// ContainerInterfaceImpl.java
// $Id: AbstractContainer.html,v 1.2 1999/10/27 22:10:33 ylafon Exp $
// (c) COPYRIGHT MIT and INRIA, 1996.
// Please first read the full copyright statement in file COPYRIGHT.html

package org.w3c.tools.resources ;

import java.util.*;

import org.w3c.tools.resources.event.*;


/**
 * The top level class for Resource Container.
 */
public abstract class AbstractContainer extends FramedResource
                                        implements ContainerInterface,
                                                   StructureChangedListener,
                                                   AttributeChangedListener
{

    /**
     * This handles the <code>RESOURCE_MODIFIED</code> kind of events.
     * @param evt The StructureChangeEvent.
     */
  
    public void resourceModified(StructureChangedEvent evt) {
	displayEvent( this, evt );
    }

    /**
     * A new resource has been created in some space.
     * This handles the <code>RESOURCE_CREATED</code> kind of events.
     * @param evt The event describing the change.
     */

    public void resourceCreated(StructureChangedEvent evt) {
	displayEvent( this, evt );
    }
  
    /**
     * A resource is about to be removed
     * This handles the <code>RESOURCE_REMOVED</code> kind of events.
     * @param evt The event describing the change.
     */
  
    public void resourceRemoved(StructureChangedEvent evt) {
	displayEvent( this, evt );
    }

    /**
     * A resource is about to be unloaded
     * This handles the <code>RESOURCE_UNLOADED</code> kind of events.
     * @param evt The event describing the change.
     */

    public void resourceUnloaded(StructureChangedEvent evt){
	// don't display event here, because the resource is about
	// to be unloaded.
    }

    /**
     * Gets called when a property changes.
     * @param evt The AttributeChangeEvent describing the change.
     */

    public void attributeChanged(AttributeChangedEvent evt) {
	displayEvent( this, evt );
    }

    /**
     * Enumerate children resource identifiers.
     * @param all Should all resources be enumerated ? Resources are often
     * created on demand only, this flag allows the caller to tell the 
     * container about wether it is interested only in already created
     * resources, or in all resources (even the one that have not yet been
     * created).
     * @return An String enumeration, one element per child.
     */

    abstract public Enumeration enumerateResourceIdentifiers(boolean all);

    public Enumeration enumerateResourceIdentifiers() {
	return enumerateResourceIdentifiers(true);
    }

    /**
     * Ask our frames to update default child attributes.
     * @param attrs A hashtable.
     */
    protected ResourceContext updateDefaultChildAttributes(Hashtable attrs) {
	ResourceFrame frames[] = getFrames();
	if ( frames != null ) {
	    for (int i = 0 ; i < frames.length ; i++) {
		if ( frames[i] == null )
		    continue;
		frames[i].updateDefaultChildAttributes(attrs);
	    }
	}
	return (ResourceContext)attrs.get("context");
    }

    /**
     * Lookup a children in the container.
     * @param name The name of the children to lookup.
     * @exception InvalidResourceException If the container could not restore 
     * the resource from its store.
     */

    abstract public ResourceReference lookup(String name);

    /**
     * Remove a child resource from that container.
     * @param name The name of the child to remove.
     * @exception MultipleLockException If someone else
     * has locked the resource.
     */

    abstract public void delete(String name)
	throws MultipleLockException;

    /**
     * Create a default child resource in that container.
     * This method is called by the editor to add a default resource
     * in the container under the given name. The meaning of <em>default</em>
     * is left up to the container here.
     * @param name The identifier for the new resource.
     */
    abstract public ResourceReference createDefaultResource(String name);

    /**
     * Initialize and register the given resource within that container.
     * @param name The identifier for the resource.
     * @param resource An unitialized resource instance.
     * @param defs A default set of init attribute values (may be
     * <strong>null</strong>).
     * @exception InvalidResourceException If an error occurs during the
     * registration.
     */

    abstract public void registerResource(String name,
					  Resource resource,
					  Hashtable defs)
	throws InvalidResourceException;
}