/* Copyright 2004-2005 Graeme Rocher
 *
 * 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
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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package org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.converters

import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.servlet.mvc.ParameterCreationListener

/**
* Abstract base class for parameter creation listeners that parse incoming data such as JSON and XML

* @author Graeme Rocher
* @since 1.0
*
* Created: Nov 27, 2007
*/
abstract class AbstractParsingParameterCreationListener implements ParameterCreationListener {

    /**
     * Populates the target map with current map using the root map to form a nested prefix so that a hierarchy of maps is flattened 
     */
    protected createFlattenedKeys(Map root, Map current, Map target, prefix ='') {

        for(entry in current) {
            if(entry.value instanceof Map) {
                createFlattenedKeys(root,entry.value, target, "${entry.key}.")
            }
            else if(prefix) {
                target["${prefix}${entry.key}"] = entry.value
            }
        }
    }

}