServerUriStringBuffer(String scheme,
         String server, int port, String uri) {
         StringBuffer serverUri = createServerStringBuffer(scheme, server, port);
 
         serverUri.append(uri);
 
         return serverUri;
     }
 
     /**
      * <p>Returns the true path of the destination action if the specified forward
      * is an action-aliased URL. This method version forms the URL based on
      * the current request; selecting the current module if the forward does not
      * explicitly contain a module path.</p>
      *
      * @param forward the forward config
      * @param request the current request
      * @param servlet the servlet handling the current request
      * @return the context-relative URL of the action if the forward has an action identifier; otherwise <code>null</code>.
      * @since Struts 1.3.6
      */
     public static String actionIdURL(ForwardConfig forward, HttpServletRequest request, ActionServlet servlet) {
         ModuleConfig moduleConfig = null;
         if (forward.getModule() != null) {
             String prefix = forward.getModule();
             moduleConfig = ModuleUtils.getInstance().getModuleConfig(prefix, servlet.getServletContext());
         } else {
             moduleConfig = ModuleUtils.getInstance().getModuleConfig(request);
         }
         return actionIdURL(forward.getPath(), moduleConfig, servlet);
     }
 
     /**
      * <p>Returns the true path of the destination action if the specified forward
      * is an action-aliased URL. This method version forms the URL based on
      * the specified module.
      *
      * @param originalPath the action-aliased path
      * @param moduleConfig the module config for this request
      * @param servlet the servlet handling the current request
      * @return the context-relative URL of the action if the path has an action identifier; otherwise <code>null</code>.
      * @since Struts 1.3.6
      */
     public static String actionIdURL(String originalPath, ModuleConfig moduleConfig, ActionServlet servlet) {
         if (originalPath.startsWith("http") || originalPath.startsWith("/")) {
             return null;
         }
 
         // Split the forward path into the resource and query string;
         // it is possible a forward (or redirect) has added parameters.
         String actionId = null;
         String qs = null;
         int qpos = originalPath.indexOf("?");
         if (qpos == -1) {
             actionId = originalPath;
         } else {
             actionId = originalPath.substring(0, qpos);
             qs = originalPath.substring(qpos);
         }
 
         // Find the action of the given actionId
         ActionConfig actionConfig = moduleConfig.findActionConfigId(actionId);
         if (actionConfig == null) {
             if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
                 log.debug("No actionId found for " + actionId);
             }
             return null;
         }
 
         String path = actionConfig.getPath();
         String mapping = RequestUtils.getServletMapping(servlet);
         StringBuffer actionIdPath = new StringBuffer();
 
         // Form the path based on the servlet mapping pattern
         if (mapping.startsWith("*")) {
             actionIdPath.append(path);
             actionIdPath.append(mapping.substring(1));
         } else if (mapping.startsWith("/")) {  // implied ends with a *
             mapping = mapping.substring(0, mapping.length() - 1);
             if (mapping.endsWith("/") && path.startsWith("/")) {
                 actionIdPath.append(mapping);
                 actionIdPath.append(path.substring(1));
             } else {
                 actionIdPath.append(mapping);
                 actionIdPath.append(path);
             }
         } else {
             log.warn("Unknown servlet mapping pattern");
             actionIdPath.append(path);
         }
 
         // Lastly add any query parameters (the ? is part of the query string)
         if (qs != null) {
             actionIdPath.append(qs);
         }
 
         // Return the path
         if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
             log.debug(originalPath + " unaliased to " + actionIdPath.toString());
         }
         return actionIdPath.toString();
     }
 }