diff -r 000000000000 -r 6fceb66e1ad7 org/sonews/daemon/command/StatCommand.java
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/org/sonews/daemon/command/StatCommand.java	Fri Jun 26 16:48:50 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.sql.SQLException;
+import org.sonews.daemon.storage.Article;
+import org.sonews.daemon.NNTPConnection;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of the STAT command.
+ * @author Christian Lins
+ * @since sonews/0.5.0
+ */
+public class StatCommand extends AbstractCommand
+{
+
+  public StatCommand(final NNTPConnection conn)
+  {
+    super(conn);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean hasFinished()
+  {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // TODO: Method has various exit points => Refactor!
+  @Override
+  public void processLine(final String line)
+    throws IOException, SQLException
+  {
+    final String[] command = line.split(" ");
+
+    Article article = null;
+    if(command.length == 1)
+    {
+      article = getCurrentArticle();
+      if(article == null)
+      {
+        printStatus(420, "no current article has been selected");
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+    else if(command[1].matches(NNTPConnection.MESSAGE_ID_PATTERN))
+    {
+      // Message-ID
+      article = Article.getByMessageID(command[1]);
+      if (article == null)
+      {
+        printStatus(430, "no such article found");
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      // Message Number
+      try
+      {
+        long aid = Long.parseLong(command[1]);
+        article = Article.getByArticleNumber(aid, getCurrentGroup());
+      }
+      catch(NumberFormatException ex)
+      {
+        ex.printStackTrace();
+      }
+      catch(SQLException ex)
+      {
+        ex.printStackTrace();
+      }
+      if (article == null)
+      {
+        printStatus(423, "no such article number in this group");
+        return;
+      }
+      setCurrentArticle(article);
+    }
+    
+    printStatus(223, article.getIndexInGroup(getCurrentGroup()) + " " + article.getMessageID()
+          + " article retrieved - request text separately");
+  }
+  
+}