BotProcessor.java

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package org.aitools.programd.processor.aiml;

import org.aitools.programd.Core;
import org.aitools.programd.parser.TemplateParser;
import org.jdom.Element;

/**
 * Handles a <code><a href="http://aitools.org/aiml/TR/2001/WD-aiml/#section-bot">bot</a></code> element.
 * 
 * @see AIMLProcessor
 */
public class BotProcessor extends AIMLProcessor {

  /** The label (as required by the registration scheme). */
  public static final String label = "bot";

  /**
   * Creates a new BotProcessor with the given Core.
   * 
   * @param core the Core to use in creating the BotProcessor
   */
  public BotProcessor(Core core) {
    super(core);
  }

  /**
   * Retrieves the value of the desired bot predicate.
   * 
   * @param element the <code>bot</code> element
   * @param parser the parser that is at work
   * @return the result of processing the element
   */
  @Override
  public String process(Element element, TemplateParser parser) {
    return parser.getCore().getBot(parser.getBotID()).getPropertyValue(element.getAttributeValue("name"));
  }
}