package com.mycompany.messages;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
/**
* This class maintains a list of NewsItemBean objects. It's
* only intended as an example. A real implementation would
* use a database to keep track of the objects instead.
*
* @author Hans Bergsten, Gefion Software <hans@gefionsoftware.com>
* @version 1.0
*/
public class NewsBean implements Serializable {
private List newsItems = new ArrayList();
private int[] idSequence = new int[1];
/**
* Creates a new instance and fills it with a few sample
* news items.
*/
public NewsBean() {
addDefaultItems();
}
/**
* Returns an array of all items.
*/
public NewsItemBean[] getNewsItems() {
NewsItemBean[] a = null;
synchronized (newsItems) {
a = (NewsItemBean[])
newsItems.toArray(new NewsItemBean[newsItems.size()]);
}
return a;
}
/**
* Adds a news item to the list.
*/
public void setNewsItem(NewsItemBean newsItem) {
synchronized (idSequence) {
newsItem.setId(idSequence[0]++);
}
synchronized (newsItems) {
newsItems.add(newsItem);
}
}
/**
* Removes the news item with the specified id.
*/
public void removeNewsItem(int id) {
synchronized (newsItems) {
for (int i = 0; i < newsItems.size(); i++) {
NewsItemBean item = (NewsItemBean) newsItems.get(i);
if (id == item.getId()) {
newsItems.remove(i);
break;
}
}
}
}
/**
* Creates sample news items and adds them to the list.
*/
private void addDefaultItems() {
NewsItemBean item = new NewsItemBean();
item.setCategory("JSF");
item.setMsg("O'Reilly's JSF book available now!");
item.setPostedBy("Hans Bergsten");
setNewsItem(item);
item = new NewsItemBean();
item.setCategory("JSP");
item.setMsg("3rd edition of O'Reilly JSP book released!");
item.setPostedBy("Hans Bergsten");
setNewsItem(item);
item = new NewsItemBean();
item.setCategory("Servlet");
item.setMsg("Servets and JSP: a powerful duo.");
item.setPostedBy("Hans Bergsten");
setNewsItem(item);
}
}
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