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package org.directwebremoting.util;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.security.Principal;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

import javax.servlet.RequestDispatcher;
import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.ServletInputStream;
import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
import javax.servlet.http.Cookie;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

/**
 * For the benefit of anyone that wants to create a fake HttpServletRequest
 * that doesn't do anything other than not be null.
 * @author Joe Walker [joe at getahead dot ltd dot uk]
 */
public class FakeHttpServletRequest implements HttpServletRequest
{
    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#getAuthType()
     */
    public String getAuthType()
    {
        return null;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#getCookies()
     */
    public Cookie[] getCookies()
    {
        return null;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#getDateHeader(java.lang.String)
     */
    public long getDateHeader(String name)
    {
        return -1;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#getHeader(java.lang.String)
     */
    public String getHeader(String name)
    {
        return null;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#getHeaders(java.lang.String)
     */
    public Enumeration<String[]> getHeaders(String name)
    {
        return Collections.enumeration(Collections.<String[]>emptySet());
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#getHeaderNames()
     */
    public Enumeration<String> getHeaderNames()
    {
        return Collections.enumeration(Collections.<String>emptySet());
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#getIntHeader(java.lang.String)
     */
    public int getIntHeader(String name)
    {
        return -1;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#getMethod()
     */
    public String getMethod()
    {
        return method;
    }

    /**
     * @see #getMethod()
     */
    public void setMethod(String method)
    {
        this.method = method;
    }

    /**
     * @see #getMethod()
     */
    private String method = "GET";

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#getPathInfo()
     */
    public String getPathInfo()
    {
        return pathInfo;
    }

    /**
     * @see #getPathInfo()
     */
    public void setPathInfo(String pathInfo)
    {
        this.pathInfo = pathInfo;
    }

    /**
     * @see #getPathInfo()
     */
    private String pathInfo;

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#getPathTranslated()
     */
    public String getPathTranslated()
    {
        return null;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#getContextPath()
     */
    public String getContextPath()
    {
        log.warn("Inventing data in FakeHttpServletRequest.getContextPath() to remain plausible.");
        return "";
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#getQueryString()
     */
    public String getQueryString()
    {
        return null;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#getRemoteUser()
     */
    public String getRemoteUser()
    {
        return null;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#isUserInRole(java.lang.String)
     */
    public boolean isUserInRole(String role)
    {
        return roles.contains(role);
    }

    /**
     * @see #isUserInRole(String)
     */
    public void addUserRole(String role)
    {
        roles.add(role);
    }

    /**
     * @see #isUserInRole(String)
     */
    private final Set<String> roles = new HashSet<String>();

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#getUserPrincipal()
     */
    public Principal getUserPrincipal()
    {
        return null;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#getRequestedSessionId()
     */
    public String getRequestedSessionId()
    {
        return null;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#getRequestURI()
     */
    public String getRequestURI()
    {
        log.warn("Inventing data in FakeHttpServletRequest.getRequestURI() to remain plausible.");
        return "/";
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#getRequestURL()
     */
    public StringBuffer getRequestURL()
    {
        log.warn("Inventing data in FakeHttpServletRequest.getRequestURL() to remain plausible.");
        return new StringBuffer("http://localhost/");
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#getServletPath()
     */
    public String getServletPath()
    {
        log.warn("Inventing data in FakeHttpServletRequest.getServletPath() to remain plausible.");
        return "";
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#getSession(boolean)
     */
    public HttpSession getSession(boolean create)
    {
        if (!create)
        {
            return null;
        }

        return new FakeHttpSession();
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#getSession()
     */
    public HttpSession getSession()
    {
        return null;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#isRequestedSessionIdValid()
     */
    public boolean isRequestedSessionIdValid()
    {
        return false;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#isRequestedSessionIdFromCookie()
     */
    public boolean isRequestedSessionIdFromCookie()
    {
        return false;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#isRequestedSessionIdFromURL()
     */
    public boolean isRequestedSessionIdFromURL()
    {
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#isRequestedSessionIdFromUrl()
     * @deprecated
     */
    @Deprecated
    public boolean isRequestedSessionIdFromUrl()
    {
        return false;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#getAttribute(java.lang.String)
     */
    public Object getAttribute(String name)
    {
        return attributes.get(name);
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#getAttributeNames()
     */
    public Enumeration<String> getAttributeNames()
    {
        return Collections.enumeration(attributes.keySet());
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#getCharacterEncoding()
     */
    public String getCharacterEncoding()
    {
        return characterEncoding;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#setCharacterEncoding(java.lang.String)
     */
    public void setCharacterEncoding(String characterEncoding) throws UnsupportedEncodingException
    {
        this.characterEncoding = characterEncoding;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#getContentLength()
     */
    public int getContentLength()
    {
        return content.length;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#getContentType()
     */
    public String getContentType()
    {
        return contentType;
    }

