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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 LibreCCM Foundation.
+ *
+ * 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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+ * MA 02110-1301  USA
+ */
+package com.arsdigita.portation.cmd;
+
+import com.arsdigita.portation.Format;
+import com.arsdigita.portation.conversion.NgCollection;
+import com.arsdigita.portation.modules.core.categorization.CategorizationMarshaller;
+import com.arsdigita.portation.modules.core.categorization.CategoryMarshaller;
+import com.arsdigita.portation.modules.core.security.GroupMarshaller;
+import com.arsdigita.portation.modules.core.security.GroupMembershipMarshaller;
+import com.arsdigita.portation.modules.core.security.PermissionMarshaller;
+import com.arsdigita.portation.modules.core.security.RoleMarshaller;
+import com.arsdigita.portation.modules.core.security.RoleMembershipMarshaller;
+import com.arsdigita.portation.modules.core.security.UserMarshaller;
+import com.arsdigita.portation.modules.core.workflow.TaskAssignmentMarshaller;
+import com.arsdigita.portation.modules.core.workflow.UserTaskMarshaller;
+import com.arsdigita.portation.modules.core.workflow.WorkflowMarshaller;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+/**
+ * Helper to implement the specifics for the exportation. Makes source code
+ * in the cli-tool shorter and more readable.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:tosmers@uni-bremen.de>Tobias Osmers</a>
+ * @version created the 25.07.2016
+ */
+class ExportHelper {
+
+    private static String pathName = "/home/tosmers/Downloads/test-exports";
+
+    static void exportCategories() {
+        CategoryMarshaller categoryMarshaller = new
+                CategoryMarshaller();
+        categoryMarshaller.prepare(Format.XML, pathName,
+                "categories", true);
+        categoryMarshaller.exportList(new ArrayList<>(
+                NgCollection.categories.values()));
+    }
+
+    static void exportCategorizations() {
+        CategorizationMarshaller categorizationMarshaller = new
+                CategorizationMarshaller();
+        categorizationMarshaller.prepare(Format.XML, pathName,
+                "categorizations", true);
+        categorizationMarshaller.exportList(new ArrayList<>(
+                NgCollection.categorizations.values()));
+    }
+
+    static void exportUsers() {
+        UserMarshaller userMarshaller = new UserMarshaller();
+        userMarshaller.prepare(Format.XML, pathName, "users", true);
+        userMarshaller.exportList(new ArrayList<>(
+                NgCollection.users.values()));
+    }
+
+    static void exportGroups() {
+        GroupMarshaller groupMarshaller = new GroupMarshaller();
+        groupMarshaller.prepare(Format.XML, pathName, "groups",
+                true);
+        groupMarshaller.exportList(new ArrayList<>(
+                NgCollection.groups.values()));
+    }
+
+    static void exportGroupMemberships() {
+        GroupMembershipMarshaller groupMembershipMarshaller = new
+                GroupMembershipMarshaller();
+        groupMembershipMarshaller.prepare(Format.XML, pathName,
+                "groupMemberships", true);
+        groupMembershipMarshaller.exportList(new ArrayList<>(
+                NgCollection.groupMemberships.values()));
+    }
+
+    static void exportRoles() {
+        RoleMarshaller roleMarshaller = new RoleMarshaller();
+        roleMarshaller.prepare(Format.XML, pathName, "roles", true);
+        roleMarshaller.exportList(new ArrayList<>(NgCollection
+                .roles.values()));
+    }
+
+    static void exportRoleMemberships() {
+        RoleMembershipMarshaller roleMembershipMarshaller = new
+                RoleMembershipMarshaller();
+        roleMembershipMarshaller.prepare(Format.XML, pathName,
+                "roleMemberships", true);
+        roleMembershipMarshaller.exportList(new ArrayList<>
+                (NgCollection.roleMemberships.values()));
+    }
+
+    static void exportWorkflows() {
+        WorkflowMarshaller workflowMarshaller = new
+                WorkflowMarshaller();
+        workflowMarshaller.prepare(Format.XML, pathName,
+                "workflows", true);
+        workflowMarshaller.exportList(new ArrayList<>
+                (NgCollection.workflows.values()));
+    }
+
+    static void exportUserTasks() {
+        UserTaskMarshaller userTaskMarshaller = new
+                UserTaskMarshaller();
+        userTaskMarshaller.prepare(Format.XML, pathName,
+                "userTasks", true);
+        userTaskMarshaller.exportList(new ArrayList<>
+                (NgCollection.userTasks.values()));
+    }
+
+    static void exportTaskAssignments() {
+        TaskAssignmentMarshaller taskAssignmentMarshaller = new
+                TaskAssignmentMarshaller();
+        taskAssignmentMarshaller.prepare(Format.XML, pathName,
+                "taskAssignments", true);
+        taskAssignmentMarshaller.exportList(new ArrayList<>
+                (NgCollection.taskAssignments.values()));
+    }
+
+    static void exportPermissions() {
+        PermissionMarshaller permissionMarshaller = new
+                PermissionMarshaller();
+        permissionMarshaller.prepare(Format.XML, pathName,
+                "permissions", true);
+        permissionMarshaller.exportList(new ArrayList<>
+                (NgCollection.permissions.values()));
+    }
+}