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package org.apache.cocoon.components.treeprocessor;

import org.apache.cocoon.components.treeprocessor.AbstractParentProcessingNode;
import org.apache.cocoon.components.treeprocessor.ProcessingNode;

import org.apache.cocoon.environment.Environment;

/**
 * @author <a href="mailto:sylvain@apache.org">Sylvain Wallez</a>
 * @version $Id$
 */
public abstract class SimpleParentProcessingNode extends AbstractParentProcessingNode {

    /** The childrens of this matcher */
    protected ProcessingNode[] children;

    public void setChildren(ProcessingNode[] children) {
        this.children = children;
    }

    /**
     * Boolean method with returns true if this Node has children
     * and false otherwise.
     *
     * @return boolean true if has children.
     */
    public boolean hasChildren() {
        return this.children != null && this.children.length > 0;
    }

    /**
     * Define common invoke behavior here
     */
    public boolean invoke(Environment env, InvokeContext context) throws Exception {
        // Inform the pipeline (if available) that we have come across
        // a possible branch point
        if (context.pipelineIsSet() && hasChildren()) {
            context.getProcessingPipeline().informBranchPoint();
        }

        // processing not yet complete, so return false
        return false;
    }
}