/** 
  * <p>Identify and return the path component(from the request URI) that 
  * we will use to select an <code>ActionMapping</code> with which todispatch. 
  * If no such path can be identified,create an error response and return 
  * <code>null</code>.</p> 
  * 
  * @param request The servlet request weare processing 
  * @param response The servlet response weare creating 
  * 
  * @exception IOException if an input/outputerror occurs 
  */ 
 protectedString processPath(HttpServletRequest request, 
        HttpServletResponse response) 
  throws IOException { 
 
  String path = null; 
 
  // For prefix matching, match on the path info (if any) 
  path = (String) request.getAttribute(INCLUDE_PATH_INFO); 
  if (path == null) { 
   path = request.getPathInfo(); 
  } 
  if ((path != null) && (path.length() > 0)) { 
   return (path); 
  } 
 
  // For extension matching, strip the module prefix and extension 
  path = (String) request.getAttribute(INCLUDE_SERVLET_PATH); 
  if (path == null) { 
   path = request.getServletPath(); 
  } 
  String prefix = moduleConfig.getPrefix(); 
  if (!path.startsWith(prefix)) { 
   String msg =getInternal().getMessage("processPath"); 
    
   log.error(msg + " " + request.getRequestURI()); 
   response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, msg); 
 
   return null; 
  } 
   
  path = path.substring(prefix.length()); 
  int slash = path.lastIndexOf("/"); 
  int period = path.lastIndexOf("."); 
  if ((period >= 0) && (period >slash)) { 
   path = path.substring(0, period); 
  } 
  return (path); 
 
} 

path = (String)request.getAttribute(INCLUDE_PATH_INFO); 
  if (path == null) { 
   path = request.getPathInfo(); 
  } 
  if ((path != null) && (path.length() > 0)) { 
   return (path); 
  } 

// For extension matching, stripthe module prefix and extension 
  path = (String) request.getAttribute(INCLUDE_SERVLET_PATH); 
  if (path == null) { 
   path = request.getServletPath(); 
  } 
  String prefix = moduleConfig.getPrefix(); 
  if (!path.startsWith(prefix)) { 
   String msg =getInternal().getMessage("processPath"); 
    
   log.error(msg + " " + request.getRequestURI()); 
   response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, msg); 
 
   return null; 
  } 

path = path.substring(prefix.length()); 
  intslash = path.lastIndexOf("/"); 
  intperiod = path.lastIndexOf("."); 
  if((period >= 0) && (period > slash)) { 
   path = path.substring(0, period); 
  } 
  return (path);