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/**

* Copyright (C) 2017 EDIT

* European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy

* http://www.e-taxonomy.eu

*

* The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1

* See LICENSE.TXT at the top of this package for the full license terms.

*/

package eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.common;

/**

 * Utility class to handle {@link IntextReference}s

 *

 * @author a.mueller

 * @since 10.03.2017

 *

 */

public final class IntextReferenceHelper {

    public static IntextReference addIntextReference(IIntextReferenceTarget target, IIntextReferencable referencedEntity, String start, String inner, String end){

        IntextReference intextReference = IntextReference.NewInstance(target, referencedEntity, 0, 0);

        referencedEntity.setText(start + intextReference.toInlineString(inner) + end);

        referencedEntity.getIntextReferences().add(intextReference);

        return intextReference;

    }

    public static IntextReference addIntextReference(IIntextReferenceTarget target, IIntextReferencable referencedEntity, int start, int end){

        String text = referencedEntity.getText();

        if (start < 0 || end < 0 || start > end || end > text.length()){

            throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("Start and end must be within bounds");

        }

        IntextReference intextReference = IntextReference.NewInstance(target, referencedEntity, 0, 0);

        referencedEntity.setText(text.substring(0, start) + intextReference.toInlineString(text.substring(start,end))

            + text.substring(end));

        referencedEntity.getIntextReferences().add(intextReference);

        return intextReference;

    }

}