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public String next()

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Finds and returns the next complete token from this scanner.

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From source file:Balo.MainFrame.java

public void getDataFileToJTable() {
    String fileNameDefined = "src/Balo/Data_1.csv";
    File file = new File(fileNameDefined);
    int i = 0;/* www  . java 2  s .  c o m*/

    dvDynamic[0] = new Dovat();
    //Get value from csv file
    try {
        Scanner inputStream = new Scanner(file);
        inputStream.useDelimiter(",");
        while (inputStream.hasNext()) {
            dvDynamic[i + 1] = dvGreedy[i] = new Dovat();
            dvDynamic[i + 1].ten = dvGreedy[i].ten = inputStream.next().trim();
            dvDynamic[i + 1].soluong = dvGreedy[i].soluong = Integer.valueOf(inputStream.next().trim());
            dvDynamic[i + 1].giatri = dvGreedy[i].giatri = Integer.valueOf(inputStream.next().trim());
            dvDynamic[i + 1].trongluong = dvGreedy[i].trongluong = Integer.valueOf(inputStream.next().trim());
            i++;
        }
        //Set number of Items
        numOfItem = i;
        //Get weight bag
        weightBag = Integer.parseInt(TextW.getText());
        inputStream.close();
    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    //Set value for JTable
    for (int item = 0; item < numOfItem; item++) {
        Object[] row = new Object[4];
        row[0] = dvGreedy[item].ten;
        row[1] = dvGreedy[item].soluong;
        row[2] = dvGreedy[item].giatri;
        row[3] = dvGreedy[item].trongluong;
        model.addRow(row);
    }
}

From source file:decision_tree_learning.Matrix.java

public void loadArff(String filename) throws Exception, FileNotFoundException {
    m_data = new ArrayList<double[]>();
    m_attr_name = new ArrayList<String>();
    m_str_to_enum = new ArrayList<TreeMap<String, Integer>>();
    m_enum_to_str = new ArrayList<TreeMap<Integer, String>>();
    boolean READDATA = false;
    Scanner s = new Scanner(new File(filename));
    while (s.hasNext()) {
        String line = s.nextLine().trim();
        if (line.length() > 0 && line.charAt(0) != '%') {
            if (!READDATA) {

                Scanner t = new Scanner(line);
                String firstToken = t.next().toUpperCase();

                if (firstToken.equals("@RELATION")) {
                    String datasetName = t.nextLine();
                }//from w ww .  j a  va2s . c o  m

                if (firstToken.equals("@ATTRIBUTE")) {
                    TreeMap<String, Integer> ste = new TreeMap<String, Integer>();
                    m_str_to_enum.add(ste);
                    TreeMap<Integer, String> ets = new TreeMap<Integer, String>();
                    m_enum_to_str.add(ets);

                    Scanner u = new Scanner(line);
                    if (line.indexOf("'") != -1)
                        u.useDelimiter("'");
                    u.next();
                    String attributeName = u.next();
                    if (line.indexOf("'") != -1)
                        attributeName = "'" + attributeName + "'";
                    m_attr_name.add(attributeName);

                    int vals = 0;
                    String type = u.next().trim().toUpperCase();
                    if (type.equals("REAL") || type.equals("CONTINUOUS") || type.equals("INTEGER")
                            || type.equals("NUMERIC")) {
                    } else {
                        try {
                            String values = line.substring(line.indexOf("{") + 1, line.indexOf("}"));
                            Scanner v = new Scanner(values);
                            v.useDelimiter(",");
                            while (v.hasNext()) {
                                String value = v.next().trim();
                                if (value.length() > 0) {
                                    ste.put(value, new Integer(vals));
                                    ets.put(new Integer(vals), value);
                                    vals++;
                                }
                            }
                        } catch (Exception e) {
                            throw new Exception("Error parsing line: " + line + "\n" + e.toString());
                        }
                    }
                }
                if (firstToken.equals("@DATA")) {
                    READDATA = true;
                }
            } else {
                double[] newrow = new double[cols()];
                int curPos = 0;

                try {
                    Scanner t = new Scanner(line);
                    t.useDelimiter(",");
                    while (t.hasNext()) {
                        String textValue = t.next().trim();
                        //System.out.println(textValue);

