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// Copyright 2009 The Apache Software Foundation
//
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package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.tapestry5.commons.OrderedConfiguration;

/**
 * Represents an order constraints for {@link OrderedConfiguration}.
 * 
 * @since 5.2.0.0
 */
public class OrderConstraint
{
    private static final String ALL = "*";
    
    private List constraints = new ArrayList();
    
    /**
     * Adds an after:id constraint.
     */
    public OrderConstraint after(String id)
    {
        constraints.add("after:" + id);
        
        return this;
    }
    
    /**
     * Adds an after:* constraint.
     */
    public OrderConstraint afterAll()
    {
        return after(ALL);
    }
    /**
     * Adds a before:id constraint.
     */
    public OrderConstraint before(String id)
    {
        constraints.add("before:" + id);
        
        return this;
    }
    
    /**
     * Adds a before:* constraint.
     */
    public OrderConstraint beforeAll()
    {
        return before(ALL);
    }
    
    /**
     * Returns all constraints as array of strings.
     */
    public String[] build()
    {
        return constraints.toArray(new String[]{});
    }
}