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package org.onosproject.ui.impl;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
import org.onosproject.ui.UiMessageHandler;

import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Base message handler for tabular views.
 */
public abstract class AbstractTabularViewMessageHandler extends UiMessageHandler {

    /**
     * Creates a new tabular view message handler.
     *
     * @param messageTypes set of message types
     */
    protected AbstractTabularViewMessageHandler(Set<String> messageTypes) {
        super(messageTypes);
    }

    /**
     * Produces JSON from the specified array of rows.
     *
     * @param rows table rows
     * @return JSON array
     */
    protected ArrayNode generateArrayNode(TableRow[] rows) {
        ArrayNode array = mapper.createArrayNode();
        for (TableRow r : rows) {
            array.add(r.toJsonNode());
        }
        return array;
    }

    // TODO: possibly convert this into just a toolbox class
    // TODO: extract and generalize other table constructs
}