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package org.apache.beehive.controls.runtime.bean;

import java.beans.DefaultPersistenceDelegate;
import java.beans.Encoder;
import java.beans.Expression;
import java.beans.XMLEncoder;

/**
 * The ContextPersistenceDelegate class supports the XML persistance of ControlBeanContext
 * instances by implementing the <code>java.beans.PersistenceDelegate</b> API, and overriding 
 * the default persistance algorithm based upon the runtime structure for Controls.
 * <p>
 */
public class ContextPersistenceDelegate extends DefaultPersistenceDelegate
{
    /**
     * PersistenceDelegate.instantiate()
     */
    protected Expression instantiate(Object oldInstance, Encoder out)
    {
        //
        // Instead of directly creating a context instance, simply ask the containing
        // bean to return the associated context.
        //
        return new Expression(((XMLEncoder)out).getOwner(), "getControlBeanContext", null);
    }

    /**
     * PersistenceDelegate.initialize()
     */
    protected void initialize(Class<?> type, Object oldInstance, Object newInstance, Encoder out)
    {
        //super.initialize(type, oldInstance, newInstance, out);
    }

    /**
     * PersistenceDelegate.writeObject()
     */
    public void writeObject(Object oldInstance, Encoder out)
    {
        super.writeObject(oldInstance, out);
    }
}