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package org.jboss.ejb.plugins.cmp.jdbc.metadata;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;

import org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException;
import org.jboss.metadata.MetaData;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

/**
 * Imutable class which holds all the information jbosscmp-jdbc needs to know
 * about a CMP field It loads its data from standardjbosscmp-jdbc.xml and
 * jbosscmp-jdbc.xml
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:dain@daingroup.com">Dain Sundstrom</a>
 * @author <a href="sebastien.alborini@m4x.org">Sebastien Alborini</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:dirk@jboss.de">Dirk Zimmermann</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:vincent.harcq@hubmethods.com">Vincent Harcq</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:loubyansky@hotmail.com">Alex Loubyansky</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:heiko.rupp@cellent.de">Heiko W.Rupp</a>
 *
 * @version $Revision$
 */
public final class JDBCCMPFieldMetaData
{
   public static final byte CHECK_DIRTY_AFTER_GET_TRUE = 1;
   public static final byte CHECK_DIRTY_AFTER_GET_FALSE = 2;
   public static final byte CHECK_DIRTY_AFTER_GET_NOT_PRESENT = 4;

   /** The entity on which this field is defined. */
   private final JDBCEntityMetaData entity;

   /** The name of this field. */
   private final String fieldName;

   /** The java type of this field */
   private final Class fieldType;

   /** The column name in the table */
   private final String columnName;

   /**
    * The jdbc type (see java.sql.Types), used in PreparedStatement.setParameter
    * default value used is intended to cause an exception if used
    */
   private final int jdbcType;

   /** The sql type, used for table creation. */
   private final String sqlType;

   /** Is this field read only? */
   private final boolean readOnly;

   /** How long is read valid */
   private final int readTimeOut;

   /** Is this field a memeber of the primary keys or the sole prim-key-field. */
   private final boolean primaryKeyMember;

   /** Should null values not be allowed for this field. */
   private final boolean notNull;

   /** Should an index for this field be generated? */
   private final boolean genIndex;

   /**
    * The Field object in the primary key class for this
    * cmp field, or null if this field is the prim-key-field.
    */
   private final Field primaryKeyField;

   /** property overrides */
   private final List propertyOverrides = new ArrayList();

   /** indicates whether this is an unknown pk field */
   private final boolean unknownPkField;

   /** auto-increment flag */
   private final boolean autoIncrement;

   /** whether this field is a relation table key field*/
   private final boolean relationTableField;

   /** If true, the field should be checked for dirty state after its get method was invoked */
   private final byte checkDirtyAfterGet;

   /** Fully qualified class name of implementation of CMPFieldStateFactory */
   private final String stateFactory;

   private static byte readCheckDirtyAfterGet(Element element, byte defaultValue) throws DeploymentException
   {
      byte checkDirtyAfterGet;
      String dirtyAfterGetStr = MetaData.getOptionalChildContent(element, "check-dirty-after-get");
      if(dirtyAfterGetStr == null)
      {
         checkDirtyAfterGet = defaultValue;
      }
      else
      {
         checkDirtyAfterGet = (Boolean.valueOf(dirtyAfterGetStr).booleanValue() ?
            CHECK_DIRTY_AFTER_GET_TRUE : CHECK_DIRTY_AFTER_GET_FALSE);
      }
      return checkDirtyAfterGet;
   }

   public static byte readCheckDirtyAfterGet(Element element) throws DeploymentException
   {
      return readCheckDirtyAfterGet(element, CHECK_DIRTY_AFTER_GET_NOT_PRESENT);
   }

   /**
    * This constructor is added especially for unknown primary key field
    */
   public JDBCCMPFieldMetaData(JDBCEntityMetaData entity)
   {
      this.entity = entity;
      fieldName = entity.getName() + "_upk";
      fieldType = entity.getPrimaryKeyClass();  // java.lang.Object.class
      columnName = entity.getName() + "_upk";
      jdbcType = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
      sqlType = null;
      readOnly = entity.isReadOnly();
      readTimeOut = entity.getReadTimeOut();
      primaryKeyMember = true;
      notNull = true;
      primaryKeyField = null;
      genIndex = false;
      unknownPkField = true;
      autoIncrement = false;
      relationTableField = false;
      checkDirtyAfterGet = CHECK_DIRTY_AFTER_GET_NOT_PRESENT;
      stateFactory = null;
   }

