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package eu.etaxonomy.cdm.vaadin.container;

import java.sql.DatabaseMetaData;

import java.sql.SQLException;

import java.util.UUID;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

import com.vaadin.data.Property;

import com.vaadin.data.util.sqlcontainer.SQLContainer;

import com.vaadin.data.util.sqlcontainer.query.QueryDelegate;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.vaadin.util.CdmQueryFactory;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.vaadin.util.CdmSpringContextHelper;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.vaadin.util.SQLUtils;

public class CdmSQLContainer extends SQLContainer {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2828992538007070061L;

    private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(CdmSQLContainer.class);

    private DatabaseMetaData databaseMetaData;

    public static final int DEFAULT_LIMIT = 5000;

    boolean checkPropertyIdCase = false;

    public CdmSQLContainer(QueryDelegate delegate) throws SQLException {

        super(delegate);

        databaseMetaData = CdmSpringContextHelper.getDatabaseMetaData();

        setPageLength(DEFAULT_LIMIT);

    }

    public static CdmSQLContainer newInstance(String tableName) throws SQLException {

        // TODO : currently the sql generator is for h2, need to make this compatible for all flavours

        //TableQuery tq = new TableQuery(tableName, CdmSpringContextHelper.getCurrent().getConnectionPool(), new DefaultSQLGenerator());

        //tq.setVersionColumn("updated");

        CdmSQLContainer container = new CdmSQLContainer(CdmQueryFactory.generateTableQuery(tableName));

        container.checkPropertyIdCase = true;

        return container;

    }

    public UUID getUuid(Object itemId) {

        return UUID.fromString((String)getProperty(itemId,CdmQueryFactory.UUID_ID).getValue());

    }

    public Property<?> getProperty(Object itemId, Object propertyId) {

        if(checkPropertyIdCase) {

            try {

                return getItem(itemId).getItemProperty(SQLUtils.correctCase(propertyId.toString(), databaseMetaData));

            } catch (SQLException e) {

                logger.warn("Error getting property", e);

                return null;

            }

        } else {

            return getItem(itemId).getItemProperty(propertyId);

        }

    }

}