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+++ b/sat_frontends/quick_frontend/quick_contact_management.py	Mon Apr 02 19:44:50 2018 +0200
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+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# helper class for making a SAT frontend
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Jérôme Poisson (goffi@goffi.org)
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from sat.core.i18n import _
+from sat.core.log import getLogger
+log = getLogger(__name__)
+from sat_frontends.tools.jid  import JID
+
+
+class QuickContactManagement(object):
+    """This helper class manage the contacts and ease the use of nicknames and shortcuts"""
+    ### FIXME: is SàT a better place for all this stuff ??? ###
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.__contactlist = {}
+
+    def __contains__(self, entity):
+        return entity.bare in self.__contactlist
+
+    def clear(self):
+        """Clear all the contact list"""
+        self.__contactlist.clear()
+
+    def add(self, entity):
+        """Add contact to the list, update resources"""
+        if not self.__contactlist.has_key(entity.bare):
+            self.__contactlist[entity.bare] = {'resources':[]}
+        if not entity.resource:
+            return
+        if entity.resource in self.__contactlist[entity.bare]['resources']:
+            self.__contactlist[entity.bare]['resources'].remove(entity.resource)
+        self.__contactlist[entity.bare]['resources'].append(entity.resource)
+
+    def getContFromGroup(self, group):
+        """Return all contacts which are in given group"""
+        result = []
+        for contact in self.__contactlist:
+            if self.__contactlist[contact].has_key('groups'):
+                if group in self.__contactlist[contact]['groups']:
+                    result.append(JID(contact))
+        return result
+
+    def getAttr(self, entity, name):
+        """Return a specific attribute of contact, or all attributes
+        @param entity: jid of the contact
+        @param name: name of the attribute
+        @return: asked attribute"""
+        if self.__contactlist.has_key(entity.bare):
+            if name == 'status':  #FIXME: for the moment, we only use the first status
+                if self.__contactlist[entity.bare]['statuses']:
+                    return self.__contactlist[entity.bare]['statuses'].values()[0]
+            if self.__contactlist[entity.bare].has_key(name):
+                return self.__contactlist[entity.bare][name]
+        else:
+            log.debug(_('Trying to get attribute for an unknown contact'))
+        return None
+
+    def isConnected(self, entity):
+        """Tell if the contact is online"""
+        return self.__contactlist.has_key(entity.bare)
+
+    def remove(self, entity):
+        """remove resource. If no more resource is online or is no resource is specified, contact is deleted"""
+        try:
+            if entity.resource:
+                self.__contactlist[entity.bare]['resources'].remove(entity.resource)
+            if not entity.resource or not self.__contactlist[entity.bare]['resources']:
+                #no more resource available: the contact seems really disconnected
+                del self.__contactlist[entity.bare]
+        except KeyError:
+            log.error(_('INTERNAL ERROR: Key log.error'))
+            raise
+
+    def update(self, entity, key, value):
+        """Update attribute of contact
+        @param entity: jid of the contact
+        @param key: name of the attribute
+        @param value: value of the attribute
+        """
+        if self.__contactlist.has_key(entity.bare):
+            self.__contactlist[entity.bare][key] = value
+        else:
+            log.debug (_('Trying to update an unknown contact: %s') % entity.bare)
+
+    def get_full(self, entity):
+        return entity.bare+'/'+self.__contactlist[entity.bare]['resources'][-1]
+