class PrepRequestProcessor extends ZooKeeperCriticalThread implements
        RequestProcessor {

    protected void pRequest(Request request) throws RequestProcessorException {
        // LOG.info("Prep>>> cxid = " + request.cxid + " type = " +
        // request.type + " id = 0x" + Long.toHexString(request.sessionId));
        request.setHdr(null);
        request.setTxn(null);

        try {
            switch (request.type) {
            case OpCode.createContainer:
            case OpCode.create:
            case OpCode.create2:
                CreateRequest create2Request = new CreateRequest();
                pRequest2Txn(request.type, zks.getNextZxid(), request, create2Request, true);
                break;
            case OpCode.createTTL:
                CreateTTLRequest createTtlRequest = new CreateTTLRequest();
                pRequest2Txn(request.type, zks.getNextZxid(), request, createTtlRequest, true);
                break;
            case OpCode.deleteContainer:
            case OpCode.delete:
                DeleteRequest deleteRequest = new DeleteRequest();
                pRequest2Txn(request.type, zks.getNextZxid(), request, deleteRequest, true);
                break;
            case OpCode.setData:
                SetDataRequest setDataRequest = new SetDataRequest();                
                pRequest2Txn(request.type, zks.getNextZxid(), request, setDataRequest, true);
                break;
            case OpCode.reconfig:
                ReconfigRequest reconfigRequest = new ReconfigRequest();
                ByteBufferInputStream.byteBuffer2Record(request.request, reconfigRequest);
                pRequest2Txn(request.type, zks.getNextZxid(), request, reconfigRequest, true);
                break;
            case OpCode.setACL:
                SetACLRequest setAclRequest = new SetACLRequest();                
                pRequest2Txn(request.type, zks.getNextZxid(), request, setAclRequest, true);
                break;
            case OpCode.check:
                CheckVersionRequest checkRequest = new CheckVersionRequest();              
                pRequest2Txn(request.type, zks.getNextZxid(), request, checkRequest, true);
                break;
            case OpCode.multi:
                MultiTransactionRecord multiRequest = new MultiTransactionRecord();
                try {
                    ByteBufferInputStream.byteBuffer2Record(request.request, multiRequest);
                } catch(IOException e) {
                    request.setHdr(new TxnHeader(request.sessionId, request.cxid, zks.getNextZxid(),
                            Time.currentWallTime(), OpCode.multi));
                    throw e;
                }
                List<Txn> txns = new ArrayList<Txn>();
                //Each op in a multi-op must have the same zxid!
                long zxid = zks.getNextZxid();
                KeeperException ke = null;

                //Store off current pending change records in case we need to rollback
                Map<String, ChangeRecord> pendingChanges = getPendingChanges(multiRequest);

                for(Op op: multiRequest) {
                    Record subrequest = op.toRequestRecord();
                    int type;
                    Record txn;

                    /* If we've already failed one of the ops, don't bother
                     * trying the rest as we know it's going to fail and it
                     * would be confusing in the logfiles.
                     */
                    if (ke != null) {
                        type = OpCode.error;
                        txn = new ErrorTxn(Code.RUNTIMEINCONSISTENCY.intValue());
                    }

                    /* Prep the request and convert to a Txn */
                    else {
                        try {
                            pRequest2Txn(op.getType(), zxid, request, subrequest, false);
                            type = request.getHdr().getType();
                            txn = request.getTxn();
                        } catch (KeeperException e) {
                            ke = e;
                            type = OpCode.error;
                            txn = new ErrorTxn(e.code().intValue());

                            if (e.code().intValue() > Code.APIERROR.intValue()) {
                                LOG.info("Got user-level KeeperException when processing {} aborting" +
                                        " remaining multi ops. Error Path:{} Error:{}",
                                        request.toString(), e.getPath(), e.getMessage());
                            }

                            request.setException(e);

                            /* Rollback change records from failed multi-op */
                            rollbackPendingChanges(zxid, pendingChanges);
                        }
                    }

                    //FIXME: I don't want to have to serialize it here and then
                    //       immediately deserialize in next processor. But I'm
                    //       not sure how else to get the txn stored into our list.
                    ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
                    BinaryOutputArchive boa = BinaryOutputArchive.getArchive(baos);
                    txn.serialize(boa, "request") ;
                    ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.wrap(baos.toByteArray());

                    txns.add(new Txn(type, bb.array()));
                }

                request.setHdr(new TxnHeader(request.sessionId, request.cxid, zxid,
                        Time.currentWallTime(), request.type));
                request.setTxn(new MultiTxn(txns));

                break;

            //create/close session don't require request record
            case OpCode.createSession:
            case OpCode.closeSession:
                if (!request.isLocalSession()) {
                    pRequest2Txn(request.type, zks.getNextZxid(), request,
                                 null, true);
                }
                break;

            //All the rest don't need to create a Txn - just verify session
            case OpCode.sync:
            case OpCode.exists:
            case OpCode.getData:
            case OpCode.getACL:
            case OpCode.getChildren:
            case OpCode.getChildren2:
            case OpCode.ping:
            case OpCode.setWatches:
            case OpCode.checkWatches:
            case OpCode.removeWatches:
                zks.sessionTracker.checkSession(request.sessionId,
                        request.getOwner());
                break;
            default:
                LOG.warn("unknown type " + request.type);
                break;
            }
        } catch (KeeperException e) {
            if (request.getHdr() != null) {
                request.getHdr().setType(OpCode.error);
                request.setTxn(new ErrorTxn(e.code().intValue()));
            }

            if (e.code().intValue() > Code.APIERROR.intValue()) {
                LOG.info("Got user-level KeeperException when processing {} Error Path:{} Error:{}",
                        request.toString(), e.getPath(), e.getMessage());
            }
            request.setException(e);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // log at error level as we are returning a marshalling
            // error to the user
            LOG.error("Failed to process " + request, e);

            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            ByteBuffer bb = request.request;
            if(bb != null){
                bb.rewind();
                while (bb.hasRemaining()) {
                    sb.append(Integer.toHexString(bb.get() & 0xff));
                }
            } else {
                sb.append("request buffer is null");
            }

            LOG.error("Dumping request buffer: 0x" + sb.toString());
            if (request.getHdr() != null) {
                request.getHdr().setType(OpCode.error);
                request.setTxn(new ErrorTxn(Code.MARSHALLINGERROR.intValue()));
            }
        }
        request.zxid = zks.getZxid();
        nextProcessor.processRequest(request);
    }

    public  PrepRequestProcessor(ZooKeeperServer zks,
            RequestProcessor nextProcessor);

}