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+++ b/flys-artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/artifacts/states/DefaultState.java	Mon Mar 14 15:43:12 2011 +0000
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+package de.intevation.flys.artifacts.states;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+
+import de.intevation.artifacts.CallContext;
+import de.intevation.artifacts.ArtifactNamespaceContext;
+
+import de.intevation.artifacts.common.utils.XMLUtils;
+
+import de.intevation.artifactdatabase.ProtocolUtils;
+import de.intevation.artifactdatabase.data.StateData;
+import de.intevation.artifactdatabase.state.AbstractState;
+
+import de.intevation.flys.artifacts.resources.Resources;
+
+
+/**
+ * @author <a href="mailto:ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de">Ingo Weinzierl</a>
+ */
+public abstract class DefaultState extends AbstractState {
+
+    /** The logger that is used in this class.*/
+    private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(DefaultState.class);
+
+
+    public Element describe(
+        Document    document,
+        Node        root,
+        CallContext context,
+        String      uuid)
+    {
+        XMLUtils.ElementCreator creator = new XMLUtils.ElementCreator(
+            document,
+            ArtifactNamespaceContext.NAMESPACE_URI,
+            ArtifactNamespaceContext.NAMESPACE_PREFIX);
+
+        Element ui  = ProtocolUtils.createArtNode(
+            creator, "dynamic", null, null);
+
+        Map<String, StateData> theData = getData();
+        if (theData == null) {
+            return ui;
+        }
+
+        Collection<StateData> dataItems = theData.values();
+
+        for (StateData data: dataItems) {
+            String name    = data.getName();
+            Element select = createData(creator, data, context);
+
+            Element choices = ProtocolUtils.createArtNode(
+            creator, "choices", null, null);
+
+            select.appendChild(choices);
+            ui.appendChild(select);
+
+            Element[] items = createItems(creator, name, context);
+            for (Element item: items) {
+                choices.appendChild(item);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return ui;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * This method creates the root node that contains the list of selectable
+     * items.
+     *
+     * @param cr The ElementCreator.
+     * @param name The name of the amount of data.
+     *
+     * @return the root node of the item list.
+     */
+    protected Element createData(
+        XMLUtils.ElementCreator cr,
+        StateData   data,
+        CallContext context)
+    {
+        Element select = ProtocolUtils.createArtNode(
+            cr, "select", null, null);
+        cr.addAttr(select, "name", data.getName());
+
+        Element label = ProtocolUtils.createArtNode(
+            cr, "label", null, null);
+
+        label.setTextContent(Resources.getMsg(
+            context.getMeta(),
+            getID(),
+            getID()));
+
+        return select;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * This method creates a list of items. These items represent the amount of
+     * input data that is possible for this state.
+     *
+     * @param cr The ElementCreator.
+     * @param name The name of the amount of data.
+     *
+     * @return a list of items.
+     */
+    protected abstract Element[] createItems(
+        XMLUtils.ElementCreator cr,
+        String      name,
+        CallContext context);
+}
+// vim:set ts=4 sw=4 si et sta sts=4 fenc=utf-8 :