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package org.apache.tiles.request.render;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.tiles.request.Request;

/**
 * Renders an attribute that has no associated renderer using delegation to
 * other renderers.
 *
 * @version $Rev$ $Date$
 */
public class ChainedDelegateRenderer implements Renderer {

    /**
     * The list of chained renderers.
     */
    private List<Renderer> renderers;

    /**
     * Constructor.
     */
    public ChainedDelegateRenderer() {
        renderers = new ArrayList<Renderer>();
    }

    /**
     * Adds an attribute renderer to the list. The first inserted this way, the
     * first is checked when rendering.
     *
     * @param renderer The renderer to add.
     */
    public void addAttributeRenderer(Renderer renderer) {
        renderers.add(renderer);
    }


    @Override
    public void render(String value, Request request) throws IOException {
        if (value == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException("The attribute value is null");
        }

        for (Renderer renderer : renderers) {
            if (renderer.isRenderable(value, request)) {
                renderer.render(value, request);
                return;
            }
        }

        throw new CannotRenderException("Cannot renderer value '" + value + "'");
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public boolean isRenderable(String value, Request request) {
        for (Renderer renderer : renderers) {
            if (renderer.isRenderable(value, request)) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }
}