   /**
    * Constructs cmp field meta data for a field on the specified entity with
    * the specified fieldName.
    *
    * @param fieldName name of the field for which the meta data will be loaded
    * @param entity entity on which this field is defined
    * @throws DeploymentException if data in the entity is inconsistent with field type
    */
   public JDBCCMPFieldMetaData(JDBCEntityMetaData entity, String fieldName)
      throws DeploymentException
   {
      this.entity = entity;
      this.fieldName = fieldName;

      fieldType = loadFieldType(entity, fieldName);
      columnName = fieldName;
      jdbcType = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
      sqlType = null;
      readOnly = entity.isReadOnly();
      readTimeOut = entity.getReadTimeOut();
      genIndex = false;

      // initialize primary key info
      String pkFieldName = entity.getPrimaryKeyFieldName();
      if(pkFieldName != null)
      {
         // single-valued key so field is null
         primaryKeyField = null;

         // is this the pk field
         if(pkFieldName.equals(fieldName))
         {
            // verify field type
            if(!entity.getPrimaryKeyClass().equals(fieldType))
            {
               throw new DeploymentException("primkey-field must be the same type as prim-key-class");
            }
            // we are the pk
            primaryKeyMember = true;
         }
         else
         {
            primaryKeyMember = false;
         }
      }
      else
      {
         // this is a multi-valued key
         Field[] fields = entity.getPrimaryKeyClass().getFields();

         boolean pkMember = false;
         Field pkField = null;
         for(int i = 0; i < fields.length; i++)
         {
            final Field field = fields[i];
            if(field.getName().equals(fieldName))
            {

               // verify field type
               if(!field.getType().equals(fieldType))
               {
                  throw new DeploymentException("Field " + fieldName + " in prim-key-class must be of the same type.");
               }

               if(pkField != null)
               {
                  if(field.getDeclaringClass().equals(entity.getPrimaryKeyClass()))
                  {
                     pkField = field;
                  }

                  org.jboss.logging.Logger.getLogger(getClass().getName() + '.' + entity.getName()).warn(
                     "PK field " + fieldName + " was found more than once in class hierarchy of " +
                     entity.getPrimaryKeyClass().getName() + ". Will use the one from " + pkField.getDeclaringClass().getName()
                  );
               }
               else
               {
                  pkField = field;
               }

               // we are a pk member
               pkMember = true;
            }
         }
         primaryKeyMember = pkMember;
         primaryKeyField = pkField;
      }
      notNull = fieldType.isPrimitive() || primaryKeyMember;

      unknownPkField = false;
      autoIncrement = false;
      relationTableField = false;
      checkDirtyAfterGet = CHECK_DIRTY_AFTER_GET_NOT_PRESENT;
      stateFactory = null;
   }

   public JDBCCMPFieldMetaData(JDBCEntityMetaData entity,
                               JDBCCMPFieldMetaData defaultValues)
   {
      this.entity = entity;
      fieldName = defaultValues.getFieldName();
      fieldType = defaultValues.getFieldType();
      columnName = defaultValues.getColumnName();
      jdbcType = defaultValues.getJDBCType();
      sqlType = defaultValues.getSQLType();
      readOnly = entity.isReadOnly();
      readTimeOut = entity.getReadTimeOut();
      primaryKeyMember = defaultValues.isPrimaryKeyMember();
      primaryKeyField = defaultValues.getPrimaryKeyField();
      notNull = defaultValues.isNotNull();
      unknownPkField = defaultValues.isUnknownPkField();
      autoIncrement = defaultValues.isAutoIncrement();
      genIndex = false; // If <dbindex/> is not given on a field, no index is wanted.
      relationTableField = defaultValues.isRelationTableField();
      checkDirtyAfterGet = defaultValues.getCheckDirtyAfterGet();
      stateFactory = defaultValues.getStateFactory();
   }

