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+<?php
+
+require_once('config/dmsDefaults.php');
+require_once(KT_LIB_DIR . '/actions/actionregistry.inc.php');
+require_once(KT_LIB_DIR . '/dispatcher.inc.php');
+
+/*
+ * Using KTStandardDispatcher for errorPage, overriding handleOutput as
+ * the document action dispatcher will handle that.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Dispatcher for action.php/actionname
+ *
+ * This dispatcher looks up the action from the Action Registry, and
+ * then chains onto that action's dispatcher.
+ */
+class KTActionDispatcher extends KTStandardDispatcher {
+    /**
+     * Default dispatch
+     *
+     * Find the action, and then use its dispatcher.  Error out nicely
+     * if we aren't so lucky.
+     */
+    function do_main() {
+        $this->error = false;
+        $action = KTUtil::arrayGet($_SERVER, 'PATH_INFO');
+        $action = trim($action);
+        $action = trim($action, "/");
+        if (empty($action)) {
+            $this->error = true;
+            $this->errorPage("No action given");
+        }
+        $oRegistry =& KTActionRegistry::getSingleton();
+        $aActionInfo = $oRegistry->getActionByNsname($action);
+        if (empty($aActionInfo)) {
+            $this->error = true;
+            $this->errorPage("No such action exists in KnowledgeTree");
+        }
+        $oAction = new $aActionInfo[0];
+        $oAction->dispatch();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Handle output from this dispatcher.
+     *
+     * If there's an error in _this_ dispatcher, use the standard
+     * surroundings.  If not, don't put anything around the output - the
+     * chained dispatcher will take care of that.
+     */
+    function handleOutput ($data) {
+        if ($this->error) {
+            parent::handleOutput($data);
+        } else {
+            print $data;
+        }
+    }
+}
+$d = new KTActionDispatcher();
+$d->dispatch();