experimental/trunk_client_side_validation/core/src/main/java/org/apache/myfaces/extensions/validator/core/mapper/AbstractCustomNameMapper.java

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package org.apache.myfaces.extensions.validator.core.mapper;

import org.apache.myfaces.extensions.validator.util.ClassUtils;

/**
 * NameMappers are stateless
 *
 * @author Gerhard Petracek
 */
public abstract class AbstractCustomNameMapper<T> implements NameMapper<T>
{
    private NameMapper<T> customNameMapper;

    public String createName(T source)
    {
        if (customNameMapper == null)
        {
            String className = getCustomNameMapperClassName();

            if (className != null)
            {
                customNameMapper = (NameMapper<T>) ClassUtils
                    .tryToInstantiateClassForName(className);
            }
        }

        return (customNameMapper != null) ? customNameMapper.createName(source)
            : null;
    }

    protected abstract String getCustomNameMapperClassName();
}