Smack/source/org/jivesoftware/smackx/pubsub/Item.java

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package org.jivesoftware.smackx.pubsub;

import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.PacketExtension;
import org.jivesoftware.smackx.pubsub.provider.ItemProvider;

/**
 * This class represents an item that has been, or will be published to a
 * pubsub node.  An <tt>Item</tt> has several properties that are dependent
 * on the configuration of the node to which it has been or will be published.
 * 
 * <h1>An Item received from a node (via {@link LeafNode#getItems()} or {@link LeafNode#addItemEventListener(org.jivesoftware.smackx.pubsub.listener.ItemEventListener)}</b>
 * <li>Will always have an id (either user or server generated) unless node configuration has both
 * {@link ConfigureForm#isPersistItems()} and {@link ConfigureForm#isDeliverPayloads()}set to false.
 * <li>Will have a payload if the node configuration has {@link ConfigureForm#isDeliverPayloads()} set 
 * to true, otherwise it will be null.
 * 
 * <h1>An Item created to send to a node (via {@link LeafNode#send()} or {@link LeafNode#publish()}</b>
 * <li>The id is optional, since the server will generate one if necessary, but should be used if it is 
 * meaningful in the context of the node.  This value must be unique within the node that it is sent to, since
 * resending an item with the same id will overwrite the one that already exists if the items are persisted.
 * <li>Will require payload if the node configuration has {@link ConfigureForm#isDeliverPayloads()} set
 * to true. 
 * 
 * <p>To customise the payload object being returned from the {@link #getPayload()} method, you can
 * add a custom parser as explained in {@link ItemProvider}.
 * 
 * @author Robin Collier
 */
public class Item implements PacketExtension
{
	private String id;
	
	/**
	 * Create an empty <tt>Item</tt> with no id.  This is a valid item for nodes which are configured
	 * so that {@link ConfigureForm#isDeliverPayloads()} is false.  In most cases an id will be generated by the server.
	 * For nodes configured with {@link ConfigureForm#isDeliverPayloads()} and {@link ConfigureForm#isPersistItems()} 
	 * set to false, no <tt>Item</tt> is sent to the node, you have to use {@link LeafNode#send()} or {@link LeafNode#publish()}
	 * methods in this case. 
	 */
	public Item()
	{
	}
	
	/**
	 * Create an <tt>Item</tt> with an id but no payload.  This is a valid item for nodes which are configured
	 * so that {@link ConfigureForm#isDeliverPayloads()} is false.
	 * 
	 * @param itemId The id if the item.  It must be unique within the node unless overwriting and existing item.
	 * Passing null is the equivalent of calling {@link #Item()}.
	 */
	public Item(String itemId)
	{
		id = itemId;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Get the item id.  Unique to the node it is associated with.
	 * 
	 * @return The id
	 */
	public String getId()
	{
		return id;
	}
	
	public String getElementName()
	{
		return "item";
	}

	public String getNamespace()
	{
		return null;
	}

	public String toXML()
	{
		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder("<item");
		
		if (id != null)
		{
			builder.append(" id='");
			builder.append(id);
			builder.append("'");
		}
		builder.append("/>");

		return builder.toString();
	}

	@Override
	public String toString()
	{
		return getClass().getName() + " | Content [" + toXML() + "]";
	}
}