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 * Copyright (C) 2009 eXo Platform SAS.
 *
 * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
 * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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 * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org.
 */

package org.exoplatform.portal.config.model;

import java.io.ObjectStreamException;
import java.io.Serializable;

import org.gatein.mop.api.content.ContentType;

import org.exoplatform.portal.pom.spi.portlet.Portlet;

/**
 * The type of an application.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:julien.viet@exoplatform.com">Julien Viet</a>
 * @version $Revision$
 * @param <S> the content state type of the application
 */
public class ApplicationType<S> implements Serializable {

  public static ApplicationType<?> getType(String name) {
    if (PORTLET.getName().equals(name)) {
      return ApplicationType.PORTLET;
    } else {
      return null;
    }
  }

  public static <S> ApplicationType<S> getType(ContentType<S> name) {
    if (PORTLET.getContentType().equals(name)) {
      return (ApplicationType<S>) ApplicationType.PORTLET;
    } else {
      return null;
    }
  }

  /** . */
  public static final ApplicationType<Portlet> PORTLET = new ApplicationType<Portlet>(Portlet.CONTENT_TYPE, "portlet");

  /** . */
  private final transient ContentType<S>       contentType;

  /** . */
  private final String                         name;

  private ApplicationType(ContentType<S> contentType, String name) {
    this.contentType = contentType;
    this.name = name;
  }

  public ContentType<S> getContentType() {
    return contentType;
  }

  public String getName() {
    return name;
  }

  /**
   * This is needed to preserve the enumation aspect of this class.
   *
   * @return the correct instance
   * @throws ObjectStreamException never thrown
   */
  private Object readResolve() throws ObjectStreamException {
    return getType(name);
  }
}