                        if (textValue.length() > 0) {
                            double doubleValue;
                            int vals = m_enum_to_str.get(curPos).size();

                            //Missing instances appear in the dataset as a double defined as MISSING
                            if (textValue.equals("?")) {
                                missing_val = true;

                                doubleValue = MISSING;
                            }
                            // Continuous values appear in the instance vector as they are
                            else if (vals == 0) {
                                doubleValue = Double.parseDouble(textValue);
                            }
                            // Discrete values appear as an index to the "name" 
                            // of that value in the "attributeValue" structure
                            else {
                                doubleValue = m_str_to_enum.get(curPos).get(textValue);
                                if (doubleValue == -1) {
                                    throw new Exception(
                                            "Error parsing the value '" + textValue + "' on line: " + line);
                                }
                            }

                            newrow[curPos] = doubleValue;
                            curPos++;
                        }
                    }
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    throw new Exception("Error parsing line: " + line + "\n" + e.toString());
                }
                m_data.add(newrow);
            }
        }
    }
    if (hasMissing())
        postmodifyMetadata();
}

From source file:uk.bl.wa.annotation.AnnotationsFromAct.java

/**
 * Read data from ACT to include curator-specified metadata.
 * @param conf/* w  w  w .j a  v  a 2s . c o m*/
 * @return
 * @throws MalformedURLException
 * @throws IOException
 */
private String readAct(String url) throws IOException {
    URL act = new URL(url);
    HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) act.openConnection();
    if (this.cookie != null) {
        connection.setRequestProperty("Cookie", this.cookie);
        connection.setRequestProperty("X-CSRF-TOKEN", this.csrf);
    }

    Scanner scanner;
    if (connection.getResponseCode() != 200) {
        scanner = new Scanner(connection.getErrorStream());
        scanner.useDelimiter("\\Z");
        throw new IOException(scanner.next());
    } else {
        scanner = new Scanner(connection.getInputStream());
    }
    scanner.useDelimiter("\\Z");
    return scanner.next();
}

From source file:uk.bl.wa.annotation.AnnotationsFromAct.java

/**
 * Performs login operation to ACT, setting Cookie and CSRF.
 * @throws IOException/*from   w w  w.j a  v  a  2s.  c o  m*/
 */
private void actLogin() throws IOException {
    Config loginConf = ConfigFactory.parseFile(new File("credentials.conf"));
    URL login = new URL(loginConf.getString("act.login"));
    LOG.info("Logging in at " + login);

    HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) login.openConnection();
    StringBuilder credentials = new StringBuilder();
    credentials.append(loginConf.getString("act.username"));
    credentials.append(":");
    credentials.append(loginConf.getString("act.password"));
    connection.setRequestProperty("Authorization",
            "Basic " + Base64.byteArrayToBase64(credentials.toString().getBytes()));
    connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "text/plain");

    Scanner scanner;
    if (connection.getResponseCode() != 200) {
        scanner = new Scanner(connection.getErrorStream());
        scanner.useDelimiter("\\Z");
        throw new IOException(scanner.next());
    } else {
        scanner = new Scanner(connection.getInputStream());
    }
    scanner.useDelimiter("\\Z");
    this.csrf = scanner.next();
    this.cookie = connection.getHeaderField("set-cookie");
}

From source file:simulation.AureoZauleckAnsLab2.java

public static void DisplayTables(double k, ArrayList<Double> cl, ArrayList<Double> cl2, ArrayList<Double> tlcl,
        ArrayList<Double> tucl, ArrayList<Double> midList, ArrayList<ArrayList<Double>> freq,
        ArrayList<Double> freqPercent, ArrayList<Double> cfs, ArrayList<Double> cps, String title) {

