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*/
package com.rapidminer.example;

import java.util.Iterator;


/**
 * This class delegates all method calls to the delegate object. Subclasses might want to override
 * only some of the methods.
 * 
 * @author Ingo Mierswa
 * @deprecated Please extend {@link AbstractAttributes} instead since using this class might lead to
 *             stack overflow errors in cases where a large amount of iterations is performed
 */
@Deprecated
public class DelegateAttributes extends AbstractAttributes {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 8476188336349012916L;

	protected Attributes delegate;

	public DelegateAttributes(Attributes delegate) {
		this.delegate = delegate;
	}

	private DelegateAttributes(DelegateAttributes roles) {
		this.delegate = (Attributes) roles.delegate.clone();
	}

	@Override
	public void add(AttributeRole attributeRole) {
		this.delegate.add(attributeRole);
	}

	@Override
	public boolean remove(AttributeRole attributeRole) {
		return this.delegate.remove(attributeRole);
	}

	/** This method is usually overridden by subclasses. */
	@Override
	public Iterator<AttributeRole> allAttributeRoles() {
		return this.delegate.allAttributeRoles();
	}

	@Override
	public Object clone() {
		return new DelegateAttributes(this);
	}

	@Override
	public AttributeRole findRoleByName(String name, boolean caseSensitive) {
		return delegate.findRoleByName(name, caseSensitive);
	}

	@Override
	public AttributeRole findRoleBySpecialName(String specialName, boolean caseSensitive) {
		return delegate.findRoleBySpecialName(specialName, caseSensitive);
	}

	@Override
	public void rename(AttributeRole attributeRole, String newName) {
		delegate.rename(attributeRole, newName);
	}

	@Override
	public void rename(Attribute attribute, String newName) {
		delegate.rename(attribute, newName);
	}
}