   /**
    * Constructs cmp field meta data with the data contained in the cmp-field
    * xml element from a jbosscmp-jdbc xml file. Optional values of the xml
    * element that are not present are instead loaded from the defalutValues
    * parameter.
    *
    * @param element the xml Element which contains the metadata about
    * this field
    * @param defaultValues the JDBCCMPFieldMetaData which contains the values
    * for optional elements of the element
    * @throws DeploymentException if the xml element is not semantically correct
    */
   public JDBCCMPFieldMetaData(JDBCEntityMetaData entity,
                               Element element,
                               JDBCCMPFieldMetaData defaultValues)
      throws DeploymentException
   {
      this.entity = entity;

      // unknown primary key
      this.unknownPkField = defaultValues.isUnknownPkField();

      // Field name
      // if field-name is specified for unknown-pk, it's set here
      String unknownFieldName =
         MetaData.getOptionalChildContent(element, "field-name");
      if(unknownPkField && unknownFieldName != null)
      {
         fieldName = unknownFieldName;
      }
      else
      {
         fieldName = defaultValues.getFieldName();
      }

      // Field type
      // must be set for unknow-pk
      String unknownPkClass = MetaData.getOptionalChildContent(element, "unknown-pk-class");
      if(unknownPkClass == null)
      {
         fieldType = defaultValues.getFieldType();
      }
      else
      {
         try
         {
            fieldType = entity.getClassLoader().loadClass(unknownPkClass);
         }
         catch(ClassNotFoundException e)
         {
            throw new DeploymentException("could not load the class for "
               + " unknown primary key: " + unknownPkClass);
         }
      }

      // Column name
      String columnStr = MetaData.getOptionalChildContent(element, "column-name");
      if(columnStr != null)
      {
         columnName = columnStr;
      }
      else
      {
         columnName = defaultValues.getColumnName();
      }

      // JDBC Type
      String jdbcStr = MetaData.getOptionalChildContent(element, "jdbc-type");
      if(jdbcStr != null)
      {
         jdbcType = JDBCMappingMetaData.getJdbcTypeFromName(jdbcStr);
         // SQL Type
         sqlType = MetaData.getUniqueChildContent(element, "sql-type");
      }
      else
      {
         jdbcType = defaultValues.getJDBCType();
         sqlType = defaultValues.getSQLType();
      }

      // read-only
      String readOnlyStr = MetaData.getOptionalChildContent(element, "read-only");
      if(readOnlyStr != null)
      {
         readOnly = Boolean.valueOf(readOnlyStr).booleanValue();
      }
      else
      {
         readOnly = defaultValues.isReadOnly();
      }

      // read-time-out
      String readTimeOutStr = MetaData.getOptionalChildContent(element, "read-time-out");
      if(readTimeOutStr != null)
      {
         try
         {
            readTimeOut = Integer.parseInt(readTimeOutStr);
         }
         catch(NumberFormatException e)
         {
            throw new DeploymentException("Invalid number format in " +
               "read-time-out '" + readTimeOutStr + "': " + e);
         }
      }
      else
      {
         readTimeOut = defaultValues.getReadTimeOut();
      }

      // primary key member?
      this.primaryKeyMember = defaultValues.isPrimaryKeyMember();

      // field object of the primary key
      primaryKeyField = defaultValues.getPrimaryKeyField();

      // not-null
      Element notNullElement = MetaData.getOptionalChild(element, "not-null");
      notNull =
         fieldType.isPrimitive() ||
         primaryKeyMember ||
         (notNullElement != null);

      // property overrides
      Iterator iterator = MetaData.getChildrenByTagName(element, "property");
      while(iterator.hasNext())
      {
         propertyOverrides.add(new JDBCCMPFieldPropertyMetaData(this, (Element)iterator.next()));
      }

      // is the field auto-increment?
      autoIncrement = MetaData.getOptionalChild(element, "auto-increment") != null;

      // should an index for this field be generated?
      if(MetaData.getOptionalChild(element, "dbindex") == null)
         genIndex = false;
      else
         genIndex = true;

      relationTableField = defaultValues.isRelationTableField();

      checkDirtyAfterGet = readCheckDirtyAfterGet(element, defaultValues.getCheckDirtyAfterGet());

      String stateFactoryStr = MetaData.getOptionalChildContent(element, "state-factory");
      if(stateFactoryStr == null)
         stateFactory = defaultValues.getStateFactory();
      else
         stateFactory = stateFactoryStr;
   }

