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/*
 * HyphenStyle.java July 2008
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2008, Niall Gallagher 
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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package org.simpleframework.xml.stream;

/**
 * The HyphenStyle is used to represent an XML style
 * that can be applied to a serialized object. A style can be used to
 * modify the element and attribute names for the generated document.
 * This styles can be used to generate hyphenated XML.
 *  * 
 *    <example-element>
 *        <child-element example-attribute='example'>
 *           <inner-element>example</inner-element>
 *        </child-element>
 *     </example-element>
 *     
 * 
 * Above the hyphenated XML elements and attributes can be generated
 * from a style implementation. Styles enable the same objects to be
 * serialized in different ways, generating different styles of XML
 * without having to modify the class schema for that object.    
 * 
 * @author Niall Gallagher
 */
public class HyphenStyle implements Style {
   
   /**
    * This is used to perform the actual building of tokens.
    */
   private final Builder builder;
   
   /**
    * This is the strategy used to generate the style tokens.
    */
   private final Style style;
   
   /**
    * Constructor for the HyphenStyle object. This is
    * used to create a style that will hyphenate XML attributes
    * and elements allowing a consistent format for generated XML.
    */
   public HyphenStyle() {
      this.style = new HyphenBuilder();
      this.builder = new Builder(style);
   }

   /**
    * This is used to generate the XML attribute representation of 
    * the specified name. Attribute names should ensure to keep the
    * uniqueness of the name such that two different names will
    * be styled in to two different strings.
    * 
    * @param name this is the attribute name that is to be styled
    * 
    * @return this returns the styled name of the XML attribute
    */
   public String getAttribute(String name) {
      return builder.getAttribute(name); 
   }
   
   /**
    * This is used to set the attribute values within this builder.
    * Overriding the attribute values ensures that the default
    * algorithm does not need to determine each of the values. It
    * allows special behaviour that the user may require for XML.
    * 
    * @param name the name of the XML attribute to be overridden
    * @param value the value that is to be used for that attribute
    */
   public void setAttribute(String name, String value) {
      builder.setAttribute(name, value);
   }

   /**
    * This is used to generate the XML element representation of 
    * the specified name. Element names should ensure to keep the
    * uniqueness of the name such that two different names will
    * be styled in to two different strings.
    * 
    * @param name this is the element name that is to be styled
    * 
    * @return this returns the styled name of the XML element
    */
   public String getElement(String name) {
      return builder.getElement(name);
   }

   /**
    * This is used to set the element values within this builder.
    * Overriding the element values ensures that the default
    * algorithm does not need to determine each of the values. It
    * allows special behaviour that the user may require for XML.
    * 
    * @param name the name of the XML element to be overridden
    * @param value the value that is to be used for that element
    */
   public void setElement(String name, String value) {
      builder.setElement(name, value);
   }
}