/**
   * api helpers
   */
  
   implicit def boxNodeSeqToNodeSeq(in: Box[NodeSeq]): NodeSeq = {
     in match {
       case Full(n) => n
       case Failure(msg, _, _) => <error>{msg}</error>
       case _ => <error></error>
     }
   }

  implicit def tupleSeqNodeToResponse(in: (String, Seq[Node])): LiftResponse = {
    buildResponse(true, in._1, Empty, in._2)
  }

  implicit def putResponseInBox(in: LiftResponse): Box[LiftResponse] = Full(in)
  
  
  def buildResponse(success: Boolean, rootname: String, msg: Box[NodeSeq], body: NodeSeq): LiftResponse = {
    XmlResponse(
      wrapXmlBody(rootname, body) 
    )
  }
  
  def wrapXmlBody(in: String, elems: NodeSeq): Elem = {
    Elem(null,in,Null,TopScope,elems:_*)
  }
  
  /**
   * The attribute name for success
   */
  def successAttrName: String = "success"

  /**
   * The attribute name for operation
   */
  def operationAttrName: String = "operation"

  /**
   * The attribute name for any msg attribute
   */
  def msgAttrName: String = "msg"
  
  protected def operation: Option[NodeSeq] =
  (for (req <- S.request) yield req.path.partPath match {
      case _ :: name :: _ => name
      case _ => ""
    }).map(Text)