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package de.knurt.fam.core.view.adapter.html;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import de.knurt.fam.core.model.persist.User;
import de.knurt.heinzelmann.util.adapter.ViewableObject;

/**
 * map every given model object (<code>T</code>) to a view object.
 * 
 * @param <T>
 *            the object type that is adapted here
 * @author Daniel Oltmanns
 * @since 0.20090710 (07/10/2009)
 */
@Deprecated
public abstract class DasHtmlAdapterAbstractFactory<T extends ViewableObject> {

	/**
	 * return instances of adapters for the given list of objects.
	 * 
	 * @param current
	 *            user logged in into the system
	 * @param viewableObjects
	 *            list of objects being adapted.
	 * @return instances of adapters for the given list of objects.
	 */
	public List<FamHtmlAdapter<T>> getInstances(User current, List<T> viewableObjects) {
		List<FamHtmlAdapter<T>> result = new ArrayList<FamHtmlAdapter<T>>(viewableObjects.size());
		for (T mappedObject : viewableObjects) {
			result.add(this.getInstance(current, mappedObject));
		}
		return result;
	}

	/**
	 * return an instance of the adapter.
	 * 
	 * @param current
	 *            user logged in into the system
	 * @param viewableObject
	 *            that is adapted
	 * @return an instance of the adapter.
	 */
	protected abstract FamHtmlAdapter<T> getInstance(User current, T viewableObject);
}