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+/*
+ * SIP Communicator, the OpenSource Java VoIP and Instant Messaging client.
+ *
+ * Distributable under LGPL license.
+ * See terms of license at gnu.org.
+ */
+package net.java.sip.communicator.impl.protocol.gibberish;
+
+import java.util.*;
+
+import net.java.sip.communicator.service.protocol.*;
+import net.java.sip.communicator.service.protocol.event.*;
+import net.java.sip.communicator.util.*;
+
+/**
+ * Implements typing notifications for the Gibberish protocol. The operation
+ * set would simply mirror all outgoing typing notifications and make them
+ * appear as incoming events generated by the contact that we are currently
+ * writing a message to.
+ *
+ * @author Emil Ivov
+ */
+public class OperationSetTypingNotificationsGibberishImpl
+    implements OperationSetTypingNotifications
+{
+    private static final Logger logger =
+        Logger.getLogger(OperationSetTypingNotificationsGibberishImpl.class);
+
+    /**
+     * All currently registered TN listeners.
+     */
+    private List typingNotificationsListeners = new ArrayList();
+
+    /**
+     * The provider that created us.
+     */
+    private ProtocolProviderServiceGibberishImpl gibberishProvider = null;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new instance of this operation set and keeps the parent
+     * provider as a reference.
+     *
+     * @param provider a ref to the <tt>ProtocolProviderServiceImpl</tt>
+     * that created us and that we'll use for retrieving the underlying aim
+     * connection.
+     */
+    OperationSetTypingNotificationsGibberishImpl(
+        ProtocolProviderServiceGibberishImpl provider)
+    {
+        this.gibberishProvider = provider;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds <tt>listener</tt> to the list of listeners registered for receiving
+     * <tt>TypingNotificationEvent</tt>s
+     *
+     * @param listener the <tt>TypingNotificationsListener</tt> listener that
+     * we'd like to add to the list of listeneres registered for receiving
+     * typing notificaions.
+     */
+    public void addTypingNotificationsListener(
+                                        TypingNotificationsListener listener)
+    {
+        synchronized(typingNotificationsListeners)
+        {
+            typingNotificationsListeners.add(listener);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Removes <tt>listener</tt> from the list of listeners registered for
+     * receiving <tt>TypingNotificationEvent</tt>s
+     *
+     * @param listener the <tt>TypingNotificationsListener</tt> listener that
+     * we'd like to remove
+     */
+    public void removeTypingNotificationsListener(
+                                        TypingNotificationsListener listener)
+    {
+        synchronized(typingNotificationsListeners)
+        {
+            typingNotificationsListeners.remove(listener);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Delivers a <tt>TypingNotificationEvent</tt> to all registered listeners.
+     * @param sourceContact the contact who has sent the notification.
+     * @param evtCode the code of the event to deliver.
+     */
+    private void fireTypingNotificationsEvent(Contact sourceContact
+                                              ,int evtCode)
+    {
+        logger.debug("Dispatching a TypingNotif. event to "
+            + typingNotificationsListeners.size()+" listeners. Contact "
+            + sourceContact.getAddress() + " has now a typing status of "
+            + evtCode);
+
+        TypingNotificationEvent evt = new TypingNotificationEvent(
+            sourceContact, evtCode);
+
+        Iterator listeners = null;
+        synchronized (typingNotificationsListeners)
+        {
+            listeners = new ArrayList(typingNotificationsListeners).iterator();
+        }
+
+        while (listeners.hasNext())
+        {
+            TypingNotificationsListener listener
+                = (TypingNotificationsListener) listeners.next();
+
+              listener.typingNotificationReceifed(evt);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sends a notification to <tt>notifiedContatct</tt> that we have entered
+     * <tt>typingState</tt>.
+     *
+     * @param notifiedContact the <tt>Contact</tt> to notify
+     * @param typingState the typing state that we have entered.
+     *
+     * @throws java.lang.IllegalStateException if the underlying stack is
+     * not registered and initialized.
+     * @throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if <tt>notifiedContact</tt> is
+     * not an instance belonging to the underlying implementation.
+     */
+    public void sendTypingNotification(Contact notifiedContact, int typingState)
+        throws IllegalStateException, IllegalArgumentException
+    {
+        this.fireTypingNotificationsEvent(notifiedContact, typingState);
+    }
+}