    JFrame frame = new JFrame();
    //frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);                        
    JTable table = new JTable();
    table.setModel(new DefaultTableModel((int) (k + 2), 7));

    table.setValueAt("CLASS LIMITS", 0, 0);
    table.setValueAt("TRUE CLASS LIMITS", 0, 1);
    table.setValueAt("MIDPOINTS", 0, 2);
    table.setValueAt("FREQUENCY", 0, 3);
    table.setValueAt("%", 0, 4);
    table.setValueAt("CF", 0, 5);
    table.setValueAt("C%", 0, 6);
    table.setValueAt("n = " + N, (int) (k + 1), 3);
    table.setValueAt("TOTAL = 100%", (int) (k + 1), 4);

    for (int i = 0; i < k; i++) {
        table.setValueAt(cl.get(i) + " - " + cl2.get(i), i + 1, 0);
        table.setValueAt(tlcl.get(i) + " - " + tucl.get(i), i + 1, 1);
        table.setValueAt(midList.get(i), i + 1, 2);
        table.setValueAt(freq.get(i).size(), i + 1, 3);
        table.setValueAt(new DecimalFormat("#.##").format(freqPercent.get(i)), i + 1, 4);
        table.setValueAt(cfs.get(i), i + 1, 5);
        table.setValueAt(new DecimalFormat("#.##").format(cps.get(i)), i + 1, 6);
    }// www.ja va 2 s.c o m

    JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(table);
    scrollPane.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(title));
    frame.add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    frame.setSize(300, 150);
    frame.setVisible(true);

    Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);

    int type = 0, testT = 0;
    String typeTest = "";
    do {

        System.out.println();
        System.out.println("COLLAPSE CLASS LIMITS?");
        System.out.println("[1] COLLAPSE LOWER CLASS LIMIT");
        System.out.println("[2] COLLAPSE UPPPER CLASS LIMIT");
        System.out.println("[3] COLLAPSE BOTH");
        System.out.println("[4] DON'T COLLAPSE");

        System.out.println();
        System.out.println("Please pick a number from the choices above.");

        typeTest = sc.next();

        if (IsNumber(typeTest)) {
            testT = Convert(typeTest);
        } else {
            do {
                System.out.println("Please enter a number only.");
                typeTest = sc.next();
            } while (!IsNumber(typeTest));

            testT = Convert(typeTest);
        }
        type = testT;
    } while (type < 1 || type > 4);

    if (type == 1) {

        JFrame frame2 = new JFrame();
        //frame2.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);                        
        JTable table2 = new JTable();
        table2.setModel(new DefaultTableModel((int) (k + 2), 7));

        table2.setValueAt("CLASS LIMITS", 0, 0);
        table2.setValueAt("TRUE CLASS LIMITS", 0, 1);
        table2.setValueAt("MIDPOINTS", 0, 2);
        table2.setValueAt("FREQUENCY", 0, 3);
        table2.setValueAt("%", 0, 4);
        table2.setValueAt("CF", 0, 5);
        table2.setValueAt("C%", 0, 6);
        table2.setValueAt("n = " + N, (int) (k + 1), 3);
        table2.setValueAt("TOTAL = 100%", (int) (k + 1), 4);

        for (int i = 0; i < k; i++) {
            table2.setValueAt(cl.get(i) + " - " + cl2.get(i), i + 1, 0);
            table2.setValueAt(tlcl.get(i) + " - " + tucl.get(i), i + 1, 1);
            table2.setValueAt(midList.get(i), i + 1, 2);
            table2.setValueAt(freq.get(i).size(), i + 1, 3);
            table2.setValueAt(new DecimalFormat("#.##").format(freqPercent.get(i)), i + 1, 4);
            table2.setValueAt(cfs.get(i), i + 1, 5);
            table2.setValueAt(new DecimalFormat("#.##").format(cps.get(i)), i + 1, 6);
        }
        table2.setValueAt("below " + cl2.get(0), 1, 0);
        table2.setValueAt(" - ", 1, 1);
        table2.setValueAt(" - ", 1, 2);

