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package org.apache.tapestry.util;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 *  Used to "uniquify" names within a given context.  A base name
 *  is passed in, and the return value is the base name, or the base name
 *  extended with a suffix to make it unique.
 *
 *  @author Howard Lewis Ship
 *  @version $Id: IdAllocator.java 243791 2004-02-19 17:38:13Z hlship $
 *  @since 3.0
 *
 **/

public class IdAllocator
{
    private Map _generatorMap = new HashMap();

    private static class NameGenerator
    {
        private String _baseId;
        private int _index;

        NameGenerator(String baseId)
        {
            _baseId = baseId + "$";
        }

        public String nextId()
        {
            return _baseId + _index++;
        }
    }

    /**
     *  Allocates the id.  Repeated calls for the same name will return
     *  "name", "name_0", "name_1", etc.
     * 
     **/

    public String allocateId(String name)
    {
        NameGenerator g = (NameGenerator) _generatorMap.get(name);
        String result = null;

        if (g == null)
        {
            g = new NameGenerator(name);
            result = name;
        }
        else
            result = g.nextId();

        // Handle the degenerate case, where a base name of the form "foo$0" has been
        // requested.  Skip over any duplicates thus formed.
        
        while (_generatorMap.containsKey(result))
            result = g.nextId();

        _generatorMap.put(result, g);

        return result;
    }
    
    /**
     *  Clears the allocator, resetting it to freshly allocated state.
     * 
     **/
    
    public void clear()
    {
        _generatorMap.clear();
    }
}
