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    017package org.apache.commons.configuration2.tree;
    018
    019import java.util.Collections;
    020import java.util.HashSet;
    021import java.util.Set;
    022
    023/**
    024 * <p>
    025 * A base class for node combiner implementations.
    026 * </p>
    027 * <p>
    028 * A <em>node combiner</em> is an object that knows how two hierarchical node structures can be combined into a single
    029 * one. Of course, there are many possible ways of implementing such a combination, e.g. constructing a union, an
    030 * intersection, or an "override" structure (were nodes in the first hierarchy take precedence over nodes in the second
    031 * hierarchy). This abstract base class only provides some helper methods and defines the common interface for node
    032 * combiners. Concrete sub classes will implement the diverse combination algorithms.
    033 * </p>
    034 * <p>
    035 * For some concrete combiner implementations it is important to distinguish whether a node is a single node or whether
    036 * it belongs to a list structure. Alone from the input structures, the combiner will not always be able to make this
    037 * decision. So sometimes it may be necessary for the developer to configure the combiner and tell it, which nodes
    038 * should be treated as list nodes. For this purpose the {@code addListNode()} method exists. It can be passed the name
    039 * of a node, which should be considered a list node.
    040 * </p>
    041 *
    042 * @since 1.3
    043 */
    044public abstract class NodeCombiner {
    045    /**
    046     * A default handler object for immutable nodes. This object can be used by derived classes for dealing with nodes.
    047     * However, it provides only limited functionality; it supports only operations on child nodes, but no references to
    048     * parent nodes.
    049     */
    050    protected static final NodeHandler<ImmutableNode> HANDLER = createNodeHandler();
    051
    052    /** Stores a list with node names that are known to be list nodes. */
    053    private final Set<String> listNodes;
    054
    055    /**
    056     * Creates a new instance of {@code NodeCombiner}.
    057     */
    058    public NodeCombiner() {
    059        listNodes = new HashSet<>();
    060    }
    061
    062    /**
    063     * Adds the name of a node to the list of known list nodes. This means that nodes with this name will never be combined.
    064     *
    065     * @param nodeName the name to be added
    066     */
    067    public void addListNode(final String nodeName) {
    068        listNodes.add(nodeName);
    069    }
    070
    071    /**
    072     * Returns a set with the names of nodes that are known to be list nodes.
    073     *
    074     * @return a set with the names of list nodes
    075     */
    076    public Set<String> getListNodes() {
    077        return Collections.unmodifiableSet(listNodes);
    078    }
    079
    080    /**
    081     * Checks if a node is a list node. This implementation tests if the given node name is contained in the set of known
    082     * list nodes. Derived classes which use different criteria may overload this method.
    083     *
    084     * @param node the node to be tested
    085     * @return a flag whether this is a list node
    086     */
    087    public boolean isListNode(final ImmutableNode node) {
    088        return listNodes.contains(node.getNodeName());
    089    }
    090
    091    /**
    092     * Combines the hierarchies represented by the given root nodes. This method must be defined in concrete sub classes
    093     * with the implementation of a specific combination algorithm.
    094     *
    095     * @param node1 the first root node
    096     * @param node2 the second root node
    097     * @return the root node of the resulting combined node structure
    098     */
    099    public abstract ImmutableNode combine(ImmutableNode node1, ImmutableNode node2);
    100
    101    /**
    102     * Creates a node handler object for immutable nodes which can be used by sub classes to perform advanced operations on
    103     * nodes.
    104     *
    105     * @return the node handler implementation
    106     */
    107    private static NodeHandler<ImmutableNode> createNodeHandler() {
    108        return new AbstractImmutableNodeHandler() {
    109            @Override
    110            public ImmutableNode getParent(final ImmutableNode node) {
    111                return null;
    112            }
    113
    114            @Override
    115            public ImmutableNode getRootNode() {
    116                return null;
    117            }
    118        };
    119    }
    120}