package ca.corefacility.bioinformatics.irida.web.assembler.resource;

import java.util.Date;

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlTransient;

import org.springframework.hateoas.ResourceSupport;

import ca.corefacility.bioinformatics.irida.model.Timestamped;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;

/**
 * A generic container for all resources.
 * 
 * @author Franklin Bristow <franklin.bristow@phac-aspc.gc.ca>
 */
public abstract class Resource<Type extends Timestamped> extends ResourceSupport {

	/**
	 * the resource exposed by this container (not serialized).
	 */
	@JsonIgnore
	protected Type resource;

	/**
	 * Constructor for a resource container.
	 * 
	 * @param resource
	 *            the resource to be serialized.
	 */
	public Resource(Type resource) {
		this.resource = resource;
	}

	/**
	 * Get the concrete instance of the resource.
	 * 
	 * @return the resource.
	 */
	@JsonIgnore
	@XmlTransient
	// *REALLY* ignore this property, **PLEASE**.
	public Type getResource() {
		return resource;
	}

	/**
	 * Set the resource to be serialized.
	 * 
	 * @param resource
	 *            the resource to be serialized.
	 */
	public void setResource(Type resource) {
		this.resource = resource;
	}

	/**
	 * All serialized objects should include the creation date of the resource.
	 * 
	 * @return the creation date of the resource.
	 */
	@XmlElement
	public Date getDateCreated() {
		return resource.getTimestamp();
	}

	/**
	 * All serialized objects should also include their identifier.
	 * 
	 * @return the identifier of the resource.
	 */
	@XmlElement
	public abstract String getIdentifier();
}

@@ -283,27 +283,26 @@
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-Timestamped
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@@ -514,19 +514,18 @@
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-Timestamped
+IridaThing
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Remove reference to Timestamped (removed from API).