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 * ExtendedMultiViewProcessor.java
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package com.zphinx.spine.examples.multiview;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

import com.zphinx.spine.Universal;
import com.zphinx.spine.core.AbstractBuilder;
import com.zphinx.spine.core.viewprocessors.MultiViewProcessor;
import com.zphinx.spine.exceptions.SpineException;
import com.zphinx.spine.vo.dto.DataTransferObject;
import com.zphinx.spine.vo.dto.SpineBean;

/**
 * ExtendedMultiViewProcessor is a simple example of extending a multiview processor
 * 
 * @author David Ladapo
 * @version $1.0
 *          <p>
 *          
 *          Copyright &copy;Zphinx Software Solutions
 *          </p>
 */
public class ExtendedMultiViewProcessor extends MultiViewProcessor {

    /**
     * The <code>Log</code> instance for this application.
     */

    private static Logger logger = Universal.getLogger(ExtendedMultiViewProcessor.class.getName());

    /**
     * Public Constructor
     */
    public ExtendedMultiViewProcessor() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * Creates a DataTransferObject
     * 
     * @param delegateName The name identifier of the Delegate sub class
     * @param pageIndex The int which is associated with the SpineBean type to create
     * @return A DataTransferObject
     */
    public DataTransferObject createDTO(String delegateName, int pageIndex) {
        SpineBean sb = null;
        try{
            AbstractBuilder builder = (AbstractBuilder) this.findBuilder(delegateName);
            sb = builder.createBeanFromIndex(pageIndex);
        }
        catch (SpineException e){
            logger.debug("Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }
        return sb;
    }

}