Make public fields in RequestTrans private, remove transient modifier, add getters and setters as needed,

synchronize getter and setter for action to fix inconsistent behaviour.

src/helma/framework/RequestBean.java

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public class RequestBean implements Serializable {
 
     // property related methods:
     public String getAction() {
-        return req.action;
+        return req.getAction();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class RequestBean implements Serializable {
      * @return ...
      */
     public long getRuntime() {
-        return (System.currentTimeMillis() - req.startTime);
+        return (System.currentTimeMillis() - req.getStartTime());
     }
 
     /**

src/helma/framework/RequestTrans.java

@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ public class RequestTrans implements Serializable {
     public final static String INTERNAL = "INTERNAL";
 
     // the servlet request and response, may be null
-    HttpServletRequest request;
-    HttpServletResponse response;
+    final HttpServletRequest request;
+    final HttpServletResponse response;
 
     // the uri path of the request
     public String path;
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ public class RequestTrans implements Serializable {
     public String session;
 
     // the map of form and cookie data
-    private Map values;
+    private final Map values;
     
     // the HTTP request method
-    private String method;
+    private final String method;
 
     // timestamp of client-cached version, if present in request
     private long ifModifiedSince = -1;
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ public class RequestTrans implements Serializable {
     private Set etags;
 
     // when was execution started on this request?
-    public transient long startTime;
+    private final long startTime;
 
     // the name of the action being invoked
-    public transient String action;
-    private transient String httpUsername;
-    private transient String httpPassword;
+    private String action;
+    private String httpUsername;
+    private String httpPassword;
 
     /**
      *  Create a new Request transmitter with an empty data map.
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ public class RequestTrans implements Serializable {
     public RequestTrans(String method) {
         this.method = method;
         this.request = null;
+        this.response = null;
         values = new SystemMap();
+        startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ public class RequestTrans implements Serializable {
         this.request = request;
         this.response = response;
         values = new SystemMap();
+        startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -180,6 +183,27 @@ public class RequestTrans implements Serializable {
         return POST.equalsIgnoreCase(method);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the request's action.
+     */
+    public synchronized String getAction() {
+        return action;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the request's action.
+     */
+    public synchronized void setAction(String action) {
+        this.action = action;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the time the request was created.
+     */
+    public long getStartTime() {
+        return startTime;
+    }
+
     /**
      *
      *

src/helma/framework/core/RequestEvaluator.java

@@ -160,8 +160,6 @@ public final class RequestEvaluator implements Runnable {
 
                         root = app.getDataRoot();
 
-                        req.startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
-
                         initGlobals(root);
 
                         if (error != null) {
@@ -319,7 +317,7 @@ public final class RequestEvaluator implements Runnable {
                                 // beginning of execution section
                                 try {
                                     // set the req.action property, cutting off the _action suffix
-                                    req.action = action.substring(0, action.length() - 7);
+                                    req.setAction(action.substring(0, action.length() - 7));
 
                                     // reset skin recursion detection counter
                                     skinDepth = 0;