diff -r 000000000000 -r f907866f0e4b trunk/com/so/news/command/Command.java
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+++ b/trunk/com/so/news/command/Command.java	Tue Jan 20 10:21:03 2009 +0100
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+/*
+ *   StarOffice 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 com.so.news.command;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+import com.so.news.NNTPConnection;
+import com.so.news.storage.Article;
+import com.so.news.storage.Group;
+
+/**
+ * Base class for all command handling classes.
+ * @author Christian Lins
+ * @author Dennis Schwerdel
+ */
+public abstract class Command
+{
+  protected NNTPConnection connection;
+
+  public Command(NNTPConnection connection)
+  {
+    this.connection = connection;
+  }
+
+  protected static String NEWLINE = NNTPConnection.NEWLINE;
+
+  protected List<String> readText() 
+    throws IOException
+  {
+    return connection.readText();
+  }
+
+  protected String readTextLine() throws IOException
+  {
+    return connection.readTextLine();
+  }
+
+  protected void printStatus(int status, String text) throws IOException
+  {
+    connection.printStatus(status, text);
+  }
+
+  protected void printTextLine(CharSequence text) throws IOException
+  {
+    connection.printTextLine(text);
+  }
+
+  protected void printTextPart(CharSequence text) throws IOException
+  {
+    connection.printTextPart(text);
+  }
+  
+  protected void printText(CharSequence text) throws IOException
+  {
+    connection.printText(text);
+  }
+
+  protected void println(CharSequence text) throws IOException
+  {
+    connection.println(text);
+  }
+
+  protected void flush() throws IOException
+  {
+    connection.flush();
+  }
+
+  protected Article getCurrentArticle()
+  {
+    return connection.getCurrentArticle();
+  }
+
+  protected Group getCurrentGroup()
+  {
+    return connection.getCurrentGroup();
+  }
+
+  protected void setCurrentArticle(Article current)
+  {
+    connection.setCurrentArticle(current);
+  }
+
+  protected void setCurrentGroup(Group current)
+  {
+    connection.setCurrentGroup(current);
+  }
+
+  public abstract boolean process(String[] command)
+    throws Exception;
+}