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/* $Id$ */

package org.apache.fop.area;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.xmlgraphics.util.QName;

/**
 * Abstract base class for all area tree objects.
 */
public abstract class AreaTreeObject {

    /** Foreign attributes */
    protected Map foreignAttributes = null;
    
    /**
     * Sets a foreign attribute.
     * @param name the qualified name of the attribute
     * @param value the attribute value
     */
    public void setForeignAttribute(QName name, String value) {
        if (this.foreignAttributes == null) {
            this.foreignAttributes = new java.util.HashMap();
        }
        this.foreignAttributes.put(name, value);
    }
    
    /**
     * Set foreign attributes from a Map.
     * @param atts a Map with attributes (keys: QName, values: String)
     */
    public void setForeignAttributes(Map atts) {
        if (atts.size() == 0) {
            return;
        }
        Iterator iter = atts.entrySet().iterator();
        while (iter.hasNext()) {
            Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry)iter.next();
            String value = (String)entry.getValue();
            //The casting is only to ensure type safety (too bad we can't use generics, yet) 
            setForeignAttribute((QName)entry.getKey(), value);
        }
    }
    
    /**
     * Returns the value of a foreign attribute on the area.
     * @param name the qualified name of the attribute
     * @return the attribute value or null if it isn't set
     */
    public String getForeignAttributeValue(QName name) {
        if (this.foreignAttributes != null) {
            return (String)this.foreignAttributes.get(name);
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }
    
    /** @return the foreign attributes associated with this area */
    public Map getForeignAttributes() {
        if (this.foreignAttributes != null) {
            return Collections.unmodifiableMap(this.foreignAttributes);
        } else {
            return Collections.EMPTY_MAP;
        }
    }
    
    
}