net.firstpartners.rp.mid.category
Class CategoryManager

java.lang.Object
  net.firstpartners.rp.mid.category.CategoryManager

All Implemented Interfaces:

IInterestedInAdd, ICategoryManager, IPlugin

public class CategoryManager
extends java.lang.Object
implements IInterestedInAdd, ICategoryManager

A Category is one set of data within the link KnowledgeSphere. To put it another way, a KnowledgeSphere is made up of many Categories. The CategoryManager makes it easier to deal with all the categories in the system at one.

Version:

1.3

Author:

brownpa, Firstpartners.net

Field Summary

private java.util.LinkedList	categoryList List of the category struct objects
private java.lang.String	defaultCategName Default category name
protected org.apache.log4j.Logger	logger Logger for this class and subclasses
private int	maxLengthCategName Maxim length for the category name
private java.lang.String	patternCategName Pattern for generation of the category name
private java.lang.String	root Category root
private int	systemDepthLevel The default system extraction depth

Constructor Summary

private

CategoryManager() Creates a new CategoryManager object.

Method Summary

void	addInformation(INewInformation info) Add a new piece of information to the system
private java.lang.String	getAndAddUniqueCategoryName(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String location) Generate the name for the category using a preselected one .
java.util.LinkedList	getCategoryList() Get the category list
private java.lang.String	getCategoryName(java.lang.String location) Get the location name upon the info data (specified uri location)
java.lang.String	getDefaultCategName() Get the default category name
int	getMaxLengthCategName() Get the maxim length for the category name
java.lang.String	getPatternCategName() Get the pattern of the category name
java.lang.String	getRoot() Get the root folder of the category manager
int	getSystemDepthLevel()
void	onLoad() Called by the PluginManager on each plugin when this class is first loaded
void	setCategoryList(java.util.LinkedList categoryList) Set the category list
void	setDefaultCategName(java.lang.String defaultCategName) Set the default category name
void	setMaxLengthCategName(int maxCategLength) Set the maxim length for the category name
void	setPatternCategName(java.lang.String patternCategName) Set the category name pattern
void	setRoot(java.lang.String root) Set the root folder of the plugin manager.
void	setSystemDepthLevel(int systemDepthLevel)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

logger

protected final org.apache.log4j.Logger logger

Logger for this class and subclasses

root

private java.lang.String root

Category root

defaultCategName

private java.lang.String defaultCategName

Default category name

maxLengthCategName

private int maxLengthCategName

Maxim length for the category name

patternCategName

private java.lang.String patternCategName

Pattern for generation of the category name

categoryList

private java.util.LinkedList categoryList

List of the category struct objects

systemDepthLevel

private int systemDepthLevel

The default system extraction depth

Constructor Detail

CategoryManager

private CategoryManager()

Creates a new CategoryManager object.

Method Detail

onLoad

public void onLoad()

Called by the PluginManager on each plugin when this class is first loaded

Specified by:

onLoad in interface IPlugin

addInformation

public void addInformation(INewInformation info)
                    throws RpException

Add a new piece of information to the system

Specified by:

addInformation in interface IInterestedInAdd

Parameters:

info - Information to be added to the system

Throws:

RpException - Error occur in process the information

getAndAddUniqueCategoryName

private java.lang.String getAndAddUniqueCategoryName(java.lang.String name,
                                                     java.lang.String location)

Generate the name for the category using a preselected one . The name of the category should be unique in the system. In case of the category name already exists, a new generation will occur using the default Category Name specified in the global property file.

Parameters:

name - Name of the category generated upon the information name

location - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

Unique name in the system for the category name

getCategoryName

private java.lang.String getCategoryName(java.lang.String location)

Get the location name upon the info data (specified uri location)

Parameters:

location - Uri location

Returns:

Location name for the specified uri location

getCategoryList

public java.util.LinkedList getCategoryList()

Get the category list

Specified by:

getCategoryList in interface ICategoryManager

Returns:

Category list

setCategoryList

public void setCategoryList(java.util.LinkedList categoryList)

Set the category list

Parameters:

categoryList - Category list to set

getDefaultCategName

public java.lang.String getDefaultCategName()

Get the default category name

Returns:

Default category name

setDefaultCategName

public void setDefaultCategName(java.lang.String defaultCategName)

Set the default category name

Parameters:

defaultCategName - Default category name to set

getMaxLengthCategName

public int getMaxLengthCategName()

Get the maxim length for the category name

Returns:

Maxim length for the category name

setMaxLengthCategName

public void setMaxLengthCategName(int maxCategLength)

Set the maxim length for the category name

Parameters:

maxCategLength - Maxim length for category to set

getPatternCategName

public java.lang.String getPatternCategName()

Get the pattern of the category name

Returns:

Category name pattern

setPatternCategName

public void setPatternCategName(java.lang.String patternCategName)

Set the category name pattern

Parameters:

patternCategName - Category name pattern to be used

getRoot

public java.lang.String getRoot()

Get the root folder of the category manager

Specified by:

getRoot in interface ICategoryManager

Returns:

root folder of the category manager

setRoot

public void setRoot(java.lang.String root)

Set the root folder of the plugin manager.

Parameters:

root - Root folder of the plugin manager ti set.

getSystemDepthLevel

public int getSystemDepthLevel()

Returns:

Returns the systemDepthLevel.

setSystemDepthLevel

public void setSystemDepthLevel(int systemDepthLevel)

Parameters:

systemDepthLevel - The systemDepthLevel to set.