        JScrollPane scrollPane2 = new JScrollPane(table2);

        scrollPane2.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(title));
        frame2.add(scrollPane2, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        frame2.setSize(300, 150);
        frame2.setVisible(true);

    } else if (type == 2) {

        JFrame frame3 = new JFrame();
        //frame3.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);                        
        JTable table3 = new JTable();
        table3.setModel(new DefaultTableModel((int) (k + 2), 7));

        table3.setValueAt("CLASS LIMITS", 0, 0);
        table3.setValueAt("TRUE CLASS LIMITS", 0, 1);
        table3.setValueAt("MIDPOINTS", 0, 2);
        table3.setValueAt("FREQUENCY", 0, 3);
        table3.setValueAt("%", 0, 4);
        table3.setValueAt("CF", 0, 5);
        table3.setValueAt("C%", 0, 6);
        table3.setValueAt("n = " + N, (int) (k + 1), 3);
        table3.setValueAt("TOTAL = 100%", (int) (k + 1), 4);
        int a = (int) k;

        for (int i = 0; i < k; i++) {
            table3.setValueAt(cl.get(i) + " - " + cl2.get(i), i + 1, 0);
            table3.setValueAt(tlcl.get(i) + " - " + tucl.get(i), i + 1, 1);
            table3.setValueAt(midList.get(i), i + 1, 2);
            table3.setValueAt(freq.get(i).size(), i + 1, 3);
            table3.setValueAt(new DecimalFormat("#.##").format(freqPercent.get(i)), i + 1, 4);
            table3.setValueAt(cfs.get(i), i + 1, 5);
            table3.setValueAt(new DecimalFormat("#.##").format(cps.get(i)), i + 1, 6);
        }
        table3.setValueAt(cl.get(a - 1) + " above", a, 0);
        table3.setValueAt(" - ", a, 1);
        table3.setValueAt(" - ", a, 2);

        JScrollPane scrollPane3 = new JScrollPane(table3);
        scrollPane3.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(title));
        frame3.add(scrollPane3, BorderLayout.CENTER);

        frame3.setSize(300, 150);
        frame3.setVisible(true);
    }

    else if (type == 3) {
        JFrame frame4 = new JFrame();
        //frame4.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);                        
        JTable table4 = new JTable();
        table4.setModel(new DefaultTableModel((int) (k + 2), 7));
        table4.setValueAt("CLASS LIMITS", 0, 0);
        table4.setValueAt("TRUE CLASS LIMITS", 0, 1);
        table4.setValueAt("MIDPOINTS", 0, 2);
        table4.setValueAt("FREQUENCY", 0, 3);
        table4.setValueAt("%", 0, 4);
        table4.setValueAt("CF", 0, 5);
        table4.setValueAt("C%", 0, 6);
        table4.setValueAt("n = " + N, (int) (k + 1), 3);
        table4.setValueAt("TOTAL = 100%", (int) (k + 1), 4);

        int a = (int) k;

        for (int i = 0; i < k; i++) {
            table4.setValueAt(cl.get(i) + " - " + cl2.get(i), i + 1, 0);
            table4.setValueAt(tlcl.get(i) + " - " + tucl.get(i), i + 1, 1);
            table4.setValueAt(midList.get(i), i + 1, 2);
            table4.setValueAt(freq.get(i).size(), i + 1, 3);
            table4.setValueAt(new DecimalFormat("#.##").format(freqPercent.get(i)), i + 1, 4);
            table4.setValueAt(cfs.get(i), i + 1, 5);
            table4.setValueAt(new DecimalFormat("#.##").format(cps.get(i)), i + 1, 6);
        }
        table4.setValueAt("below " + cl2.get(0), 1, 0);
        table4.setValueAt(cl.get(a - 1) + " above", a, 0);
        table4.setValueAt(" - ", 1, 1);
        table4.setValueAt(" - ", 1, 2);
        table4.setValueAt(" - ", a, 1);
        table4.setValueAt(" - ", a, 2);

