Index: lams_central/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/web/development/DisplayDeserialisedPacketServlet.java
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diff -u
--- lams_central/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/web/development/DisplayDeserialisedPacketServlet.java	(revision 0)
+++ lams_central/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/web/development/DisplayDeserialisedPacketServlet.java	(revision 14f91e4d4a063f4ac05b18e7dba1d5b3174a2024)
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+/****************************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 LAMS Foundation (http://lamsfoundation.org)
+ * =============================================================
+ * License Information: http://lamsfoundation.org/licensing/lams/2.0/
+ * 
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.0 
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ * 
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307
+ * USA
+ * 
+ * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt
+ * ****************************************************************
+ */
+/* $$Id$$ */
+package org.lamsfoundation.lams.web.development;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.util.Hashtable;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.lamsfoundation.lams.util.wddx.WDDXProcessor;
+import org.lamsfoundation.lams.web.servlet.AbstractStoreWDDXPacketServlet;
+
+
+/**
+ * Deserialise a packet and display the contents. Used to test whether WDDX can process 
+ * a packet correctly. 
+ * 
+ * @author Fiona Malikoff
+ * 
+ * @web:servlet name="deserialise"
+ * @web:servlet-mapping url-pattern="/deserialise"
+
+ */
+public class DisplayDeserialisedPacketServlet extends AbstractStoreWDDXPacketServlet {
+	
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 */
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = -478481724893217965L;
+
+	private static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(DisplayDeserialisedPacketServlet.class);
+
+	private static final String MESSAGE_KEY = "deserialise";
+	
+	protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
+	throws IOException
+	{
+
+		PrintWriter writer = null;
+		String packet = null;
+		try {
+			writer = response.getWriter();
+	
+			packet = getBody(request);
+	
+			if(containsNulls(packet)){
+				outputPage(writer,"<P>WDDXPacket contains null. WDDXPacket was</P><P>"+packet);
+			}		
+
+			Hashtable table = (Hashtable)WDDXProcessor.deserialize(packet);
+			outputPage(writer,"<P>Deserialised Object <P>"+processMap(table)+"<P>Packet was"+packet+"<P>");
+			
+		} catch ( Exception e ) {
+			log.warn("DisplayDeserialisedPacket: Unable to deserialize packet. ",e);
+			outputPage(writer,"<P>Unable to deserialize packet. See log for exception. WDDXPacket was</P><P>"+packet);
+		}
+	}
+
+	private String processMap(Map map) {
+		Set<Map.Entry> entries = map.entrySet();
+		String retValue = "<TABLE>";
+		for ( Map.Entry entry : entries ) {
+			retValue=retValue+"<TR><TD>"+entry.getKey()+"</TD><TD>"+processEntry(entry.getValue())+"</TD></TR>";
+		}
+		retValue+="</TABLE>";
+		return retValue;
+	}
+
+	private String processList(List list) {
+		String retValue = "<UL>";
+		for ( Object entry : list ) {
+			retValue=retValue+"<LI>"+processEntry(entry)+"</LI>";
+		}
+		retValue+="</UL>";
+		return retValue;
+	}
+
+	private String processEntry(Object value) {
+		if (value instanceof Map) {
+			return processMap((Map)value);
+		} else if ( value instanceof List ) {
+			return processList((List)value);
+		}else {
+			return value.toString();
+		}
+	}
+		
+	protected String process(String wddxPacket, HttpServletRequest request) 
+		throws Exception
+	{
+		return null;
+	}
+	
+	private void outputPage(PrintWriter writer, String body) {
+		writer.println("<HTML><HEAD>Deserialisation Test<HEAD><BODY>");
+		writer.write(body);
+		writer.println("</BODY></HTML>");
+	}
+	
+	protected String getMessageKey(String designDetails, HttpServletRequest request) {
+		return MESSAGE_KEY;
+	}
+
+}
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Index: lams_central/web/WEB-INF/web.xml
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diff -u -r43f03d1dda667ed5718a241c963ea26bd88ccc94 -r14f91e4d4a063f4ac05b18e7dba1d5b3174a2024
--- lams_central/web/WEB-INF/web.xml	(.../web.xml)	(revision 43f03d1dda667ed5718a241c963ea26bd88ccc94)
+++ lams_central/web/WEB-INF/web.xml	(.../web.xml)	(revision 14f91e4d4a063f4ac05b18e7dba1d5b3174a2024)
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@
 
    </servlet>
    <servlet>
+      <servlet-name>deserialise</servlet-name>
+      <servlet-class>org.lamsfoundation.lams.web.development.DisplayDeserialisedPacketServlet</servlet-class>
+
+   </servlet>
+   <servlet>
       <servlet-name>storeLD</servlet-name>
       <servlet-class>org.lamsfoundation.lams.authoring.web.StoreLDServlet</servlet-class>
 
@@ -201,6 +206,10 @@
       <url-pattern>/flashCrashDump</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-mapping>
+      <servlet-name>deserialise</servlet-name>
+      <url-pattern>/deserialise</url-pattern>
+   </servlet-mapping>
+   <servlet-mapping>
       <servlet-name>storeLD</servlet-name>
       <url-pattern>/authoring/storeLearningDesignDetails</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>