List.java

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package org.apache.sling.samples.htlblog.models;

import java.util.Iterator;

import org.apache.commons.collections.IteratorUtils;
import org.apache.commons.collections.iterators.ReverseListIterator;
import org.apache.sling.api.SlingHttpServletRequest;
import org.apache.sling.api.resource.Resource;
import org.apache.sling.api.resource.ResourceResolver;
import org.apache.sling.api.resource.ResourceUtil;
import org.apache.sling.models.annotations.Model;

/**
 * The Class List.
 * 
 * <p>This class is specifically used public posts. 
 * It should not be used for listing other types of content.</p>
 */
@Model(adaptables=SlingHttpServletRequest.class)
public class List {

    /** The parent resource that holds our posts. */
    private final Resource resource;

    /**
     * Instantiates a new list model.
     * 
     * @param request the request
     */
    public List(final SlingHttpServletRequest request) {
        ResourceResolver resourceResolver = request.getResourceResolver();
        this.resource = resourceResolver.getResource("/content/htlblog/posts");
    }

    /**
     * Gets the children.
     * 
     * <p>Get the children, convert them to a Java List, reverse them, 
     * and adapt the collection to a Post model</p>
     * 
     * @return the children
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public Iterator<Post> getChildren() {
        if(this.resource != null) {
            java.util.List<Resource> childrenList = IteratorUtils.toList(this.resource.getChildren().iterator());
            Iterator<Resource> reverseChildren = new ReverseListIterator(childrenList);
            return ResourceUtil.adaptTo(reverseChildren, Post.class);
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }
}