/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2004 Actuate Corporation.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 *  Actuate Corporation  - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/

package org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements;

import java.util.List;

import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.DesignElementHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.ScalarParameterHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.elements.ReportDesignConstants;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.validators.CascadingParameterTypeValidator;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.validators.DataSetNameRequiredValidator;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.core.Module;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.interfaces.IScalarParameterModel;

/**
 * This class represents a scalar (single-value) parameter. Scalar parameters
 * can have selection lists. If the user enters no value for a parameter, then
 * the default value is used. If there is no default value, then BIRT checks if
 * nulls are allowed. If so, the value of the parameter is null. If nulls are
 * not allowed, then the user must enter a value.
 * 
 * 
 */

public class ScalarParameter extends AbstractScalarParameter
		implements
			IScalarParameterModel
{

	/**
	 * The default constructor.
	 */

	public ScalarParameter( )
	{
	}

	/**
	 * Constructs the scalar parameter with a required and unique name.
	 * 
	 * @param theName
	 *            the required name
	 */

	public ScalarParameter( String theName )
	{
		super( theName );
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * 
	 * @see
	 * org.eclipse.birt.report.model.core.DesignElement#apply(org.eclipse.birt
	 * .report.model.elements.ElementVisitor)
	 */

	public void apply( ElementVisitor visitor )
	{
		visitor.visitScalarParameter( this );
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * 
	 * @see org.eclipse.birt.report.model.core.DesignElement#getElementName()
	 */

	public String getElementName( )
	{
		return ReportDesignConstants.SCALAR_PARAMETER_ELEMENT;
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * 
	 * @see
	 * org.eclipse.birt.report.model.core.DesignElement#getHandle(org.eclipse
	 * .birt.report.model.elements.ReportDesign)
	 */

	public DesignElementHandle getHandle( Module module )
	{
		return handle( module );
	}

	/**
	 * Returns an API handle for this element.
	 * 
	 * @param module
	 *            the report design
	 * @return an API handle for this element
	 */

	public ScalarParameterHandle handle( Module module )
	{
		if ( handle == null )
		{
			handle = new ScalarParameterHandle( module, this );
		}
		return (ScalarParameterHandle) handle;
	}

	/**
	 * Performs semantic check for the scalar parameter. That is, if the dynamic
	 * list tag exists and this tag has attributes for value or label column, it
	 * must have a property for the data set name.
	 * 
	 * @see org.eclipse.birt.report.model.core.DesignElement#validate(module)
	 */

	public List validate( Module module )
	{
		List list = super.validate( module );

		list.addAll( DataSetNameRequiredValidator.getInstance( ).validate(
				module, this ) );
		list.addAll( CascadingParameterTypeValidator.getInstance( ).validate(
				module, this ) );

		return list;
	}

}