RecentSubmissions.java

/*
 * RecentSubmissions.java
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 * Date: $Date: 2009-04-11 17:02:24 +0000 (Sat, 11 Apr 2009) $
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package org.dspace.app.webui.components;

import org.dspace.content.Item;


/**
 * Basic class for representing the set of items which are recent submissions
 * to the archive
 * 
 * @author Richard Jones
 *
 */
public class RecentSubmissions
{
	/** The set of items being represented */
	private Item[] items;
	
	/**
	 * Construct a new RecentSubmissions object to represent the passed
	 * array of items
	 * 
	 * @param items
	 */
	public RecentSubmissions(Item[] items)
	{
		this.items = items;
	}

	/**
	 * obtain the number of recent submissions available
	 * 
	 * @return	the number of items
	 */
	public int count()
	{
		return items.length;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Obtain the array of items
	 * 
	 * @return	an array of items
	 */
	public Item[] getRecentSubmissions()
	{
		return items;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Get the item which is in the i'th position.  Therefore i = 1 gets the
	 * most recently submitted item, while i = 3 gets the 3rd most recently
	 * submitted item
	 * 
	 * @param i		the position of the item to retrieve
	 * @return		the Item
	 */
	public Item getRecentSubmission(int i)
	{
		if (i < items.length)
		{
			return items[i];
		}
		else
		{
			return null;
		}
	}
}