AbstractMonoLangAttributeManager.java

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*
* Copyright 2005 AgileTec s.r.l. (http://www.agiletec.it) All rights reserved.
*
* This file is part of jAPS software.
* jAPS is a free software; 
* you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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* Copyright 2005 AgileTec s.r.l. (http://www.agiletec.it) All rights reserved.
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package com.agiletec.apsadmin.system.entity.attribute.manager;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

import com.agiletec.aps.system.common.entity.model.attribute.AttributeInterface;
import com.agiletec.apsadmin.system.entity.attribute.AttributeTracer;

/**
 * Base abstract class for those manager which handle mono-language simple attributes.
 * @author E.Santoboni
 */
public abstract class AbstractMonoLangAttributeManager extends AbstractAttributeManager {
	
	@Override
	protected void updateAttribute(AttributeInterface attribute, AttributeTracer tracer, HttpServletRequest request) {
		String value = this.getValueFromForm(attribute, tracer, request);
		if (value != null) {
			if (value.trim().length()==0) value = null;
			this.setValue(attribute, value);
		}
	}
	
	@Override
	protected int getState(AttributeInterface attribute, AttributeTracer tracer) {
		boolean valued = this.getValue(attribute) != null;
		if (valued) return this.VALUED_ATTRIBUTE_STATE;
		return this.EMPTY_ATTRIBUTE_STATE;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Return the value held by the given attribute.
	 * This method is invoked by the getStatus when the request is null, that is when the
	 * validation process is triggered by the approval of the list of contents.
	 * This value can be referred to as the value typed in the form in the previous save or 
	 * approval process; eg. for mono-language text attributes it will be the text, for data
	 * attributes will be the data as typed in the form. 
	 * 
	 * @param attribute The current attribute (simple or composed) which holds the desired value
	 * @return The value held by the attribute.
	 */
	protected abstract Object getValue(AttributeInterface attribute);
	
	/**.
	 * Set the value of the specified attribute.
	 * 
	 * @param attribute The current attribute (simple or composed) to assign the value to.
	 * @param value The value to assign to the attribute.
	 */
	protected abstract void setValue(AttributeInterface attribute, String value);
	
}