        JScrollPane scrollPane4 = new JScrollPane(table4);
        scrollPane4.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(title));
        frame4.add(scrollPane4, BorderLayout.CENTER);

        frame4.setSize(300, 150);
        frame4.setVisible(true);
    } else {

    }
}

From source file:com.jayway.restassured.internal.http.URIBuilder.java

/**
 * Adds all parameters within the Scanner to the list of
 * <code>parameters</code>, as encoded by <code>encoding</code>. For
 * example, a scanner containing the string <code>a=1&b=2&c=3</code> would
 * add the {@link NameValuePair NameValuePairs} a=1, b=2, and c=3 to the
 * list of parameters.//  w  ww  .j  a  va 2  s  .  com
 * <p>
 * Note that this method has been copied from {@link URLEncodedUtils#parse(java.util.List, java.util.Scanner, String)} but it doesn't do URL decoding.
 * </p>
 */
private List<NameValuePair> parse(URI uri) {
    List<NameValuePair> parameters = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
    final String query = uri.getRawQuery();
    if (query != null && query.length() > 0) {
        final Scanner scanner = new Scanner(query);
        scanner.useDelimiter(PARAMETER_SEPARATOR);
        while (scanner.hasNext()) {
            String name;
            String value = null;
            String token = scanner.next();
            int i = token.indexOf(NAME_VALUE_SEPARATOR);
            if (i != -1) {
                name = token.substring(0, i).trim();
                value = token.substring(i + 1).trim();
            } else {
                name = token.trim();
            }
            parameters.add(new BasicNameValuePair(name, value));
        }
    }
    return parameters;
}

From source file:com.continuent.tungsten.common.security.KeystoreManagerCtrl.java

/**
 * Reads user input from stdin//from   w  w w  .  ja va2  s.  c  om
 * 
 * @param listPrompts list of prompts to display, asking for user input
 * @return a list containing user inputs
 */
private List<String> getUserInputFromStdin(List<String> listPrompts) {
    List<String> listUserInput = new ArrayList<String>();

    Scanner console = new Scanner(System.in);
    Scanner lineTokenizer = null;

    for (String prompt : listPrompts) {
        System.out.println(prompt);

        try {
            lineTokenizer = new Scanner(console.nextLine());
        } catch (NoSuchElementException nse) {
            console.close();
            throw new NoSuchElementException(MessageFormat.format("Missing user input=  {0}", prompt));
        }

        if (lineTokenizer.hasNext()) {
            String userInput = lineTokenizer.next();
            listUserInput.add(userInput);
        }
    }

    console.close();
    return listUserInput;
}

From source file:eremeykin.pete.plotter.PolarPlotterTopComponent.java

@Override
public void update() {
    // for first rpt file
    if (model == null) {
        clear();//from   w  w w  . j  a v  a  2s.  c  om
        return;
    }
    File[] rptFiles = home.listFiles(filter());
    // catch if there is no such file
    if (rptFiles.length == 0) {
        clear();
        return;
    }
    File firstRPT = rptFiles[0];

    Scanner scanner;
    try {
        scanner = new Scanner(firstRPT);
        scanner.useDelimiter("\\s+|\n");
    } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
        clear();
        return;
    }
    List<Map.Entry<Double, Double>> tmpList = new ArrayList<>();
    for (int i = 0; scanner.hasNext(); i++) {
        String line = scanner.next();
        try {
            double x1 = Double.valueOf(line);
            line = scanner.next();
            double x2 = Double.valueOf(line);
            //                System.out.println("x1=" + x1 + "\nx2=" + x2);
            tmpList.add(new AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<>(x1, x2));
        } catch (NumberFormatException ex) {
            // only if it is the third or following line
            if (i > 1) {
                LOGGER.error("Error while parsing double from file: " + firstRPT.getAbsolutePath());
                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Error while parsing result file.", "Parsing error",
                        JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
            }
        }

