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#ifndef _XMLOFF_PROPERTYHANDLERFACTORY_HXX
#define _XMLOFF_PROPERTYHANDLERFACTORY_HXX

#include "sal/config.h"
#include "xmloff/dllapi.h"
#include "sal/types.h"

#ifndef __SGI_STL_MAP
#include <map>
#endif
#include <xmloff/uniref.hxx>
#include <xmloff/xmlprhdl.hxx>

/**
 This class is a base-class to create XMLPropertyHandler.
 It creates PropertyHandler for given XML-types and store
 them in an internal cache. They'll be deleted at destruction-
 time.
 For create your own PropertyHandler for specific XML-types
 you have to override the virtual method GetPropertyHandler
 ( see below ).
*/
class XMLOFF_DLLPUBLIC XMLPropertyHandlerFactory : public UniRefBase
{
public:
	virtual ~XMLPropertyHandlerFactory();

	/**
	This method retrieves a PropertyHandler for the given XML-type.
	To extend this method for more XML-types override this method
	like the example below. If you call the method of the base-class
	you get propertyhandler for basic-XML-types ( e.g. for color, percent, ... ).
	Afetr that you could create your new XML-types. After creating a new type
	you have to put the pointer into the cache via the method 
	PutHdlCache( sal_Int32 , XMLPropertyHandler* ).

	virtual const XMLPropertyHandler* GetPropertyHandler( sal_Int32 nType ) const
	{
		XMLPropertyHandler* pHdl = XMLPropertyHandlerFactory::GetPropertyHandler( nType );		

		if( !pHdl )
		{
			switch( nType )
			{
				case XML_TYPE_XYZ :
					pHdl = new XML_xyz_PropHdl;
					break;
				case ...
				:
				:
			}

			if( pHdl )
				PutHdlCache( nType, pHdl );
		}

		return pHdl;
	}
	*/
	virtual const XMLPropertyHandler* GetPropertyHandler( sal_Int32 nType ) const;

    /** helper method to statically create a property handler; this will not
     *  use the handler cache. This method should only be called in special
     *  circumstances; calling GetPropertyHandler is almost always
     *  preferable. */
    static const XMLPropertyHandler* CreatePropertyHandler( sal_Int32 nType );

protected:
	/** Retrieves a PropertyHandler from the internal cache */
	XMLPropertyHandler* GetHdlCache( sal_Int32 nType ) const;
	/** Puts a PropertyHandler into the internal cache */
	void PutHdlCache( sal_Int32 nType, const XMLPropertyHandler* pHdl ) const;

private:
	/** Retrieves ( creates if necessary ) PropertyHandler for
	    basic XML-types */
	SAL_DLLPRIVATE const XMLPropertyHandler* GetBasicHandler( sal_Int32 nType )
        const;

	typedef ::std::map< sal_Int32, XMLPropertyHandler* > CacheMap;
	CacheMap maHandlerCache;
};

#endif	// _XMLOFF_PROPERTYHANDLERFACTORY_HXX