    /**
     * @see #getContentType()
     */
    public void setContentType(String contentType)
    {
        this.contentType = contentType;
    }

    /**
     * @see #getContentType()
     */
    private String contentType = "text/plain";

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#getInputStream()
     */
    public ServletInputStream getInputStream() throws IOException
    {
        return new ServletInputStream()
        {
            private final ByteArrayInputStream proxy = new ByteArrayInputStream(content);

            /* (non-Javadoc)
             * @see java.io.InputStream#read()
             */
            @Override
            public int read() throws IOException
            {
                return proxy.read();
            }

            /* (non-Javadoc)
             * @see java.io.InputStream#available()
             */
            @Override
            public int available() throws IOException
            {
                return proxy.available();
            }

            /* (non-Javadoc)
             * @see java.io.InputStream#mark(int)
             */
            @Override
            public synchronized void mark(int readlimit)
            {
                proxy.mark(readlimit);
            }

            /* (non-Javadoc)
             * @see java.io.InputStream#markSupported()
             */
            @Override
            public boolean markSupported()
            {
                return proxy.markSupported();
            }

            /* (non-Javadoc)
             * @see java.io.InputStream#read(byte[], int, int)
             */
            @Override
            public int read(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException
            {
                return proxy.read(b, off, len);
            }

            /* (non-Javadoc)
             * @see java.io.InputStream#close()
             */
            @Override
            public void close() throws IOException
            {
                proxy.close();
            }

            /* (non-Javadoc)
             * @see java.io.InputStream#read(byte[])
             */
            @Override
            public int read(byte[] b) throws IOException
            {
                return proxy.read(b);
            }

            /* (non-Javadoc)
             * @see java.io.InputStream#reset()
             */
            @Override
            public synchronized void reset() throws IOException
            {
                proxy.reset();
            }

            /* (non-Javadoc)
             * @see java.io.InputStream#skip(long)
             */
            @Override
            public long skip(long n) throws IOException
            {
                return proxy.skip(n);
            }
        };
    }

    /**
     * @see #getInputStream()
     */
    public void setContent(byte[] content)
    {
        this.content = content;
    }

    /**
     * @see #getInputStream()
     */
    public void setContent(String content)
    {
        this.content = content.getBytes();
    }

    /**
     * @see #getInputStream()
     */
    protected byte[] content;

    /**
     * @return "127.0.0.1"
     */
    public String getLocalAddr()
    {
        log.warn("Inventing data in FakeHttpServletRequest.getLocalAddr() to remain plausible.");
        return "127.0.0.1";
    }

    /**
     * @return "localhost"
     */
    public String getLocalName()
    {
        log.warn("Inventing data in FakeHttpServletRequest.getLocalName() to remain plausible.");
        return "localhost";
    }

    /**
     * @return 80
     */
    public int getLocalPort()
    {
        log.warn("Inventing data in FakeHttpServletRequest.getLocalPort() to remain plausible.");
        return 80;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#getParameter(java.lang.String)
     */
    public String getParameter(String name)
    {
        return null;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#getParameterNames()
     */
    public Enumeration<String> getParameterNames()
    {
        return Collections.enumeration(Collections.<String>emptySet());
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#getParameterValues(java.lang.String)
     */
    public String[] getParameterValues(String name)
    {
        return null;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#getParameterMap()
     */
    public Map<String, String> getParameterMap()
    {
        return Collections.emptyMap();
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#getProtocol()
     */
    public String getProtocol()
    {
        log.warn("Inventing data in FakeHttpServletRequest.getProtocol() to remain plausible.");
        return "HTTP/1.1";
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#getScheme()
     */
    public String getScheme()
    {
        log.warn("Inventing data in FakeHttpServletRequest.getScheme() to remain plausible.");
        return "http";
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#getServerName()
     */
    public String getServerName()
    {
        log.warn("Inventing data in FakeHttpServletRequest.getServerName() to remain plausible.");
        return "localhost";
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#getServerPort()
     */
    public int getServerPort()
    {
        log.warn("Inventing data in FakeHttpServletRequest.getServerPort() to remain plausible.");
        return 80;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#getReader()
     */
    public BufferedReader getReader() throws IOException
    {
        return new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(getInputStream()));
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#getRemoteAddr()
     */
    public String getRemoteAddr()
    {
        log.warn("Inventing data in FakeHttpServletRequest.getRemoteAddr() to remain plausible.");
        return "localhost";
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#getRemoteHost()
     */
    public String getRemoteHost()
    {
        log.warn("Inventing data in FakeHttpServletRequest.getRemoteHost() to remain plausible.");
        return "localhost";
    }

