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package echopointng.template;
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 * of Components that have extended the Echo Web Application Framework.
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import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.HashMap;
/**
 * The class SimpleTemplateTextSubstitution is a simple implementation 
 * of TemplateTextSubstitution that uses a HashMap to substitute named
 * string values.
 * 
 * Note it uses the toString() method rather than casting associated value objects 
 * to Strings and hence you can technically use objects other than Strings.
 */
public class SimpleTemplateTextSubstitution implements TemplateTextSubstitution,Serializable {
	HashMap stringMap;
	/**
	 * SimpleTemplateTextSubstitution constructor that creates its own empty HashMap.
	 */
	public SimpleTemplateTextSubstitution() {
		super();
		stringMap = new HashMap();
	}
	/**
	 * SimpleTemplateTextSubstitution constructor that takes a primed HashMap of string mappings.
	 */
	public SimpleTemplateTextSubstitution(HashMap newStringMap) {
		super();
		stringMap = newStringMap;
	}
	/**
	 * Returns the underlying HashMap containing named string.
	 * 
	 * @return java.util.HashMap
	 */
	public java.util.HashMap getStringMap() {
		return stringMap;
	}
	/**
	 * This method is called to return a String that has been associated with the 
	 * given substitution name.
	 */
	public String getSubstitutionText(String substitutionName) {
		Object o = stringMap.get(substitutionName);
		if (o != null)
			return o.toString();
		else
			return null;
	}
	/**
	 * This method associated the given substitution name with a string value.
	 */
	public void put(String substitutionName, Object substitutionValue) {
		stringMap.put(substitutionName, substitutionValue);
	}
	/**
	 * Sets the underlying HashMap of named String values.  99% of the time there is 
	 * no need to call this method.
	 * 
	 * @param newStringMap java.util.HashMap
	 */
	public void setStringMap(java.util.HashMap newStringMap) {
		stringMap = newStringMap;
	}
}