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package org.alfresco.repo.attributes;

import org.alfresco.error.AlfrescoRuntimeException;

/**
 * Handles conversions between persistent and value based Attributes.
 * @author britt
 */
public class AttributeConverter
{
    /**
     * Convert an Attribute (recursively) to a persistent attribute. This persists 
     * the newly created Attribute immediately.
     * @param from The Attribute to clone.
     * @return The cloned persistent Attribute.
     */
    public Attribute toPersistent(Attribute from)
    {
        switch (from.getType())
        {
            case BOOLEAN :
            {
                return new BooleanAttributeImpl((BooleanAttribute)from);
            }
            case BYTE :
            {
                return new ByteAttributeImpl((ByteAttribute)from);
            }
            case SHORT :
            {
                return new ShortAttributeImpl((ShortAttribute)from);
            }
            case INT :
            {
                return new IntAttributeImpl((IntAttribute)from);
            }
            case LONG :
            {
                return new LongAttributeImpl((LongAttribute)from);
            }
            case FLOAT :
            {
                return new FloatAttributeImpl((FloatAttribute)from);
            }
            case DOUBLE :
            {
                return new DoubleAttributeImpl((DoubleAttribute)from);
            }
            case STRING :
            {
                return new StringAttributeImpl((StringAttribute)from);
            }
            case SERIALIZABLE :
            {
                return new SerializableAttributeImpl((SerializableAttribute)from);
            }
            case MAP :
            {
                return new MapAttributeImpl((MapAttribute)from);
            }
            case LIST :
            {
                return new ListAttributeImpl((ListAttribute)from);
            }
            default :
            {
                throw new AlfrescoRuntimeException("Invalid Attribute Type: " + from.getType());
            }
        }
    }

    public Attribute toValue(Attribute from)
    {
        switch (from.getType())
        {
            case BOOLEAN :
            {
                return new BooleanAttributeValue((BooleanAttribute)from);
            }
            case BYTE :
            {
                return new ByteAttributeValue((ByteAttribute)from);
            }
            case SHORT :
            {
                return new ShortAttributeValue((ShortAttribute)from);
            }
            case INT :
            {
                return new IntAttributeValue((IntAttribute)from);
            }
            case LONG :
            {
                return new LongAttributeValue((LongAttribute)from);
            }
            case FLOAT :
            {
                return new FloatAttributeValue((FloatAttribute)from);
            }
            case DOUBLE :
            {
                return new DoubleAttributeValue((DoubleAttribute)from);
            }
            case STRING :
            {
                return new StringAttributeValue((StringAttribute)from);
            }
            case SERIALIZABLE :
            {
                return new SerializableAttributeValue((SerializableAttribute)from);
            }
            case MAP :
            {
                return new MapAttributeValue((MapAttribute)from);
            }
            case LIST :
            {
                return new ListAttributeValue((ListAttribute)from);
            }
            default :
            {
                throw new AlfrescoRuntimeException("Invalid Attribute Type: " + from.getType());
            }
        }
    }
}