    /**
     * @return 80
     */
    public int getRemotePort()
    {
        log.warn("Inventing data in FakeHttpServletRequest.getRemotePort() to remain plausible.");
        return 80;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#setAttribute(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object)
     */
    public void setAttribute(String name, Object o)
    {
        attributes.put(name, o);
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#removeAttribute(java.lang.String)
     */
    public void removeAttribute(String name)
    {
        attributes.remove(name);
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#getLocale()
     */
    public Locale getLocale()
    {
        return Locale.getDefault();
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#getLocales()
     */
    public Enumeration<Locale> getLocales()
    {
        return Collections.enumeration(Arrays.asList(Locale.getDefault()));
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#isSecure()
     */
    public boolean isSecure()
    {
        return false;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#getRequestDispatcher(java.lang.String)
     */
    public RequestDispatcher getRequestDispatcher(String path)
    {
        return new RequestDispatcher()
        {
            /* (non-Javadoc)
             * @see javax.servlet.RequestDispatcher#include(javax.servlet.ServletRequest, javax.servlet.ServletResponse)
             */
            public void include(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException
            {
            }

            /* (non-Javadoc)
             * @see javax.servlet.RequestDispatcher#forward(javax.servlet.ServletRequest, javax.servlet.ServletResponse)
             */
            public void forward(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException
            {
            }
        };
    }

    /**
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#getRealPath(java.lang.String)
     * @deprecated
     */
    @Deprecated
    public String getRealPath(String path)
    {
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * The character encoding in the supposed request
     */
    private String characterEncoding = null;

    /**
     * The list of attributes
     */
    private final Map<String, Object> attributes = new HashMap<String, Object>();

    /**
     * The log stream
     */
    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(FakeHttpServletRequest.class);

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#complete()
     */
    public void complete()
    {
        // From Servlet 3.0 from Greg
        // TODO: we might want to delete all the servlet 3.0 preview methods
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#getServletContext()
     */
    public ServletContext getServletContext()
    {
        // From Servlet 3.0 from Greg
        return null;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#getServletResponse()
     */
    public ServletResponse getServletResponse()
    {
        // From Servlet 3.0 from Greg
        return null;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#isInitial()
     */
    public boolean isInitial()
    {
        // From Servlet 3.0 from Greg
        return false;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#isResumed()
     */
    public boolean isResumed()
    {
        // From Servlet 3.0 from Greg
        return false;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#isSuspended()
     */
    public boolean isSuspended()
    {
        // From Servlet 3.0 from Greg
        return false;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#isTimeout()
     */
    public boolean isTimeout()
    {
        // From Servlet 3.0 from Greg
        return false;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#resume()
     */
    public void resume()
    {
        // From Servlet 3.0 from Greg
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#suspend()
     */
    public void suspend()
    {
        // From Servlet 3.0 from Greg
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletRequest#suspend(long)
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    public void suspend(long arg0)
    {
        // From Servlet 3.0 from Greg
    }
}


Proposed state rules in California may soon allow self-driving cars without a steering wheel or backup driver to operate on the state's roads. The new regulations, proposed Friday by the state department of motor vehicles, would give a boost to a burgeoning industry that has so far been limited to testing autonomous vehicles only with backup controls and a human driver in case of emergencies.
If the rules are put into place, these vehicles could be tested on California roads by the end of 2017, and could possibly become available for customers in 2018, pending approval by the federal government. Federal rules currently call for a steering wheel and backup driver.
California is already taking a lead ahead of most other states in terms of self-driving technology, and these new rules help keep the state at the forefront of the growing technology. The move is also significant given California's size as the most populous US state, and as the county's largest automobile market.
In one key victory for the industry, the updated proposal includes self-certification similar to the way federal agencies regulate standard vehicles. Once a manufacturer considers a technology road-ready, it will be allowed to market its vehicles. This move will boost key industry players such as Google's self-driving car project, Waymo.
The regulations do stipulate that autonomous vehicles must be able to pull themselves over in an emergency and must be monitored remotely.
The California Consumer Watchdog group remains skeptical of the regulations, saying they would fail to protect the public. "The new rules are too industry-friendly," said John Simpson of Consumer Watchdog.
Tests of driverless vehicles in California has been considered largely successful. Waymo reported last year that over the course of 424,331 mile of driving, a human driver had to intervene only 11 times.
A total of 27 companies have permits to test autonomous vehicles on California roads.


