Example 5.4 Check For a Valid Token

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/**
* Return <code>true</code> if there is a transaction 
* token stored in the user's current session, and 
* the value submitted as a request request parameter 
* with this action matches it. 
* 
* Returns <code>false</code>
* under any of the following circumstances:
* <ul>
* <li>No session associated with this request</li>
* <li>No transaction token saved in the session</li>
* <li>No transaction token included as a request 
* parameter</li>
* <li>The included transaction token value does not
*     match the transaction token in the user's
*     session</li>
* </ul>
*
* @param request The servlet request we are processing
*/

protected boolean isTokenValid(HttpServletRequest request) {

    // Retrieve the saved transaction token from our
    // session
    HttpSession session = request.getSession(false);
    if (session == null)
        return (false);
    String saved = (String) 
        session.getAttribute(TRANSACTION_TOKEN_KEY);
    if (saved == null)
        return (false);
    // Retrieve the transaction token included in this
    // request
    String token = (String) 
        request.getParameter(Constants.TOKEN_KEY);
    if (token == null)
        return (false);

    // Do the values match?
    return (saved.equals(token));

}
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