/* An attribute that contains documentation for the container.
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package ptolemy.moml;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import ptolemy.kernel.util.ChangeRequest;
import ptolemy.kernel.util.IllegalActionException;
import ptolemy.kernel.util.InternalErrorException;
import ptolemy.kernel.util.NameDuplicationException;
import ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj;
import ptolemy.kernel.util.Settable;
import ptolemy.kernel.util.StringAttribute;
import ptolemy.util.StringUtilities;
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//// Documentation
/**
An attribute that contains documentation for the container.
<p>
The name of a documentation object can often be meaningful. Many times
the name can be used to specify important information about the type of
documentation. Unfortunately, all documentation objects are currently
treated the same.
@author Edward A. Lee
@version $Id: Documentation.java,v 1.43 2006/08/28 05:03:11 eal Exp $
@since Ptolemy II 0.4
@Pt.ProposedRating Yellow (eal)
@Pt.AcceptedRating Yellow (neuendor)
*/
public class Documentation extends StringAttribute {
/** Construct an attribute with the specified container and name.
* The documentation contained by the attribute is initially empty,
* but can be set using the setValue() method.
* @param container The container.
* @param name The name of the attribute.
* @exception IllegalActionException If the attribute is not of an
* acceptable class for the container.
* @exception NameDuplicationException If the name coincides with
* an attribute already in the container.
*/
public Documentation(NamedObj container, String name)
throws IllegalActionException, NameDuplicationException {
super(container, name);
setVisibility(Settable.EXPERT);
}
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//// public methods ////
/** Return as a single string all the documentation associated with
* the specified object. Each attribute of type of class Documentation
* that the object contains contributes to the documentation.
* The text contributed by each such attribute starts on a new line.
* If there are no such attributes, then null is returned.
* @param object The object to document.
* @return The documentation for the object.
*/
public static String consolidate(NamedObj object) {
List docList = object.attributeList(Documentation.class);
if (docList.size() > 0) {
StringBuffer doc = new StringBuffer();
Iterator segments = docList.iterator();
while (segments.hasNext()) {
Documentation segment = (Documentation) segments.next();
doc.append(segment.getValueAsString());
if (segments.hasNext()) {
doc.append("\n");
}
}
return doc.toString();
} else {
return null;
}
}
/** Write a MoML description of this object with the specified
* indentation depth. This class is directly supported by the MoML
* "doc" element, so we generate MoML of the form
* "<doc><i>documentation</i></doc>", where
* <i>documentation</i> is replaced by the string value of this
* attribute. If this object is not persistent, then write nothing.
* @param output The output stream to write to.
* @param depth The depth in the hierarchy, to determine indenting.
* @param name The name to use instead of the current name.
* @exception IOException If an I/O error occurs.
* @see NamedObj#_exportMoMLContents
* @see #isPersistent()
*/
public void exportMoML(Writer output, int depth, String name)
throws IOException {
if (_isMoMLSuppressed(depth)) {
return;
}
if (name.equals("_doc")) {
// Name is the default name. Omit.
output.write(_getIndentPrefix(depth) + "<doc>"
+ StringUtilities.escapeForXML(getExpression())
+ "</doc>\n");
} else {
// Name is not the default name.
output.write(_getIndentPrefix(depth) + "<doc name=\"" + name
+ "\">" + StringUtilities.escapeForXML(getExpression())
+ "</doc>\n");
}
}
/** Override the base class to remove this instance from
* its container if the argument is an empty string.
* The removal is done in a change request, so it may
* not take effect immediately.
* @param expression The value of the string attribute.
* @exception IllegalActionException If the change is not acceptable
* to the container.
*/
public void setExpression(String expression) throws IllegalActionException {
if (expression.equals("")) {
ChangeRequest request = new ChangeRequest(this,
"Delete empty doc tag.") {
protected void _execute() throws Exception {
setContainer(null);
}
};
requestChange(request);
} else {
super.setExpression(expression);
}
}
/** Set the documentation string.
* @param value The documentation.
* @see #getValueAsString()
*/
public void setValue(String value) {
try {
setExpression(value);
} catch (IllegalActionException e) {
throw new InternalErrorException(e);
}
}
/** Get the documentation as a string, with the class name prepended.
* @return A string describing the object.
*/
public String toString() {
return "(" + getClass().getName() + ", " + getExpression() + ")";
}
}