/*
Wotonomy: OpenStep design patterns for pure Java applications.
Copyright (C) 2001 Intersect Software Corporation

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, see http://www.gnu.org
*/

package net.wotonomy.control;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import net.wotonomy.foundation.NSDictionary;
import net.wotonomy.foundation.NSKeyValueCodingAdditions;

/**
 * EOKeyValueCodingAdditions defines an interface for classes that need to have
 * more control over the wotonomy's bulk property copying and cloning
 * facilities. <br>
 * <br>
 *
 * @author michael@mpowers.net
 * @author $Author: cgruber $
 * @version $Revision: 894 $
 */
public interface EOKeyValueCodingAdditions extends EOKeyValueCoding, NSKeyValueCodingAdditions {

	/**
	 * Static utilities methods that call the appropriate method if the object
	 * implements NSKeyValueCodingAdditions, otherwise calls the method on
	 * DefaultImplementation.
	 */
	public class Utility extends NSKeyValueCodingAdditions.Utility {
		/**
		 * Calls the appropriate method if the object implements
		 * NSKeyValueCodingAdditions, otherwise calls the method on
		 * DefaultImplementation.
		 */
		public static void takeValuesFromDictionary(Object object, Map dictionary) {
			if (object instanceof NSKeyValueCodingAdditions) {
				((NSKeyValueCodingAdditions) object).takeValuesFromDictionary(dictionary);
			} else {
				DefaultImplementation.takeValuesFromDictionary(object, dictionary);
			}
		}

		/**
		 * Calls the appropriate method if the object implements
		 * NSKeyValueCodingAdditions, otherwise calls the method on
		 * DefaultImplementation.
		 */
		/*
		 * public static void takeValuesFromDictionaryWithMapping( Object object,
		 * NSDictionary dictionary, NSDictionary mapping) { if (object instanceof
		 * NSKeyValueCodingAdditions) {
		 * ((NSKeyValueCodingAdditions)object).takeValuesFromDictionaryWithMapping(
		 * dictionary, mapping); } else {
		 * DefaultImplementation.takeValuesFromDictionaryWithMapping(object, dictionary,
		 * mapping); } }
		 */

		/**
		 * Calls the appropriate method if the object implements
		 * NSKeyValueCodingAdditions, otherwise calls the method on
		 * DefaultImplementation.
		 */
		public static NSDictionary valuesForKeys(Object object, List keys) {
			if (object instanceof NSKeyValueCodingAdditions) {
				return ((NSKeyValueCodingAdditions) object).valuesForKeys(keys);
			} else {
				return DefaultImplementation.valuesForKeys(object, keys);
			}
		}

		/**
		 * Calls the appropriate method if the object implements
		 * NSKeyValueCodingAdditions, otherwise calls the method on
		 * DefaultImplementation.
		 */
		/*
		 * public static NSDictionary valuesForKeysWithMapping( Object object,
		 * NSDictionary mapping) { if (object instanceof NSKeyValueCodingAdditions) {
		 * return ((NSKeyValueCodingAdditions)object).valuesForKeysWithMapping(mapping);
		 * } else { return DefaultImplementation.valuesForKeysWithMapping(object,
		 * mapping); } }
		 */
	}

	/**
	 * Provides a reflection-based implementation for classes that don't implement
	 * NSKeyValueCodingAdditions.
	 */
	public class DefaultImplementation extends NSKeyValueCodingAdditions.DefaultImplementation {
		public static void takeValuesFromDictionary(Object object, NSDictionary dictionary) {
			throw new RuntimeException("Not implemented yet.");
		}

		public static void takeValuesFromDictionaryWithMapping(Object object, NSDictionary dictionary,
				NSDictionary mapping) {
			throw new RuntimeException("Not implemented yet.");
		}

		public static NSDictionary valuesForKeys(Object object, List keys) {
			throw new RuntimeException("Not implemented yet.");
		}

		public static NSDictionary valuesForKeysWithMapping(Object object, Map mapping) {
			throw new RuntimeException("Not implemented yet.");
		}
	}
}

/*
 * $Log$ Revision 1.2 2006/02/16 16:47:14 cgruber Move some classes in to
 * "internal" packages and re-work imports, etc.
 *
 * Also use UnsupportedOperationExceptions where appropriate, instead of
 * WotonomyExceptions.
 *
 * Revision 1.1 2006/02/16 13:19:57 cgruber Check in all sources in
 * eclipse-friendly maven-enabled packages.
 *
 * Revision 1.4 2003/01/16 22:47:30 mpowers Compatibility changes to support
 * compiling woextensions source. (34 out of 56 classes compile!)
 *
 * Revision 1.3 2001/12/10 15:25:11 mpowers Now properly extending
 * EOKeyValueCoding.
 *
 * Revision 1.2 2001/04/28 14:12:23 mpowers Refactored cloning/copying into
 * KeyValueCodingUtilities.
 *
 * Revision 1.1 2001/03/29 03:29:49 mpowers Now using KeyValueCoding and Support
 * instead of Introspector.
 *
 * Revision 1.2 2001/03/28 16:12:30 mpowers Documented interface.
 *
 * Revision 1.1 2001/03/27 23:25:05 mpowers Contributing interface, no docs yet.
 *
 *
 */