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package org.xwiki.extension.repository.internal;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

/**
 * Base class to help implement {@link ExtensionPropertySerializer}.
 *
 * @param  the type of the property value
 * @version $Id: 0b261cede29accf2c42a981d833a8629c1f1fb33 $
 */
public abstract class AbstractExtensionPropertySerializer implements ExtensionPropertySerializer
{
    /**
     * The simple type identifier. Used to recognize the type when unserializing.
     */
    private String type;

    /**
     * @param type the type identifier
     */
    public AbstractExtensionPropertySerializer(String type)
    {
        this.type = type;
    }

    /**
     * @return the type identifier
     */
    public String getType()
    {
        return this.type;
    }

    /**
     * @param document the document used to create new {@link Element}
     * @param elementName the name of the element to create
     * @return the new element
     */
    protected Element createRootElement(Document document, String elementName)
    {
        Element element = document.createElement(elementName);

        if (getType() != null) {
            element.setAttribute("type", getType());
        }

        return element;
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new {@link Element} with the given name and text content.
     * 
     * @param document the document used to create the new {@link Element}.
     * @param elementName the name of the element to create
     * @param elementTextContent the text content of the element
     * @return the new element
     * @since 7.0M2
     */
    protected Element createRootElement(Document document, String elementName, String elementTextContent)
    {
        Element element = createRootElement(document, elementName);
        element.setTextContent(elementTextContent);
        return element;
    }

    @Override
    public Element toElement(Document document, String elementName, T elementValue)
    {
        return createRootElement(document, elementName, elementValue.toString());
    }
}