    }
    if (tmpList.isEmpty()) {
        clear();
        return;
    }
    fillData(tmpList);

    //        fillData(tmpList, dataSeries, toleranceSeries);        
}

From source file:com.zilotti.hostsjuggler.view.ActiveHostsFileWindow.java

/**
 * Parses a hosts file and loads it into its corresponding Javabean 
 * representation./*from  www  .  ja v a  2 s . c o m*/
 *  
 * @param hostsFile
 * @return
 * @throws IOException
 */
private HostsFile loadHostsFile(File hostsFile) throws IOException, ParseException {
    /* Object to be returned */
    HostsFile hostsFileObject = new HostsFile();

    BufferedReader br = null;

    int lineCounter = 1;
    try {
        br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(hostsFile));

        String line = null;
        while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
            line += "\n";

            /* Remark */
            if (line.startsWith(REM_LINE_CHAR)) {
                CommentLine commentLine = new CommentLine();
                commentLine.setLine(line);
                hostsFileObject.addLine(commentLine);
            } else if (StringUtils.isBlank(line)) // Blank line
            {
                BlankLine blankLine = new BlankLine();
                blankLine.setLine(line);
                hostsFileObject.addLine(blankLine);
            } else {
                Scanner scanner = new Scanner(line);
                HostLine hostLine = new HostLine();

                if (scanner.hasNext()) {
                    /* Expects an IP address */
                    String ipAddress = scanner.next();

                    if (NetworkUtils.isIpAddress(ipAddress)) {
                        hostLine.setIpAddress(ipAddress);
                    } else
                        throw new ParseException("Expected an IP address but found '" + ipAddress + "'",
                                lineCounter);

                    /* Expects a list of hostnames */
                    List<String> hostNames = new LinkedList<String>();
                    String hostName = null;
                    while (scanner.hasNext()) {
                        hostName = scanner.next();

                        if (NetworkUtils.isHostName(hostName)) {
                            hostNames.add(hostName);
                        } else
                            throw new ParseException("Expected a hostname but found '" + hostName + "'",
                                    lineCounter);
                    }

                    hostLine.setHostNames(hostNames);
                    hostLine.setLine(line);
                    hostsFileObject.addLine(hostLine);
                }
            }
        }
    } finally {
        if (br != null)
            br.close();
    }

    return hostsFileObject;
}

From source file:openscim.restful.server.resources.group.ldap.LdapGroupResource.java

@Override
public Response createGroup(UriInfo uriInfo, Group group) {
    // check the ldap template has been setup correctly
    if (ldapTemplate != null) {
        // create the mapper if it doesn't already exists
        if (mapper == null)
            mapper = new GroupAttributesMapper(properties);

        // build the group dn
        String dn = group.getId();
        if (properties
                .getProperty(GroupAttributesMapper.CONCEAL_GROUP_DNS,
                        GroupAttributesMapper.DEFAULT_CONCEAL_GROUP_DNS)
                .equalsIgnoreCase(GroupAttributesMapper.DEFAULT_CONCEAL_GROUP_DNS)) {
            // utilise ldap formated dn
            dn = properties.getProperty(GroupAttributesMapper.GID_ATTRIBUTE,
                    GroupAttributesMapper.DEFAULT_GID_ATTRIBUTE) + "=" + group.getId() + ","
                    + properties.getProperty(GroupAttributesMapper.GROUP_BASEDN,
                            GroupAttributesMapper.DEFAULT_GROUP_BASEDN);
        }/*from ww w .j av a  2  s . c  o  m*/

        try {
            try {
                // retrieve the group
                Group lookedGroup = (Group) ldapTemplate.lookup(dn, mapper);

