runtypebo.java

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package net.sf.irunninglog.businessobject;

import java.util.List;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

import net.sf.irunninglog.canonical.RunType;
import net.sf.irunninglog.util.ConversionException;
import net.sf.irunninglog.util.DTO;

/**
 * Business object representing a <em>Run Type</em>.  This is a POJO business
 * object (BO) implementation that is used to represent <em>Run Type</em>
 * entities within the application's business layer.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:[e-mail]">Allan Lewis</a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2005/06/25 15:18:19 $
 * @since iRunningLog 1.0
 */
public class RunTypeBO extends ReferenceDataBO {

    /** <code>Log</code> instance for this class. */
    private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(RunTypeBO.class);

    /**
     * Create a new business object instance.
     *
     * @deprecated Use the <code>BusinessObjectFactory</code> to obtain new
     *             instances
     * @see BusinessObjectFactory#newInstance(String)
     */
    public RunTypeBO() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * Get a data transfer objects containing values that represent the current
     * state of this BO.  This is a template method that is called from the
     * final method <code>getValues</code> in <code>BaseBO</code>.
     *
     * @return The data transfer object, populated with the appropriate values
     * @see BaseBO#getValues()
     */
    protected DTO getValuesInternal() {
        DTO valueObject = super.getValuesInternal();

        if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
            LOG.debug("getValuesInternal: Contents of the value object "
                      + " (before) " + valueObject);
        }

        valueObject.setCanonicalId(RunType.CANONICAL_ID);

        if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
            LOG.debug("getValuesInternal: Contents of the value object (after) "
                      + valueObject);
        }

        return valueObject;
    }

    /**
     * Update the BO's fields with the values provided in a data transfer
     * object.  This is a template method that is called from the final
     * <code>setValue</code> method in <code>BaseBO</code>.
     *
     * @param valueObject The data transfer object containing values to be
     *                    used in updating this BO
     * @throws ConversionException If a conversion error occurrs while setting
     *                             the fields
     * @see BaseBO#setValues(DTO)
     */
    protected void setValuesInternal(DTO valueObject)
                                                   throws ConversionException {
        if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
            LOG.debug("setValuesInternal: No values to set at this level");
        }

        super.setValuesInternal(valueObject);
    }

    /**
     * Validate the values contained in a data transfer object.  This method
     * is reponsible for perofrming all validations on the transfer object, and
     * should be called before updating the BO's fields to avoid
     * bad data and/or errors.
     *
     * @param valueObject The data transfer object whose fields are to be
     *                    validated
     * @return A list consisting of any errors found while validating the
     *         transfer object
     */
    protected List validateValues(DTO valueObject) {
        List errors = super.validateValues(valueObject);

        if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
            LOG.debug("validateValues: No values to validate at this level");
        }

        return errors;
    }

}