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package org.apache.cocoon.forms.formmodel.algorithms;

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

import org.apache.avalon.framework.context.Context;
import org.apache.avalon.framework.context.ContextException;
import org.apache.avalon.framework.context.Contextualizable;
import org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.LogEnabled;
import org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.Logger;
import org.apache.cocoon.forms.formmodel.CalculatedFieldAlgorithm;

/**
 * Abstract base class for algorithms. 
 * 
 * <p> This class implements the getTriggerWidgets method and holds the triggers list. It also implements
 * Contextualizable and LogEnabled to give the algorithms access to the cocoon's ObjectModel and Loggers.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @version $Id: AbstractBaseAlgorithm.java 449149 2006-09-23 03:58:05Z crossley $
 */
public abstract class AbstractBaseAlgorithm implements CalculatedFieldAlgorithm, LogEnabled, Contextualizable {

    protected List triggers = new ArrayList();
    private Logger logger = null;
    private Context context = null;
    
    public Iterator getTriggerWidgets() {
        return triggers.iterator();
    }
    
    public void addTrigger(String widget) {
        this.triggers.add(widget);
    }

    public void enableLogging(Logger logger) {
        this.logger = logger;
    }
    
    protected Logger getLogger() {
        return this.logger;
    }

    public void contextualize(Context context) throws ContextException {
        this.context = context;
    }
    
    protected Context getContext() {
        return this.context;
    }

    public void clearTriggers() {
        this.triggers.clear();
    }

}