                // check if the group was found
                if (lookedGroup != null) {
                    // user already exists            
                    return ResourceUtilities.buildErrorResponse(HttpStatus.CONFLICT,
                            HttpStatus.CONFLICT.getMessage() + ": Resource " + dn + " already exists");
                }
            } catch (Exception nException) {
                // group not found, do nothing
            }

            Attributes groupAttributes = new BasicAttributes();

            // get the objectclasses
            String objectclasses = properties.getProperty(GroupAttributesMapper.GROUP_OBJECTCLASS_ATTRIBUTE,
                    GroupAttributesMapper.DEFAULT_GROUP_OBJECTCLASS_ATTRIBUTE);

            // set the objectclass of the group
            Scanner scanner = new Scanner(objectclasses);
            scanner.useDelimiter(",");
            while (scanner.hasNext()) {
                groupAttributes.put("objectclass", scanner.next());
            }

            // set the gid
            String gidAtttributeName = properties.getProperty(GroupAttributesMapper.GID_ATTRIBUTE,
                    GroupAttributesMapper.DEFAULT_GID_ATTRIBUTE);
            groupAttributes.put(gidAtttributeName, group.getId());

            // get the member attribute name
            String memberAtttributeName = properties.getProperty(GroupAttributesMapper.MEMBER_ATTRIBUTE,
                    GroupAttributesMapper.DEFAULT_MEMBER_ATTRIBUTE);

            // set the members
            Attribute memberAttribute = new BasicAttribute(memberAtttributeName);
            if (group.getAny() instanceof List) {
                List members = (List) group.getAny();
                for (Object object : members) {
                    if (object instanceof PluralAttribute) {
                        PluralAttribute member = (PluralAttribute) object;
                        String uid = member.getValue();

                        // build the user dn
                        String userdn = uid;
                        if (properties.getProperty(UserAttributesMapper.CONCEAL_ACCOUNT_DNS, "true")
                                .equalsIgnoreCase("true")) {
                            // utilise ldap formated dn
                            userdn = properties.getProperty(UserAttributesMapper.UID_ATTRIBUTE,
                                    UserAttributesMapper.DEFAULT_UID_ATTRIBUTE) + "=" + uid + ","
                                    + properties.getProperty(UserAttributesMapper.ACCOUNT_BASEDN,
                                            UserAttributesMapper.DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_BASEDN);
                        }

                        memberAttribute.add(userdn);
                    }
                }
            }
            groupAttributes.put(memberAttribute);

            // create the group
            ldapTemplate.bind(dn, null, groupAttributes);

            // determine the url of the new resource
            URI location = new URI("/Group/" + dn);
            if (properties
                    .getProperty(GroupAttributesMapper.CONCEAL_GROUP_DNS,
                            GroupAttributesMapper.DEFAULT_CONCEAL_GROUP_DNS)
                    .equalsIgnoreCase(GroupAttributesMapper.DEFAULT_CONCEAL_GROUP_DNS)) {
                location = new URI("/User/" + group.getId());
            }

            // group stored successfully, return the group            
            return Response.created(location).entity(group).build();
        } catch (URISyntaxException usException) {
            // problem generating entity location
            logger.error("problem generating entity location");

            // return a server error
            return ResourceUtilities.buildErrorResponse(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
                    HttpStatus.NOT_IMPLEMENTED.getMessage()
                            + ": Service Provider problem generating entity location");
        } catch (Exception nException) {
            // problem creating group
            logger.error("problem creating group");

            // return a server error
            return ResourceUtilities.buildErrorResponse(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
                    HttpStatus.NOT_IMPLEMENTED.getMessage() + ": Service Provider problem creating group");
        }
    } else {
        // ldap not configured
        logger.error("ldap not configured");

        // return a server error
        return ResourceUtilities.buildErrorResponse(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
                HttpStatus.NOT_IMPLEMENTED.getMessage()
                        + ": Service Provider group ldap repository not configured");
    }
}