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  package org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.validation;
  
  import org.kuali.rice.core.framework.persistence.jdbc.sql.SQLUtils;
  import org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.exception.AttributeValidationException;
  import org.kuali.rice.krad.util.DataTypeUtil;
  
  import java.util.List;
  
  /**
   * A class that implements the required accessors and legacy processing for an attribute value reader. This provides a convenient base class
   * from which other attribute value readers can be derived. 
   * 
   * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org) 
   */
  public abstract class BaseAttributeValueReader implements AttributeValueReader {
  
  	protected String entryName;
  	protected String attributeName;
  	
  	@Override
  	public List<String> getCleanSearchableValues(String attributeKey) throws AttributeValidationException {
  		Class<?> attributeType = getType(attributeKey);		
  		Object rawValue = getValue(attributeKey);
  		
  		String attributeInValue = rawValue != null ? rawValue.toString() : "";
  		String attributeDataType = DataTypeUtil.determineDataType(attributeType);
  		return SQLUtils.getCleanedSearchableValues(attributeInValue, attributeDataType);
  	}
  
  	/**
  	 * @return the currentName
  	 */
  	@Override
  	public String getAttributeName() {
  		return this.attributeName;
  	}
  
  	/**
  	 * @param currentName the currentName to set
  	 */
  	@Override
  	public void setAttributeName(String currentName) {
  		this.attributeName = currentName;
  	}
  
  	/**
  	 * @return the entryName
  	 */
  	@Override
  	public String getEntryName() {
  		return this.entryName;
  	}
  
      @Override
      public abstract AttributeValueReader clone();
  
  }