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package au.net.moon.tUtils;
/**
 * twitterAuthorise - connect to Twitter user oauth
 * Copyright (C) 2012 Brenda Moon 
 * 
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under 
 * the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software 
 * Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
 * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
 * details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
 * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51
 * Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 **/

import twitter4j.Twitter;
import twitter4j.TwitterException;
import twitter4j.TwitterFactory;
import twitter4j.TwitterStream;
import twitter4j.TwitterStreamFactory;
import twitter4j.conf.Configuration;
import twitter4j.conf.ConfigurationBuilder;

/**
 * Connect to Twitter using oauth.
 * Needs a twitter4j.properties file to exist in program directory or 
 * root of classpath directory with Twitter oath parameters set.
 * See twitter4j.properties.sample in distribution.
 * 
 * @author Brenda Moon - brenda at moon.net.au
 * 
 */
public class twitterAuthorise {

    static Twitter twitter;
    static TwitterStream twitterStream;

    /**
     * @param streamConnection
     *            <CODE>True</CODE> if connection is to streamAPI,
     *            <CODE>False</CODE> otherwise
     */
    public twitterAuthorise(Boolean streamConnection) {
        if (!streamConnection) {
            if (twitter == null) {
                System.out.println("TwitterAuthorise: Connecting to Twitter with OAuth");
                twitter = new TwitterFactory().getInstance();
                try {
                    System.out.println("TwitterAuthorise: rate limit status: " + twitter.getRateLimitStatus());
                } catch (TwitterException e) {
                    System.out.println("TwitterAuthorise: Failed to get rate limit status");
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        } else {
            if (twitterStream == null) {
                System.out.println("TwitterAuthorise: Connecting to Twitter Stream with OAuth");
                ConfigurationBuilder builder = new ConfigurationBuilder();
                builder.setUseSSL(true);
                Configuration conf = builder.build();
                twitterStream = new TwitterStreamFactory(conf).getInstance();
                System.out.println(
                        "TwitterAuthorise: Stream authorisation status: " + twitterStream.getAuthorization());

            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Return a Twitter connection.
     * 
     * @return <CODE>Twitter</CODE> connection
     */
    public Twitter getTwitter() {
        return twitter;
    }

    /**
     * Return a Twitter stream connection.
     * 
     * @return <CODE>TwitterStream</CODE> connection
     */
    public TwitterStream getTwitterStream() {
        return twitterStream;
    }
}