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+// Copyright (c) 2012-2016 The Revel Framework Authors, All rights reserved.
+// Revel Framework source code and usage is governed by a MIT style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package revel
+
+import (
+ "crypto/hmac"
+ "crypto/sha1"
+ "encoding/hex"
+ "io"
+ "reflect"
+ "strings"
+)
+
+// Sign a given string with the app-configured secret key.
+// If no secret key is set, returns the empty string.
+// Return the signature in base64 (URLEncoding).
+func Sign(message string) string {
+ if len(secretKey) == 0 {
+ return ""
+ }
+ mac := hmac.New(sha1.New, secretKey)
+ if _, err := io.WriteString(mac, message); err != nil {
+ utilLog.Error("WriteString failed", "error", err)
+ return ""
+ }
+ return hex.EncodeToString(mac.Sum(nil))
+}
+
+// Verify returns true if the given signature is correct for the given message.
+// e.g. it matches what we generate with Sign()
+func Verify(message, sig string) bool {
+ return hmac.Equal([]byte(sig), []byte(Sign(message)))
+}
+
+// ToBool method converts/assert value into true or false. Default is true.
+// When converting to boolean, the following values are considered FALSE:
+// - The integer value is 0 (zero)
+// - The float value 0.0 (zero)
+// - The complex value 0.0 (zero)
+// - For string value, please refer `revel.Atob` method
+// - An array, map, slice with zero elements
+// - Boolean value returned as-is
+// - "nil" value
+func ToBool(val interface{}) bool {
+ if val == nil {
+ return false
+ }
+
+ v := reflect.ValueOf(val)
+ switch v.Kind() {
+ case reflect.Bool:
+ return v.Bool()
+ case reflect.String:
+ return Atob(v.String())
+ case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64:
+ return v.Int() != 0
+ case reflect.Float32, reflect.Float64:
+ return v.Float() != 0.0
+ case reflect.Complex64, reflect.Complex128:
+ return v.Complex() != 0.0
+ case reflect.Array, reflect.Map, reflect.Slice:
+ return v.Len() != 0
+ }
+
+ // Return true by default
+ return true
+}
+
+// Atob converts string into boolean. It is in-case sensitive
+// When converting to boolean, the following values are considered FALSE:
+// - The "" (empty) string
+// - The "false" string
+// - The "f" string
+// - The "off" string,
+// - The string "0" & "0.0"
+func Atob(v string) bool {
+ switch strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToLower(v)) {
+ case "", "false", "off", "f", "0", "0.0":
+ return false
+ }
+
+ // Return true by default
+ return true
+}