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+<?php
+/**
+ * eGroupWare - eTemplate request object storing the data in the filesystem
+ *
+ * @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GPL - GNU General Public License
+ * @package etemplate
+ * @subpackage api
+ * @link http://www.egroupware.org
+ * @author Ralf Becker <RalfBecker@outdoor-training.de>
+ * @copyright (c) 2009 by Ralf Becker <RalfBecker@outdoor-training.de>
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Class to represent the persitent information stored on the server for each eTemplate request
+ *
+ * The information is stored in the filesystem. The admin has to take care of regulary cleaning of
+ * the used directory, as old requests get NOT deleted by this handler.
+ *
+ * To enable the use of this handler, you have to set (in etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_request.inc.php):
+ *
+ * 		etemplate_request::$request_class = 'etemplate_request_files';
+ *
+ * The request object should be instancated only via the factory method etemplate_request::read($id=null)
+ *
+ * $request = etemplate_request::read();
+ *
+ * // add request data
+ *
+ * $id = $request->id();
+ *
+ * b) open or modify an existing request:
+ *
+ * if (!($request = etemplate_request::read($id)))
+ * {
+ * 		// request not found
+ * }
+ *
+ * Ajax requests can use this object to open the original request by using the id, they have to transmitt back,
+ * and register further variables, modify the registered ones or delete them AND then update the id, if it changed:
+ *
+ *	if (($new_id = $request->id()) != $id)
+ *	{
+ *		$response->addAssign('etemplate_exec_id','value',$new_id);
+ *	}
+ *
+ * For an example look in link_widget::ajax_search()
+ */
+class etemplate_request_files extends etemplate_request
+{
+	/**
+	 * request id
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $id;
+
+	/**
+	 * Name of the directory to store the request data, by default $GLOBALS['egw_info']['server']['temp_dir']
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	static public $directory;
+
+	/**
+	 * Private constructor to force the instancation of this class only via it's static factory method read
+	 *
+	 * @param array $id
+	 */
+	private function __construct($id=null)
+	{
+		if (is_null(self::$directory))
+		{
+			self::$directory = $GLOBALS['egw_info']['server']['temp_dir'];
+		}
+		if (!$id) $id = self::request_id();
+
+		$this->id = $id;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * return the id of this request
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function id()
+	{
+		//error_log(__METHOD__."() id=$this->id");
+		return $this->id;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Factory method to get a new request object or the one for an existing request
+	 *
+	 * @param string $id=null
+	 * @return etemplate_request|boolean the object or false if $id is not found
+	 */
+	static function read($id=null)
+	{
+		$request = new etemplate_request_files($id);
+
+		if (!is_null($id))
+		{
+			if (!file_exists($filename = self::$directory.'/'.$id) || !is_readable($filename))
+			{
+				error_log("Error opening '$filename' to read the etemplate request data!");
+				return false;
+			}
+			$request->data = unserialize(file_get_contents($filename));
+			if ($request->data === false) error_log("Error unserializing '$filename' to read the etemplate request data!");
+		}
+		//error_log(__METHOD__."(id=$id");
+		return $request;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * creates a new request-id via microtime()
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	static function request_id()
+	{
+		do
+		{
+			$id = uniqid('etemplate_'.$GLOBALS['egw_info']['flags']['currentapp'].'_',true);
+		}
+		while (file_exists(self::$directory.'/'.$id));
+
+		return $id;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * saves content,readonlys,template-keys, ... via eGW's appsession function
+	 *
+	 * As a user may open several windows with the same content/template wie generate a location-id from microtime
+	 * which is used as location for request to descriminate between the different windows. This location-id
+	 * is then saved as a hidden-var in the form. The above mentions session-id has nothing to do / is different
+	 * from the session-id which is constant for all windows opened in one session.
+	 */
+	function __destruct()
+	{
+		if (!file_put_contents($filename = self::$directory.'/'.$this->id,serialize($this->data)))
+		{
+			error_log("Error opening '$filename' to store the etemplate request data!");
+		}
+	}
+}
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