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+++ b/flys-artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/artifacts/states/MultiIntArrayState.java	Tue May 15 07:15:36 2012 +0000
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+package de.intevation.flys.artifacts.states;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import de.intevation.artifacts.Artifact;
+import de.intevation.artifacts.CallContext;
+
+import de.intevation.artifacts.common.utils.XMLUtils.ElementCreator;
+import de.intevation.artifacts.common.model.KVP;
+
+
+/**
+ * State that holds minimun and maximum (for validation).
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de">Ingo Weinzierl</a>
+ */
+public abstract class MultiIntArrayState extends DefaultState {
+
+    private static final Logger logger =
+        Logger.getLogger(MultiIntArrayState.class);
+
+
+    @Override
+    protected void appendItems(
+        Artifact       artifact,
+        ElementCreator creator,
+        String         name,
+        CallContext    context,
+        Element        select
+    ) {
+        try {
+            creator.addAttr(select, "type", "intoptions", true);
+
+            Element  choices = creator.create("choices");
+
+            for (KVP kvp: getOptions(artifact, name)) {
+                Element item = creator.create("item");
+                creator.addAttr(item, "label", kvp.getValue().toString(), true);
+                item.setTextContent(kvp.getKey().toString());
+
+                choices.appendChild(item);
+            }
+
+            select.appendChild(choices);
+        }
+        catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
+            logger.warn("Illegal argument", iae);
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    protected abstract KVP<Integer, String>[] getOptions(
+        Artifact artifact,
+        String   parameterName
+    )
+    throws IllegalArgumentException;
+}