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<?php
require_once( 'CategoryTravelerBase.php' );

/**
* Utilities based on category traveler
*
* @package MediaWiki
* @author Zeng Ji(zengji@gmail.com)
*/
class CategoryUtil extends CategoryTravelerBase {
	
	// "cNameList" is a string that could be used in IN clause of a SQL query
	// An example would be: ("Categroy Name 1", "Category Name 2"...)
	// "cNameList" could be get by function "getCNameList".
	// "$categoryRoot" is the name of category that you want to the travel start from.
	// If define "categoryRoot" in function,
	// "cNameList" would be name list including category root itself and all its children categories.
	// If not define "categoryRoot" in function,
	// "cNameList" would be name list including all categories.
	var $cNameList;
	
	function __construct() {
		parent::__construct();
	}
	
	function getCNameList($categoryRoot=false) {
		parent::buildCategoryTree($categoryRoot);
		parent::travelCategoryTree();
		return $this->cNameList;
	}
	
	// Implementation of abstract function
	function travelStart() {
		$this->cNameList = "(";
	}
	
	function travelEnd() {
		$this->cNameList = substr($this->cNameList, 0, strlen($this->cNameList)-1);
		$this->cNameList .= ")";
	}
	
	function travelBeforeFirst($level, $categoryNode) {
	}
	
	function travelAfterLast($level, $categoryNode) {
	}
	
	function travel($level, $categoryNode) {
		$categoryname = $categoryNode->getCategoryName();
		$this->cNameList .= "\"" . $categoryname . "\",";
	}
}
?>