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The Left Must Demand Joe Biden Change His Position on the Israeli Occupation of Palestine
by Zac Polston
Just a few weeks ago, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) reported that following a bipartisan effort between Prime Minister Netanyahu and Alternative Prime Minister Benny Gantz, Israel could put annexation of key West Bank territories, a promise routinely peddled by Netanyahu throughout his tumultuous bid for reelection, up for a vote as early as Wednesday, July 1st. The two leaders are still working in tandem with the Trump-appointed Ambassador to Israel David Friedman trying to iron out the specific parameters. According to Israel's Science and Technology Minister Izhar Shai, while disagreements remain, "There is agreement on the Jordan Valley", home to the Jordan River, and its annexation could result in permanent food insecurity for the Palestinian people.
As if on cue one week later, in the midst of the domestic upheaval, Joe Biden's campaign took the time to give Israel the dog-whistle to go ahead and forge on with their official annexation of the West Bank. His top foreign policy advisor issued a statement reassuring the Israelis that the U.S. election would not interrupt their plans and that his administration "would not tie military assistance to Israel to things like annexation or other decisions by the Israeli government with which we might disagree."
Which, in layman's terms means they intend to occasionally politely disagree publicly about their rank violation of international law and apartheid style oppression of Palestinians. This is akin to a Bill Clinton campaign advisor issuing a campaign statement proclaiming the administration's intent to support South Africa with billions of dollars and weapons to conduct their apartheid state and suppress dissent, while publicly framing the issue back home as mere differences in opinion.
The byproduct of the so called differences in opinion will be the United States not merely turning a blind eye to massive human rights violations but directly sustaining it through the massive military and economic aid it provides from taxpayer dollars. As a result, the American left has a moral duty to demand that Biden recognize the West Bank annexation as a violation of international law, and to sanction Israel in accordance with the UN.
If the elections were held tomorrow it is almost guaranteed Joe Biden would decimate President Trump. A recent poll from CNBC had Biden up by 8 points nationally, with some polls indicating an even wider lead in the battleground states of Florida, Wisconsin, and Michigan. It's a devastating gap to emerge with just over four months until the election. While attitudes could certainly change, President Trump will likely need an act of god to turn his flailing bid for reelection around. It's becoming clear that Joe Biden's strategy of letting Trump lose the election, as opposed to making an effort to win it himself, will likely be enough to punch his ticket come November.
The left then assumes a moral obligation to demand that Joe Biden react accordingly when any country, including close U.S. allies blatantly violate international law, which Israel does by violating the human rights of Palestinians and jeopardizing the existing world order or chance of peace in the region. There is no reason justifiable under international law for Biden to not impose sanctions similar to those that came as a response from the Obama Administration, after Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. It is even worth noting that in the instance of Crimea, a majority of the population supported annexation of the peninsula, whereas the people of Palestine remain categorically opposed to all forms of Israeli occupation.
In spite of this, it is the Boycott, Divest, and Sanction or BDS movement however that Biden singles out on his campaign website, stating that if elected his administration would "firmly reject the BDS movement — which singles out Israel and too often veers into anti-Semitism." There is no mention however of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian land, nor of the Resolution brought in December of 2016 by the UN deeming Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal, however that hasn't led to much direct action from the U.S.
He instead opts to boast of "the unprecedented $38 billion, ten-year memorandum of understanding for defense assistance to Israel signed in 2016, the largest such military aid package in U.S. history." Biden's supporters could correctly note that at the end of his second term Obama did not veto the UN resolution as a Republican administration potentially would have, but he still went ahead and gave them nearly 40 billion taxpayer dollars and turned a blind eye anyways.
This is unacceptable. It is the latest instance in a decades-long saga where Joe Biden has allied himself with the right in an effort to appease the corporate funded neoliberals, who continuously spit in the eye of the activist left flank and turn their backs on those suffering in the West Bank. These instances of inexcusable cowardice and moral failing prove that if elected, Biden will not lead nor will he oversee progressive change unless it is demanded of him by an organized inner party opposition. The left must take the time from now until November to make it explicit to Joe Biden that if he intends to earn their support in the upcoming election they will not tolerate support for the oppression of Palestine. The US must make its aid to Israel contingent on their nation abiding by international law and the left must make their votes contingent on Joe Biden's change in position. Anything less is unacceptable.
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