   /**
    * Constructs cmp field meta data with the data contained in the cmp-field
    * xml element from a jbosscmp-jdbc xml file. Optional values of the xml
    * element that are not present are instead loaded from the defalutValues
    * parameter.
    *
    * This constructor form is used to create cmp field meta data for use as
    * foreign keys. The primaryKeyMember parameter is very important in this
    * context because a foreign key is not a primary key member but used a pk
    * member as the default value.  If we did not have the primary key member
    * parameter this JDBCCMPFieldMetaData would get the value from the
    * defaultValues and be declared a memeber.
    */
   public JDBCCMPFieldMetaData(JDBCEntityMetaData entity,
                               Element element,
                               JDBCCMPFieldMetaData defaultValues,
                               boolean primaryKeyMember,
                               boolean notNull,
                               boolean readOnly,
                               int readTimeOut,
                               boolean relationTableField)
      throws DeploymentException
   {
      this.entity = entity;
      fieldName = defaultValues.getFieldName();
      fieldType = defaultValues.getFieldType();
      String columnStr = MetaData.getOptionalChildContent(element, "column-name");
      if(columnStr != null)
      {
         columnName = columnStr;
      }
      else
      {
         columnName = defaultValues.getColumnName();
      }

      // JDBC Type
      String jdbcStr = MetaData.getOptionalChildContent(element, "jdbc-type");
      if(jdbcStr != null)
      {
         jdbcType = JDBCMappingMetaData.getJdbcTypeFromName(jdbcStr);
         sqlType = MetaData.getUniqueChildContent(element, "sql-type");
      }
      else
      {
         jdbcType = defaultValues.getJDBCType();
         sqlType = defaultValues.getSQLType();
      }

      // read-only
      this.readOnly = readOnly;

      // read-time-out
      this.readTimeOut = readTimeOut;

      // primary key member?
      this.primaryKeyMember = primaryKeyMember;

      // not-null
      this.notNull = notNull;

      // field object of the primary key
      primaryKeyField = defaultValues.getPrimaryKeyField();

      // property overrides
      Iterator iterator = MetaData.getChildrenByTagName(element, "property");
      while(iterator.hasNext())
      {
         propertyOverrides.add(new JDBCCMPFieldPropertyMetaData(this, (Element)iterator.next()));
      }

      this.unknownPkField = defaultValues.isUnknownPkField();
      autoIncrement = MetaData.getOptionalChild(element, "auto-increment") != null;

      if(MetaData.getOptionalChild(element, "dbindex") == null)
         genIndex = false;
      else
         genIndex = true;

      this.relationTableField = relationTableField;

      String dirtyAfterGetStr = MetaData.getOptionalChildContent(element, "check-dirty-after-get");
      if(dirtyAfterGetStr == null)
      {
         checkDirtyAfterGet = defaultValues.getCheckDirtyAfterGet();
      }
      else
      {
         checkDirtyAfterGet = (Boolean.valueOf(dirtyAfterGetStr).booleanValue() ?
            CHECK_DIRTY_AFTER_GET_TRUE : CHECK_DIRTY_AFTER_GET_FALSE);
      }

      String stateFactoryStr = MetaData.getOptionalChildContent(element, "state-factory");
      if(stateFactoryStr == null)
         stateFactory = defaultValues.getStateFactory();
      else
         stateFactory = stateFactoryStr;
   }

   /**
    * Constructs a foreign key or a relation table key field.
    */
   public JDBCCMPFieldMetaData(JDBCEntityMetaData entity,
                               JDBCCMPFieldMetaData defaultValues,
                               String columnName,
                               boolean primaryKeyMember,
                               boolean notNull,
                               boolean readOnly,
                               int readTimeOut,
                               boolean relationTableField)
   {
      this.entity = entity;
      fieldName = defaultValues.getFieldName();
      fieldType = defaultValues.getFieldType();
      this.columnName = columnName;
      jdbcType = defaultValues.getJDBCType();
      sqlType = defaultValues.getSQLType();
      this.readOnly = readOnly;
      this.readTimeOut = readTimeOut;
      this.primaryKeyMember = primaryKeyMember;
      primaryKeyField = defaultValues.getPrimaryKeyField();
      this.notNull = notNull;

