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      } else if (action.equals("getdataguide")) {

        PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();

        handleGetDataGuideAction(out, params, response);

        out.close();

   * Handle the "getdataguide" action.

   * Read Data Guide for a given doctype from db connection in XML format

   */

  private void handleGetDataGuideAction(PrintWriter out, Hashtable params,

                                        HttpServletResponse response) {

    String doctype = null;

    String[] doctypeArr = (String[])params.get("doctype");

    // get only the first doctype specified in the list of doctypes

    // it could be done for all doctypes in that list

    if (doctypeArr != null) {

        doctype = ((String[])params.get("doctype"))[0];

    }

    try {

        DBUtil dbutil = new DBUtil();

        String dataguide = dbutil.readDataGuide(doctype);

        out.println(dataguide);

    } catch (Exception e) {

      out.println("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>");

      out.println("<error>");

      out.println(e.getMessage());

      out.println("</error>");

    }

  }

  /**