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+++ b/src/main/java/de/mpiwg/itgroup/diva/utils/JSONEntity.java	Wed Oct 29 14:00:28 2014 +0000
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+package de.mpiwg.itgroup.diva.utils;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.mpi.openmind.repository.bo.Attribute;
+import org.mpi.openmind.repository.bo.Entity;
+
+public class JSONEntity {
+
+	public Long id;
+	public Map<String, String> attrs = new HashMap<String, String>();
+	
+	public JSONEntity(JSONObject json, Long id) throws JSONException{
+		this.id = id;
+		for(String attName : JSONObject.getNames(json)){
+			if(!StringUtils.equals(attName, "id")){
+				this.attrs.put(attName, json.getString(attName));	
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public Entity updateEntity(Entity ent){
+		
+		for(String attName : this.attrs.keySet()){
+			
+			if(ent.getAttributeByName(attName) == null){
+				//TODO content type ???
+				ent.addAttribute(new Attribute(attName, "text", attrs.get(attName)));
+			}else{
+				ent.getAttributeByName(attName).setValue(attrs.get(attName));
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return ent;
+	}
+	
+
+	public static List<JSONEntity> json2EntityList(JSONObject json) throws JSONException{
+		
+		List<JSONEntity> rs = new ArrayList<JSONEntity>();
+		
+		String[] idList = JSONObject.getNames(json);
+		
+		for(String idString : idList){
+			Long id = Long.parseLong(idString);
+			rs.add(new JSONEntity(json.getJSONObject(idString), id));
+		}
+		
+		return rs;
+		
+	}
+	
+}