      for(Iterator i = defaultValues.propertyOverrides.iterator(); i.hasNext();)
      {
         propertyOverrides.add(new JDBCCMPFieldPropertyMetaData(
            this, (JDBCCMPFieldPropertyMetaData)i.next()));
      }

      this.unknownPkField = defaultValues.isUnknownPkField();
      autoIncrement = false;
      genIndex = false;

      this.relationTableField = relationTableField;
      checkDirtyAfterGet = defaultValues.getCheckDirtyAfterGet();
      stateFactory = defaultValues.getStateFactory();
   }


   /**
    * Constructs a field that is used as an optimistic lock
    */
   public JDBCCMPFieldMetaData(JDBCEntityMetaData entity,
                               String fieldName,
                               Class fieldType,
                               String columnName,
                               int jdbcType,
                               String sqlType)
      throws DeploymentException
   {
      this.entity = entity;
      this.fieldName = fieldName;
      this.fieldType = fieldType;
      this.columnName = columnName;
      this.jdbcType = jdbcType;
      this.sqlType = sqlType;
      readOnly = false;
      readTimeOut = -1;
      primaryKeyMember = false;
      notNull = true;
      primaryKeyField = null;
      unknownPkField = false;
      autoIncrement = false;
      genIndex = false;
      relationTableField = false;
      checkDirtyAfterGet = CHECK_DIRTY_AFTER_GET_NOT_PRESENT;
      stateFactory = null;
   }


   /**
    * Gets the entity on which this field is defined
    * @return the entity on which this field is defined
    */
   public JDBCEntityMetaData getEntity()
   {
      return entity;
   }

   /**
    * Gets the name of the field.
    * @return the name of this field
    */
   public String getFieldName()
   {
      return fieldName;
   }

   /**
    * Gets the java Class type of this field.
    * @return the Class type of this field
    */
   public Class getFieldType()
   {
      return fieldType;
   }

   /**
    * Gets the column name the property should use or null if the
    * column name is not overriden.
    * @return the name to which this field is persisted or null if the
    *    column name is not overriden
    */
   public String getColumnName()
   {
      return columnName;
   }

   /**
    * Gets the JDBC type the property should use or Integer.MIN_VALUE
    * if not overriden.
    * @return the jdbc type of this field
    */
   public int getJDBCType()
   {
      return jdbcType;
   }

   /**
    * Gets the SQL type the property should use or null
    * if not overriden.
    * @return the sql data type string used in create table statements
    */
   public String getSQLType()
   {
      return sqlType;
   }

   /**
    * Gets the property overrides.  Property overrides change the default
    * mapping of Dependent Value Object properties. If there are no property
    * overrides this method returns an empty list.
    * @return an unmodifiable list of the property overrides.
    */
   public List getPropertyOverrides()
   {
      return Collections.unmodifiableList(propertyOverrides);
   }

   /**
    * Is this field read only. A read only field will never be persisted
    *
    * @return true if this field is read only
    */
   public boolean isReadOnly()
   {
      return readOnly;
   }

   /**
    * Gets the length of time (ms) that a read valid or -1 if data must
    * always be reread from the database
    * @return the length of time that data read database is valid, or -1
    * if data must always be reread from the database
    */
   public int getReadTimeOut()
   {
      return readTimeOut;
   }

   /**
    * Is this field one of the primary key fields?
    * @return true if this field is one of the primary key fields
    */
   public boolean isPrimaryKeyMember()
   {
      return primaryKeyMember;
   }

   /**
    * Should this field allow null values?
    * @return true if this field will not allow a null value.
    */
   public boolean isNotNull()
   {
      return notNull;
   }

   /**
    * Should an index for this field be generated?
    * Normally this should be false for primary key fields
    * But it seems there are databases that do not automatically
    * put indices on primary keys *sigh*
    * @return true if an index should be generated on this field
    */
   public boolean isIndexed()
   {
      return genIndex;
   }

   /**
    * Gets the Field of the primary key object which contains the value of
    * this field. Returns null, if this field is not a member of the primary
    * key, or if the primray key is single valued.
    * @return the Field of the primary key which contains the
    * value of this field
    */
   public Field getPrimaryKeyField()
   {
      return primaryKeyField;
   }

