Source Taste: Struts 2: com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ParametersInterceptor

PART 2:

Notice that:

(1) Coupe of callbacks with 'instanceof''s help take place in the setParameters() method;

(2) Utilizing TreeMap via Comparator;

(3) for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : acceptableParameters.entrySet());

protected void setParameters(Object action, ValueStack stack, final Map<String, Object> parameters) {
        ParameterNameAware parameterNameAware = (action instanceof ParameterNameAware)
                ? (ParameterNameAware) action : null;

        Map<String, Object> params;
        Map<String, Object> acceptableParameters;
        if (ordered) {
            params = new TreeMap<String, Object>(getOrderedComparator());
            acceptableParameters = new TreeMap<String, Object>(getOrderedComparator());
            params.putAll(parameters);
        } else {
            params = new TreeMap<String, Object>(parameters);
            acceptableParameters = new TreeMap<String, Object>();
        }
        
        //Derek: Do this iteration to filter out unacceptable entries
        for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : params.entrySet()) {
            String name = entry.getKey();

            boolean acceptableName = acceptableName(name)
                    || (parameterNameAware != null && parameterNameAware.acceptableParameterName(name));

            if (acceptableName) {
                acceptableParameters.put(name, entry.getValue());
            }
        }

        ValueStack newStack = valueStackFactory.createValueStack(stack);
        boolean clearableStack = newStack instanceof ClearableValueStack;
        if (clearableStack) {
            //if the stack's context can be cleared, do that to prevent OGNL
            //from having access to objects in the stack, see XW-641
            ((ClearableValueStack)newStack).clearContextValues();
            Map<String, Object> context = newStack.getContext();
            ReflectionContextState.setCreatingNullObjects(context, true);
            ReflectionContextState.setDenyMethodExecution(context, true);
            ReflectionContextState.setReportingConversionErrors(context, true);

            //keep locale from original context
            context.put(ActionContext.LOCALE, stack.getContext().get(ActionContext.LOCALE));
        }

        boolean memberAccessStack = newStack instanceof MemberAccessValueStack;
        if (memberAccessStack) {
            //block or allow access to properties
            //see WW-2761 for more details
            MemberAccessValueStack accessValueStack = (MemberAccessValueStack) newStack;
            accessValueStack.setAcceptProperties(acceptParams);
            accessValueStack.setExcludeProperties(excludeParams);
        }

        //Derek: Puts entries from treemap to valuestack object, no utility method applied here to do such set operation?
        for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : acceptableParameters.entrySet()) {
            String name = entry.getKey();
            Object value = entry.getValue();
            try {
                newStack.setParameter(name, value);
            } catch (RuntimeException e) {
                if (devMode) {
                    String developerNotification = LocalizedTextUtil.findText(ParametersInterceptor.class, "devmode.notification", ActionContext.getContext().getLocale(), "Developer Notification:\n{0}", new Object[]{
                             "Unexpected Exception caught setting '" + name + "' on '" + action.getClass() + ": " + e.getMessage()
                    });
                    LOG.error(developerNotification);
                    if (action instanceof ValidationAware) {
                        ((ValidationAware) action).addActionMessage(developerNotification);
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        if (clearableStack && (stack.getContext() != null) && (newStack.getContext() != null))
            stack.getContext().put(ActionContext.CONVERSION_ERRORS, newStack.getContext().get(ActionContext.CONVERSION_ERRORS));

        addParametersToContext(ActionContext.getContext(), acceptableParameters);
    }

PART 3:

static private int countOGNLCharacters(String s) {
        int count = 0;
        for (int i = s.length() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            char c = s.charAt(i);
            if (c == '.' || c == '[') count++;
        }
        return count;
    }

    /**
     * Compares based on number of '.' and '[' characters (fewer is higher)
     */
    static final Comparator<String> rbCollator = new Comparator<String>() {
        public int compare(String s1, String s2) {
            int l1 = countOGNLCharacters(s1),
                l2 = countOGNLCharacters(s2);
            return l1 < l2 ? -1 : (l2 < l1 ? 1 : s1.compareTo(s2));
        }

    };

Note: This comparator would be applied to TreeMap structure.