/*
 * @(#)$Id: ReferenceContainer.java,v 1.13 2004/04/05 17:42:20 kohsuke Exp $
 *
 * Copyright 2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 * 
 * This software is the proprietary information of Sun Microsystems, Inc.  
 * Use is subject to license terms.
 * 
 */
package com.sun.msv.grammar;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Container of ReferenceExp. a map from name to ReferenceExp.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:kohsuke.kawaguchi@eng.sun.com">Kohsuke KAWAGUCHI</a>
 */
public abstract class ReferenceContainer implements java.io.Serializable {
    
    protected final Map impl = new java.util.HashMap();
    
    /**
     * gets or creates ReferenceExp object.
     * 
     * Derived class should provide type-safe accesser methods.
     * 
     * Usually, this method is only necessary for some kind of grammar loader.
     * If you are programming an application over MSV,
     * {@link #_get(String)} method is probably what you need.
     */
    public final ReferenceExp _getOrCreate( String name ) {
        Object o = impl.get(name);
        if(o!=null)    return (ReferenceExp)o;
        
        // this is the first time this name is used.
        // so create a ReferenceExp here.
        ReferenceExp exp = createReference(name);
        impl.put(name,exp);
        return exp;
    }
    
    /** creates a new reference object with given name */
    protected abstract ReferenceExp createReference( String name );

    /**
     * replaces the current ReferenceExp by newly specified reference exp.
     */
    public void redefine( String name, ReferenceExp newExp ) {
        if( impl.put(name,newExp)==null )
            // no object is associated with this name.
            throw new IllegalArgumentException();
    }
    
    /** gets a referenced expression
     * 
     * Derived class should provide type-safe accesser methods.
     * 
     * @return null
     *        if no expression is defined with the given name.
     */
    public final ReferenceExp _get( String name ) {
        Object o = impl.get(name);
        if(o!=null)    return (ReferenceExp)o;
        else        return null;    // not found    
    }
    
    /** iterates all ReferenceExp in this container */
    public final Iterator iterator() {
        return impl.values().iterator();
    }
    
    /** obtains all items in this container. */
    public final ReferenceExp[] getAll() {
        ReferenceExp[] r = new ReferenceExp[size()];
        impl.values().toArray(r);
        return r;
    }
    
    /** removes an object from this container.
     * 
     * @return
     *    removed object. Null if no such name is found.
     */
    public final ReferenceExp remove( String name ) {
        return (ReferenceExp)impl.remove(name);
    }
    
    /** gets the number of ReferenceExps in this container. */
    public final int size()    {
        return impl.size();
    }
    
    // serialization support
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1;    
}
