diff -r 000000000000 -r 1090e2141798 org/sonews/daemon/command/AbstractCommand.java
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+++ b/org/sonews/daemon/command/AbstractCommand.java	Wed Jul 01 10:48:22 2009 +0200
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+/*
+ *   SONEWS News Server
+ *   see AUTHORS for the list of contributors
+ *
+ *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.sonews.daemon.command;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import org.sonews.daemon.NNTPConnection;
+import org.sonews.daemon.storage.Article;
+import org.sonews.daemon.storage.Group;
+
+/**
+ * Base class for all command handling classes.
+ * @author Christian Lins
+ * @author Dennis Schwerdel
+ * @since n3tpd/0.1
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractCommand
+{
+
+  protected NNTPConnection connection;
+
+  public AbstractCommand(final NNTPConnection connection)
+  {
+    this.connection = connection;
+  }
+
+  protected Article getCurrentArticle()
+  {
+    return connection.getCurrentArticle();
+  }
+
+  protected Group getCurrentGroup()
+  {
+    return connection.getCurrentGroup();
+  }
+
+  protected void setCurrentArticle(final Article current)
+  {
+    connection.setCurrentArticle(current);
+  }
+
+  protected void setCurrentGroup(final Group current)
+  {
+    connection.setCurrentGroup(current);
+  }
+  
+  public abstract void processLine(String line)
+    throws IOException, SQLException;
+  
+  protected void println(final String line)
+    throws IOException
+  {
+    connection.println(line);
+  }
+  
+  protected void println(final String line, final Charset charset)
+    throws IOException
+  {
+    connection.println(line, charset);
+  }
+  
+  protected void printStatus(final int status, final String msg)
+    throws IOException
+  {
+    println(status + " " + msg);
+  }
+  
+  public abstract boolean hasFinished();
+
+}