trunk/apps/showcase/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/showcase/jsf/JsfEmployeeAction.java

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package org.apache.struts2.showcase.jsf;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.struts2.showcase.action.EmployeeAction;
import org.apache.struts2.showcase.dao.SkillDao;
import org.apache.struts2.showcase.model.Employee;
import org.apache.struts2.showcase.model.Skill;

/**
 * Overriding the EmployeeAction to main provide getters returning the data in
 * the form required by the JSF components
 */
public class JsfEmployeeAction extends EmployeeAction {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    /**
     * Creating a default employee and main skill, since the JSF EL can't handle
     * creating new objects as necessary
     * 
     */
    public JsfEmployeeAction() {
        Employee e = new Employee();
        e.setMainSkill(new Skill());
        setCurrentEmployee(e);
    }

    private SkillDao skillDao;

    public void setSkillDao(SkillDao skillDao) {
        this.skillDao = skillDao;
    }

    /**
     * Returning a List because the JSF dataGrid can't handle a Set for some
     * reason
     */
    @Override
    public Collection getAvailableItems() {
        return new ArrayList(super.getAvailableItems());
    }

    /**
     * Changing the String array into a Map
     */
    public Map<String, String> getAvailablePositionsAsMap() {
        Map<String, String> map = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>();
        for (String val : super.getAvailablePositions()) {
            map.put(val, val);
        }
        return map;
    }

    /**
     * Converting the list into a map
     */
    public Map getAvailableLevelsAsMap() {
        Map map = new LinkedHashMap();
        for (Object val : super.getAvailableLevels()) {
            map.put(val, val);
        }
        return map;
    }

    /**
     * Converting the Skill object list into a map
     */
    public Map<String, String> getAvailableSkills() {
        Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
        for (Object val : skillDao.findAll()) {
            Skill skill = (Skill) val;
            map.put(skill.getDescription(), skill.getName());
        }
        return map;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the selected Skill objects as a list
     */
    public List<String> getSelectedSkillsAsList() {
        System.out.println("asked for skills");
        List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
        List skills = super.getSelectedSkills();
        if (skills != null) {
            for (Object val : skills) {
                if (val instanceof Skill) {
                    list.add(((Skill) val).getDescription());
                } else {
                    Skill skill = skillDao.getSkill((String) val);
                    list.add(skill.getDescription());
                }
            }
        }
        return list;
    }
}