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-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2007 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.transaction.interceptor;
-
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.LinkedList;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
-import org.springframework.metadata.Attributes;
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;
-import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
-
-/**
- * Implementation of the {@link TransactionAttributeSource} interface that reads
- * metadata via Spring's {@link org.springframework.metadata.Attributes} abstraction.
- *
- * <p>Typically used for reading in source-level attributes via Commons Attributes.
- *
- * @author Rod Johnson
- * @author Juergen Hoeller
- * @see org.springframework.metadata.Attributes
- * @see org.springframework.metadata.commons.CommonsAttributes
- */
-public class AttributesTransactionAttributeSource extends AbstractFallbackTransactionAttributeSource
-		implements InitializingBean {
-	
-	/**
-	 * Underlying Attributes implementation that we're using.
-	 */
-	private Attributes attributes;
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Create a new AttributesTransactionAttributeSource.
-	 * @see #setAttributes
-	 */
-	public AttributesTransactionAttributeSource() {
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Create a new AttributesTransactionAttributeSource.
-	 * @param attributes the Attributes implementation to use
-	 * @see org.springframework.metadata.commons.CommonsAttributes
-	 */
-	public AttributesTransactionAttributeSource(Attributes attributes) {
-		Assert.notNull(attributes, "Attributes must not be null");
-		this.attributes = attributes;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Set the Attributes implementation to use.
-	 * @see org.springframework.metadata.commons.CommonsAttributes
-	 */
-	public void setAttributes(Attributes attributes) {
-		this.attributes = attributes;
-	}
-
-	public void afterPropertiesSet() {
-		Assert.notNull(this.attributes, "Property 'attributes' is required");
-	}
-
-
-	protected TransactionAttribute findTransactionAttribute(Method method) {
-		Assert.notNull(this.attributes, "Property 'attributes' is required");
-		return findTransactionAttribute(this.attributes.getAttributes(method));
-	}
-
-	protected TransactionAttribute findTransactionAttribute(Class clazz) {
-		Assert.notNull(this.attributes, "Property 'attributes' is required");
-		return findTransactionAttribute(this.attributes.getAttributes(clazz));
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Return the transaction attribute, given this set of attributes
-	 * attached to a method or class.
-	 * <p>Protected rather than private as subclasses may want to customize
-	 * how this is done: for example, returning a TransactionAttribute
-	 * affected by the values of other attributes.
-	 * <p>This implementation takes into account RollbackRuleAttributes,
-	 * if the TransactionAttribute is a RuleBasedTransactionAttribute.
-	 * @param atts attributes attached to a method or class (may be <code>null</code>)
-	 * @return TransactionAttribute the corresponding transaction attribute,
-	 * or <code>null</code> if none was found
-	 */
-	protected TransactionAttribute findTransactionAttribute(Collection atts) {
-		if (atts == null) {
-			return null;
-		}
-
-		TransactionAttribute txAttribute = null;
-
-		// Check whether there is a transaction attribute.
-		for (Iterator it = atts.iterator(); it.hasNext() && txAttribute == null; ) {
-			Object att = it.next();
-			if (att instanceof TransactionAttribute) {
-				txAttribute = (TransactionAttribute) att;
-			}
-		}
-
-		// Check if we have a RuleBasedTransactionAttribute.
-		if (txAttribute instanceof RuleBasedTransactionAttribute) {
-			RuleBasedTransactionAttribute rbta = (RuleBasedTransactionAttribute) txAttribute;
-			// We really want value: bit of a hack.
-			List rollbackRules = new LinkedList();
-			for (Iterator it = atts.iterator(); it.hasNext(); ) {
-				Object att = it.next();
-				if (att instanceof RollbackRuleAttribute) {
-					rollbackRules.add(att);
-				}
-			}
-			// Repeatedly setting this isn't elegant, but it works.
-			rbta.setRollbackRules(rollbackRules);
-		}
-
-		return txAttribute;
-	}
-
-
-	public boolean equals(Object other) {
-		if (this == other) {
-			return true;
-		}
-		if (!(other instanceof AttributesTransactionAttributeSource)) {
-			return false;
-		}
-		AttributesTransactionAttributeSource otherTas = (AttributesTransactionAttributeSource) other;
-		return ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(this.attributes, otherTas.attributes);
-	}
-
-	public int hashCode() {
-		return AttributesTransactionAttributeSource.class.hashCode();
-	}
-
-}