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package com.sun.identity.sm;

import java.util.Map;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

/**
 * The abstract class <code>ChoiceValues</code> provides a mechanism for
 * services to provide choice values for attributes dynamically instead of being
 * statically defined in the service XML file stored in the directory.
 * <p>
 * An implementation of this class must be specified in the service
 * configuration XML file in the definition of the respective attribute schema.
 * Instead of providing the choice values in the XML configuration file, the
 * class name must be specified within the XML node
 * <code>ChoiceValuesClassName</code>.
 *
 * @supported.all.api
 */
public abstract class ChoiceValues {

    /**
     * Abstract method that must be implemented by a class extending this class,
     * and should return the choice values and their corresponding I18N key, for
     * the attribute.
     * 
     * @return choice values for the attribute as a <code>java.util.Map</code>.
     *         Key being the choice and the value being the I18N key
     */
    public abstract Map getChoiceValues();

    /**
     * Returns the choice values for attribute for the given environment
     * parameters. The default implementation calls the interface
     * <code>getChoiceValues</code> without the parameter. A class extending
     * this class can override this method to return the choice values and their
     * corresponding I18N key, for the attribute.
     * 
     * @param envParams
     *            environment parameters
     * @return choice values for the attribute as a <code>java.util.Map</code>.
     *         Key being the choice and the value being the I18N key
     */
    public Map getChoiceValues(Map envParams) {
        return (getChoiceValues());
    }

    /**
     * Returns the name of the attribute for which the choice values will be
     * returned.
     * 
     * @return the name of attribute for which the choice values are returned
     */
    public final String getAttributeName() {
        return (attributeSchema.getName());
    }

    /**
     * Returns the configured key-value pairs for the class in the service's
     * configuration file
     * 
     * @return key-value pairs configured for this class in the service schema
     *         XML file
     */
    public final Map getConfiguredKeyValues() {
        return (keyValues);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the XML <code>AttributeSchema</code> node associated with this
     * attribute
     * 
     * @return XML node of <code>AttributeSchema</code>
     */
    public final Node getAttributeSchemaNode() {
        return (parentNode);
    }

    /**
     * Set the <code>AttributeSchema</code> for which the choice values are
     * being obtained
     */
    final void setAttributeSchema(AttributeSchemaImpl as) {
        attributeSchema = as;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the key-values pairs configured for this object
     */
    final void setKeyValues(Node node) {
        keyValues = CreateServiceConfig.getAttributeValuePairs(node);
    }

    /**
     * Sets the <code>AttributeSchema</code> node of the XML schema
     */
    final void setParentNode(Node n) {
        parentNode = n;
    }

    // Pointer to AttributeSchema, key-value pairs and parent node
    AttributeSchemaImpl attributeSchema;

    Map keyValues;

    Node parentNode;
}