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Lift Framework example source code file (XMLApiSpec.scala)

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The Lift Framework XMLApiSpec.scala source code

/*
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 *
 * Licensed 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
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package net.liftweb
package http
package rest

import xml._

import org.specs.Specification
import org.specs.matcher.Matcher

import common._
import util.ControlHelpers.tryo

/**
 * System under specification for XMLApi.
 */
object XmlApiSpec extends Specification("XMLApi Specification") {

  object XMLApiExample extends XMLApiHelper {
    // Define our root tag
    def createTag(contents : NodeSeq) : Elem = <api>{contents}

    // This method exists to test the non-XML implicit conversions on XMLApiHelper
    def produce (in : Any) : LiftResponse = in match {
      // Tests boolToResponse
      case "true" => true
      case "false" => false
      // Tests canBoolToResponse
      case s : String => tryo[Boolean] { s.toInt > 5 }
      // Tests pairToResponse
      case i : Int if i == 42 => (true,"But what is the question?")
      // These test the listElemToResponse conversion
      case f : Float if f == 42f => (<float>perfect : Elem)
      case f : Float if f == 0f => (<float>zero : Node)
      case f : Float if f > 0f => (<float>positive : NodeSeq)
      case f : Float if f < 0f => (negative : Seq[Node])
    }

    // This method tests the XML implicit conversions on XMLApiHelper
    def calculator : LiftRules.DispatchPF = {
      case r @ Req(List("api","sum"), _, GetRequest) => () => doSum(r)
      case r @ Req(List("api","product"), _, GetRequest) => () => doProduct(r)
      case r @ Req(List("api","max"), _, GetRequest) => () => doMax(r)
      case r @ Req(List("api","min"), _, GetRequest) => () => doMin(r)
      // Tests putResponseInBox
      case Req("api" :: _, _, _) => () => BadResponse()
    }

    // ===== Handler methods =====
    def reduceOp (operation : (Int,Int) => Int)(r : Req) : Box[Elem] = tryo {
      (r.param("args").map {
        args =>  <result>{args.split(",").map(_.toInt).reduceLeft(operation)}
       }) ?~ "Missing args"
    } match {
      case Full(x) => x
      case f : Failure => f
      case Empty => Empty
    }

    // We specify the LiftResponse return type to force use of the implicit
    // canNodeToResponse conversion
    def doSum (r : Req) : LiftResponse = reduceOp(_ + _)(r)
    def doProduct (r : Req) : LiftResponse = (reduceOp(_ * _)(r) : Box[Node])
    def doMax (r : Req) : LiftResponse = (reduceOp(_ max _)(r) : Box[NodeSeq])
    def doMin (r : Req) : LiftResponse = (reduceOp(_ min _)(r) : Box[Node])
    //def doMin (r : Req) : LiftResponse = (reduceOp(_ min _)(r) : Box[Seq[Node]])
  }

  // A helper to simplify the specs matching
  case class matchXmlResponse(expected : Node) extends Matcher[LiftResponse] {
    def apply (response : => LiftResponse) = response match {
      case x : XmlResponse => {
        /* For some reason, the UnprefixedAttributes that Lift uses to merge in
         * new attributes makes comparison fail. Instead, we simply stringify and
         * reparse the response contents and that seems to fix the issue. */
        val converted = XML.loadString(x.xml.toString)
        (converted == expected, 
         "%s matches %s".format(converted,expected),
         "%s does not match %s".format(converted, expected))
      }
      case other => (false,"matches","not an XmlResponse")
    }
  }

  "XMLApiHelper" should {
    import XMLApiExample.produce

    /* In all of these tests we include the <xml:group/> since that's what Lift
     * inserts for content in non-content responses.
     */

    "Convert booleans to LiftResponses" in {
      produce("true") must matchXmlResponse(<api success="true">)
      produce("false") must matchXmlResponse(<api success="false">)
    }

    "Convert Boxed booleans to LiftResponses" in {
      produce("42") must matchXmlResponse(<api success="true">)
      produce("1") must matchXmlResponse(<api success="false">)
      
      val failure = produce("invalidInt")

      failure must haveClass[XmlResponse]
      failure match {
        case x : XmlResponse => {
          x.xml.attribute("success").map(_.text) must_== Some("false")
          x.xml.attribute("msg").isDefined must_== true
        }
      }
    }

    "Convert Pairs to responses" in {
      produce(42) must matchXmlResponse(<api success="true" msg="But what is the question?">)
    }

    "Convert various XML types to a response" in {
      produce(0f) must matchXmlResponse(<api success="true">zero)
      produce(-1f) must matchXmlResponse(<api success="true">negative)
      produce(1f) must matchXmlResponse(<api success="true">positive)
      produce(42f) must matchXmlResponse(<api success="true">perfect)
    }
  }
}

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