   /**
    * Is this field an unknown primary key field?
    * @return true if the field is an unknown primary key field
    */
   public boolean isUnknownPkField()
   {
      return unknownPkField;
   }

   /**
    * @return true if the key is auto incremented by the database
    */
   public boolean isAutoIncrement()
   {
      return autoIncrement;
   }

   public boolean isRelationTableField()
   {
      return relationTableField;
   }

   public byte getCheckDirtyAfterGet()
   {
      return checkDirtyAfterGet;
   }

   public String getStateFactory()
   {
      return stateFactory;
   }

   /**
    * Compares this JDBCCMPFieldMetaData against the specified object. Returns
    * true if the objects are the same. Two JDBCCMPFieldMetaData are the same
    * if they both have the same name and are defined on the same entity.
    * @param o the reference object with which to compare
    * @return true if this object is the same as the object argument; false
    * otherwise
    */
   public boolean equals(Object o)
   {
      if(o instanceof JDBCCMPFieldMetaData)
      {
         JDBCCMPFieldMetaData cmpField = (JDBCCMPFieldMetaData)o;
         return fieldName.equals(cmpField.fieldName) &&
            entity.equals(cmpField.entity);
      }
      return false;
   }

   /**
    * Returns a hashcode for this JDBCCMPFieldMetaData. The hashcode is computed
    * based on the hashCode of the declaring entity and the hashCode of the
    * fieldName
    * @return a hash code value for this object
    */
   public int hashCode()
   {
      int result = 17;
      result = 37 * result + entity.hashCode();
      result = 37 * result + fieldName.hashCode();
      return result;
   }

   /**
    * Returns a string describing this JDBCCMPFieldMetaData. The exact details
    * of the representation are unspecified and subject to change, but the
    * following may be regarded as typical:
    *
    * "[JDBCCMPFieldMetaData: fieldName=name,  [JDBCEntityMetaData:
    * entityName=UserEJB]]"
    *
    * @return a string representation of the object
    */
   public String toString()
   {
      return "[JDBCCMPFieldMetaData : fieldName=" + fieldName + ", " +
         entity + "]";
   }

   /**
    * Loads the java type of this field from the entity bean class. If this
    * bean uses, cmp 1.x persistence, the field type is loaded from the field
    * in the bean class with the same name as this field. If this bean uses,
    * cmp 2.x persistence, the field type is loaded from the abstract getter
    * or setter method for field in the bean class.
    */
   private Class loadFieldType(JDBCEntityMetaData entity, String fieldName)
      throws DeploymentException
   {
      if(entity.isCMP1x())
      {
         // CMP 1.x field Style
         try
         {
            return entity.getEntityClass().getField(fieldName).getType();
         }
         catch(NoSuchFieldException e)
         {
            throw new DeploymentException("No field named '" + fieldName +
               "' found in entity class." +
               entity.getEntityClass().getName());
         }
      }
      else
      {
         // CMP 2.x abstract accessor style
         String baseName = Character.toUpperCase(fieldName.charAt(0)) +
            fieldName.substring(1);
         String getName = "get" + baseName;
         String setName = "set" + baseName;

         Method[] methods = entity.getEntityClass().getMethods();
         for(int i = 0; i < methods.length; i++)
         {
            // is this a public abstract method?
            if(Modifier.isPublic(methods[i].getModifiers()) &&
               Modifier.isAbstract(methods[i].getModifiers()))
            {

               // get accessor
               if(getName.equals(methods[i].getName()) &&
                  methods[i].getParameterTypes().length == 0 &&
                  !methods[i].getReturnType().equals(Void.TYPE))
               {
                  return methods[i].getReturnType();
               }

               // set accessor
               if(setName.equals(methods[i].getName()) &&
                  methods[i].getParameterTypes().length == 1 &&
                  methods[i].getReturnType().equals(Void.TYPE))
               {

                  return methods[i].getParameterTypes()[0];
               }
            }
         }
         throw new DeploymentException("No abstract accessors for field " +
            "named '" + fieldName + "' found in entity class " +
            entity.getEntityClass().getName());
      }
   }
}
