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package org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.swing;

import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.LayoutManager;

import org.apache.commons.jelly.JellyTagException;
import org.apache.commons.jelly.TagSupport;
import org.apache.commons.jelly.XMLOutput;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

/**
 * An abstract base class used for concrete layout tags which create new LayoutManager implementations
 * and either export them as variables or set them on parent widgets.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org">James Strachan</a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.7 $
 */
public abstract class LayoutTagSupport extends TagSupport {

    /** The Log to which logging calls will be made. */
    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(LayoutTagSupport.class);

    private String var;

    public LayoutTagSupport() {
    }

    /**
     * Adds the given layout component to the container with the specified constraints
     */
    public void addLayoutComponent(Component component, Object constraints) throws JellyTagException {
        getComponentTag().addChild(component, constraints);
    }


    // Tag interface
    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    public void doTag(final XMLOutput output) throws JellyTagException {

        LayoutManager layout = createLayoutManager();

        if (var != null) {
            context.setVariable(var, layout);
        }

        getComponentTag().setLayout(layout);

        // allow some nested tags to set properties
        invokeBody(output);
    }

    // Properties
    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------


    /**
     * Sets the name of the variable to use to expose the new LayoutManager object.
     * If this attribute is not set then the parent widget tag will have its
     * layout property set.
     */
    public void setVar(String var) {
        this.var = var;
    }

    // Implementation methods
    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * @return the parent component tag or throw an exception
     */
    protected ComponentTag getComponentTag() throws JellyTagException {
        ComponentTag tag = (ComponentTag) findAncestorWithClass( ComponentTag.class );
        if ( tag == null ) {
            throw new JellyTagException( "This tag must be nested within a JellySwing widget tag" );
        }
        return tag;
    }

    /**
     * Factory method to create a new LayoutManager instance.
     */
    protected abstract LayoutManager createLayoutManager();
}