source: trunk/gli/src/org/greenstone/gatherer/cdm/ElementWrapper.java@ 7995

package org.greenstone.gatherer.cdm;

import org.greenstone.gatherer.msm.MSMUtils;
import org.w3c.dom.*;
/** For even more confusion this class provides a convience wrapper around an element, to allow it to appear in the <strong>JList</strong> with both name and description. However this class has nothing to do with its namesake.
 */
public class ElementWrapper
    implements Comparable {
    /** The element as the data from this object. */
    private Element element = null;
    /** Constructor.
     * @param node the Node this object is wrapped around
     */
    public ElementWrapper(Node node) {
    this.element = (Element) node;
    }
    /** Compare two objects for ordering.
     * @param object The other <strong>Object</strong> to compare to.
     * @return An <i>int</i> indicating the ordering as is String.compareTo
     */
    public int compareTo(Object object) {
    if(object == null) {
        return 1;
    }
    return toString().compareTo(object.toString());
    }
    /** Compare two objects for equality.
     * @param object The <strong>Object</strong> to compare to.
     * @return <i>true</i> if the objects are equal, <i>false</i> otherwise.
     */
    public boolean equals(Object object) {
    if(compareTo(object) == 0) {
        return true;
    }
    return false;
    }
    /** Retrieve the name of the element.
     * @return The fully qualified name as a <strong>String</strong>.
     */
    public String name() {
    return MSMUtils.getFullName(element);
    }
    /** Retrieve a textual representation of this object.
     * @return A <strong>String</strong>.
     */
    public String toString() {
    return MSMUtils.getIdentifier(element) + ": " + MSMUtils.getDescription(element);
    }
}