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* Copyright 2015-Present Entando Inc. (http://www.entando.com) All rights reserved.
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
* the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
* Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
* any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
* ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
* FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
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*/
package com.agiletec.aps.system.common.entity.model.attribute;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import org.jdom.Element;
import com.agiletec.aps.system.common.entity.model.AttributeSearchInfo;
import com.agiletec.aps.system.exception.ApsSystemException;
import com.agiletec.aps.system.services.lang.Lang;
/**
* Abstract class used for the implementation of "Complex Attributes". Complex attributes are those
* constituted by the aggregation, in different ways, of "Simple Attributes".
* @author E.Santoboni
*/
public abstract class AbstractComplexAttribute extends AbstractAttribute {
@Override
public boolean isSimple() {
return false;
}
/**
* Return the list of "Simple Attributes" constituting the Complex Attribute
* @return The list of simple Attributes.
*/
public abstract List<AttributeInterface> getAttributes();
/**
* Return the structure of attributes suitable for the rendering process.
* @return The structure of attributes suitable for rendering.
*/
public abstract Object getRenderingAttributes();
/**
* This method overrides the one of the abstract class so that it always returns false.
* This happens because Complex Attributes can never be "searchable" by design.
* @return Return always false.
* @see com.agiletec.aps.system.common.entity.model.attribute.AttributeInterface#isSearchable()
*/
@Override
public boolean isSearchable() {
return false;
}
@Override
public boolean isSearchableOptionSupported() {
return false;
}
@Override
public List<AttributeSearchInfo> getSearchInfos(List<Lang> systemLangs) {
return null;
}
/**
* Set up the configuration of the Complex Attributes.
* @param attributeElement The JDOM element of the attribute.
* @param attrTypes The list of the attributes available.
* @throws ApsSystemException in case of error.
*/
public abstract void setComplexAttributeConfig(Element attributeElement, Map<String, AttributeInterface> attrTypes) throws ApsSystemException;
}