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 * This file is part of the Echo Web Application Framework (hereinafter "Echo").
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package nextapp.echo2.webrender.servermessage;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import nextapp.echo2.webrender.ServerMessage;


/**
 * A utility class to add EchoVirtualPosition message parts to the 
 * ServerMessage.  EchoVirtualPosition message parts
 * are used to register elements with the client-side "Virtual Positioning" API.
 */
public class VirtualPosition {

    private static final String MESSAGE_PART_NAME = "EchoVirtualPosition.MessageProcessor";
    private static final String[] EMPTY = new String[]{};

    /**
     * Creates a register operation to register an element id
     * with the virtual positioning API.
     * 
     * @param serverMessage the outgoing ServerMessage
     * @param elementId the id of the element to register
     */
    public static void renderRegister(ServerMessage serverMessage, String elementId) {
        Element itemizedUpdateElement = serverMessage.getItemizedDirective(ServerMessage.GROUP_ID_POSTUPDATE, 
                MESSAGE_PART_NAME, "register", EMPTY, EMPTY);
        Element itemElement = serverMessage.getDocument().createElement("item");
        itemElement.setAttribute("eid", elementId);
        itemizedUpdateElement.appendChild(itemElement);
    }
}