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package org.jdesigner.platform.web.converter;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.StreamTokenizer;
import java.io.StringReader;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConversionException;
import org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter;

/**
 * <p>
 * Convenience base class for converters that translate the String
 * representation of an array into a corresponding array of primitives object.
 * This class encapsulates the functionality required to parse the String into a
 * list of String elements that can later be individually converted to the
 * appropriate primitive type.
 * </p>
 * 
 * <p>
 * The input syntax accepted by the <code>parseElements()</code> method is
 * designed to be compatible with the syntax used to initialize arrays in a Java
 * source program, except that only String literal values are supported. For
 * maximum flexibility, the surrounding '{' and '}' characters are optional, and
 * individual elements may be separated by any combination of whitespace and
 * comma characters.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author Craig R. McClanahan
 * @version $Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2010/04/08 05:42:00 $
 * @since 1.4
 * @deprecated Replaced by the new {@link ArrayConverter} implementation
 */

public abstract class AbstractArrayConverter implements Converter {

    // ----------------------------------------------------------- Constructors

    /**
     * Create a {@link Converter} that will throw a {@link ConversionException}
     * if a conversion error occurs.
     */
    public AbstractArrayConverter() {

        this.defaultValue = null;
        this.useDefault = false;

    }

    /**
     * Create a {@link Converter} that will return the specified default value
     * if a conversion error occurs.
     * 
     * @param defaultValue
     *            The default value to be returned
     */
    public AbstractArrayConverter(Object defaultValue) {

        if (defaultValue == NO_DEFAULT) {
            this.useDefault = false;
        } else {
            this.defaultValue = defaultValue;
            this.useDefault = true;
        }

    }

    // ------------------------------------------------------- Static Variables

    /**
     * This is a special reference that can be passed as the "default object" to
     * the constructor to indicate that no default is desired. Note that the
     * value 'null' cannot be used for this purpose, as the caller may want a
     * null to be returned as the default.
     */
    public static final Object NO_DEFAULT = new Object();

    // ----------------------------------------------------- Instance Variables

    /**
     * <p>
     * Model object for string arrays.
     * </p>
     */
    protected static String[] strings = new String[0];

    /**
     * The default value specified to our Constructor, if any.
     */
    protected Object defaultValue = null;

    /**
     * Should we return the default value on conversion errors?
     */
    protected boolean useDefault = true;

    // --------------------------------------------------------- Public Methods

    /**
     * Convert the specified input object into an output object of the specified
     * type. This method must be implemented by a concrete subclass.
     * 
     * @param type
     *            Data type to which this value should be converted
     * @param value
     *            The input value to be converted
     * @return The converted value
     * 
     * @exception ConversionException
     *                if conversion cannot be performed successfully
     */
    public abstract Object convert(Class type, Object value);

    // ------------------------------------------------------ Protected Methods

    /**
     * <p>
     * Parse an incoming String of the form similar to an array initializer in
     * the Java language into a <code>List</code> individual Strings for each
     * element, according to the following rules.
     * </p>
     * <ul>
     * <li>The string is expected to be a comma-separated list of values.</li>
     * <li>The string may optionally have matching '{' and '}' delimiters around
     * the list.</li>
     * <li>Whitespace before and after each element is stripped.</li>
     * <li>Elements in the list may be delimited by single or double quotes.
     * Within a quoted elements, the normal Java escape sequences are valid.</li>
     * </ul>
     * 
     * @param svalue
     *            String value to be parsed
     * @return The parsed list of String values
     * 
     * @exception ConversionException
     *                if the syntax of <code>svalue</code> is not syntactically
     *                valid
     * @exception NullPointerException
     *                if <code>svalue</code> is <code>null</code>
     */
    protected List parseElements(String svalue) {

        // Validate the passed argument
        if (svalue == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException();
        }

        // Trim any matching '{' and '}' delimiters
        svalue = svalue.trim();
        if (svalue.startsWith("{") && svalue.endsWith("}")) {
            svalue = svalue.substring(1, svalue.length() - 1);
        }

        try {

            // Set up a StreamTokenizer on the characters in this String
            StreamTokenizer st = new StreamTokenizer(new StringReader(svalue));
            st.whitespaceChars(',', ','); // Commas are delimiters
            st.ordinaryChars('0', '9'); // Needed to turn off numeric flag
            st.ordinaryChars('.', '.');
            st.ordinaryChars('-', '-');
            st.wordChars('0', '9'); // Needed to make part of tokens
            st.wordChars('.', '.');
            st.wordChars('-', '-');

            // Split comma-delimited tokens into a List
            ArrayList list = new ArrayList();
            while (true) {
                int ttype = st.nextToken();
                if ((ttype == StreamTokenizer.TT_WORD) || (ttype > 0)) {
                    list.add(st.sval);
                } else if (ttype == StreamTokenizer.TT_EOF) {
                    break;
                } else {
                    throw new ConversionException("Encountered token of type " + ttype);
                }
            }

            // Return the completed list
            return (list);

        } catch (IOException e) {

            throw new ConversionException(e);

        }

    }

}