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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 Chris Gilbert. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library 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
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ *
+ */
+package com.arsdigita.forum.ui;
+
+import com.arsdigita.bebop.Container;
+import com.arsdigita.bebop.PageState;
+import com.arsdigita.bebop.parameters.BigDecimalParameter;
+import com.arsdigita.categorization.Category;
+import com.arsdigita.forum.ForumContext;
+import com.arsdigita.forum.Post;
+import com.arsdigita.forum.Forum;
+import com.arsdigita.forum.ThreadSubscription;
+import com.arsdigita.kernel.Kernel;
+import com.arsdigita.kernel.Party;
+import com.arsdigita.kernel.User;
+import com.arsdigita.kernel.ui.ACSObjectSelectionModel;
+import com.arsdigita.web.RedirectSignal;
+import com.arsdigita.web.URL;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+/**
+ * @see com.arsdigita.forum.Post.java 
+ * @see com.arsdigita.forum.EditPostForm.java 
+ */
+
+class RootPostForm extends PostForm {
+	public static final String versionId =
+		"$Id: RootPostForm.java,v 1.3 2006/07/13 10:19:28 cgyg9330 Exp $"
+			+ "$Author: cgyg9330 $"
+			+ "$DateTime: 2004/08/17 23:26:27 $";
+
+	private static final Logger s_log = Logger.getLogger(RootPostForm.class);
+
+	public RootPostForm(ACSObjectSelectionModel m_post) {
+		super("newPostForm", m_post);
+		setupComponent();
+
+	}
+	public RootPostForm() {
+		super("newPostForm");
+		setupComponent();
+	}
+
+	
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see com.arsdigita.forum.ui.PostForm#getTextStep(com.arsdigita.kernel.ui.ACSObjectSelectionModel)
+		 */
+	protected PostTextStep getTextStep(ACSObjectSelectionModel post) {
+		return new RootPostTextStep(post, this);
+	}
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see com.arsdigita.forum.ui.PostForm#getPost(com.arsdigita.bebop.PageState)
+	 */
+	protected Post getPost(PageState state) {
+		Post post = getSelectedPost(state);
+		if (post == null) {
+
+			post = Post.create(ForumContext.getContext(state).getForum());
+			Party party = Kernel.getContext().getParty();
+			if (party == null) {
+				// anonymous posts MUST be allowed if we have reached here
+				party = Kernel.getPublicUser();
+			}
+			post.setFrom(party);
+		}
+		
+		return post;
+
+	}
+
+}