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043    package org.deegree.ogcbase;
044    
045    import java.util.ArrayList;
046    import java.util.List;
047    
048    import org.deegree.datatypes.QualifiedName;
049    
050    /**
051     * Factory class for <code>PropertyPath</code> and <code>PropertyPathStep</code> instances.
052     * 
053     * @author <a href="mailto:schneider@lat-lon.de">Markus Schneider </a>
054     * 
055     * @author last edited by: $Author: apoth $
056     * 
057     * @version 2.0, $Revision: 9344 $, $Date: 2007-12-27 17:21:56 +0100 (Do, 27 Dez 2007) $
058     * 
059     * @since 2.0
060     *
061     * @see PropertyPath
062     * @see PropertyPathStep
063     */
064    public class PropertyPathFactory {
065    
066        /**
067         * Creates a new <code>PropertyPath</code> instance that consists of one element step.
068         * 
069         * @param elementName
070         *            name of selected element
071         * @return new <code>PropertyPath</code> instance
072         */    
073        public static PropertyPath createPropertyPath (QualifiedName elementName) {
074            List<PropertyPathStep> steps = new ArrayList<PropertyPathStep> ();
075            steps.add (new ElementStep (elementName));
076            PropertyPath path = new PropertyPath (steps);
077            return path;
078        }
079    
080        /**
081         * Creates a new <code>PropertyPath</code> instance that consists of a subset of the steps
082         * from the given <code>PropertyPath</code>.
083         * 
084         * @param propertyPath
085         *            original <code>PropertyPath</code>
086         * @param fromIndex
087         *            index of the first step to be included
088         * @param toIndex
089         *            index of the final step to be included
090         * @return new <code>PropertyPath</code> instance
091         */
092        public static PropertyPath createPropertyPath( PropertyPath propertyPath, int fromIndex, int toIndex ) {
093            if (toIndex - fromIndex < 1) {
094                throw new IllegalArgumentException ("PropertyPath must contain at least one step.");
095            }
096            List<PropertyPathStep> steps = propertyPath.getAllSteps();
097            List<PropertyPathStep> newSteps = steps.subList(fromIndex, toIndex);
098            PropertyPath newPath = new PropertyPath (newSteps);
099            return newPath;
100        }    
101        
102        /**
103         * Creates a new <code>PropertyPath</code> instance with the specified steps.
104         * 
105         * @param steps
106         *            property path steps, may not be null
107         * @return new <code>PropertyPath</code> instance
108         */
109        public static PropertyPath createPropertyPath ( List<PropertyPathStep> steps ) {
110            return new PropertyPath (steps);
111        }
112    
113        /**
114         * Creates a new <code>PropertyPathStep</code> instance that selects the attribute with the
115         * given name.
116         * 
117         * @param attrName
118         *            attribute to be selected
119         * @return new <code>PropertyPathStep</code> instance
120         */    
121        public static PropertyPathStep createAttributePropertyPathStep (QualifiedName attrName) {
122            return new AttributeStep (attrName);
123        }    
124        
125        /**
126         * Creates a new <code>PropertyPathStep</code> instance that selects the element with the
127         * given name.
128         * 
129         * @param elementName
130         *            element to be selected
131         * @return new <code>PropertyPathStep</code> instance
132         */     
133        public static PropertyPathStep createPropertyPathStep (QualifiedName elementName) {
134            return new ElementStep (elementName);
135        }
136    
137        /**
138         * Creates a new <code>PropertyPathStep</code> instance that selects the specified occurence
139         * of the element with the given name.
140         * 
141         * @param elementName
142         *            element to be selected
143         * @param selectedIndex
144         *            occurence of the element            
145         * @return new <code>PropertyPathStep</code> instance
146         */         
147        public static PropertyPathStep createPropertyPathStep (QualifiedName elementName, int selectedIndex) {
148            return new IndexStep (elementName, selectedIndex);
149        }
150    
151    }