/**
* Safely gets a $_REQUEST variable. If $name does not exist,
* $default is provided.
*
* @param string $name the array key
* @param mixed $default the default value to supply if $name
* does not exist in the array. defaults to null
* @return mixed the value for key $name
*/
public static function request($name, $default = null)
{
return Params::Generic($_REQUEST, $name, $default);
}