Andreas Sachs created WW-4109:
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             Summary: ParameterNameAware Javadoc incorrect
                 Key: WW-4109
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-4109
             Project: Struts 2
          Issue Type: Improvement
    Affects Versions: 2.3.15, 2.3.14.3
            Reporter: Andreas Sachs
            Priority: Minor


I think the Javadoc of ParameterNameAware is wrong:

* This interface is implemented by actions that want to declare acceptable 
parameters. Works in conjunction with {@link * ParametersInterceptor}. For 
example, actions may want to create a whitelist of parameters they will accept 
or a * blacklist of paramters they will reject to prevent clients from setting 
other unexpected (and possibly dangerous) * parameters.

It's not possible to blacklist parameters because of the "or" in:

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

Since there was some discussion about this some time ago, i would prefer to 
make ParameterNameAware deprecate and add a new interface with 3 return values:
-> accept parameter
-> reject parameter
-> no decission, use acceptableName

Another possibility would be to add the result of acceptableName to 
acceptableParameterName.

e.g. parameterNameAware.acceptableParameterName(name, acceptableName(name)));

The ParameterNameAware-Action can decide, if the result of acceptableName 
should be overwritten or not.

Thanks
Andi

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