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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.irc;
+
+import java.util.*;
+
+import net.java.sip.communicator.service.protocol.*;
+import net.java.sip.communicator.util.*;
+import java.io.*;
+
+/**
+ * An implementation of <tt>PresenceStatus</tt> that enumerates all states that
+ * an IRC contact can fall into.
+ *
+ * @author Stephane Remy
+ * @author Loic Kempf
+ */
+public class IrcStatusEnum
+    extends PresenceStatus
+{
+    private static final Logger logger
+        = Logger.getLogger(IrcStatusEnum.class);
+
+    /**
+     * Indicates an Offline status or status with 0 connectivity.
+     */
+    public static final IrcStatusEnum OFFLINE
+        = new IrcStatusEnum(
+            0
+            , "Offline"
+            , loadIcon("resources/images/irc/cr16-action-irc_offline.png"));
+
+    /**
+     * The Away status. Indicates that the user has connectivity but might
+     * not be able to immediately act upon initiation of communication.
+     */
+    public static final IrcStatusEnum AWAY
+        = new IrcStatusEnum(
+            40
+            , "Away"
+            , loadIcon("resources/images/gibberish/gibberish-away.png"));
+
+    /**
+     * The Online status. Indicate that the user is able and willing to
+     * communicate.
+     */
+    public static final IrcStatusEnum ONLINE
+        = new IrcStatusEnum(
+            65
+            , "Online"
+            , loadIcon("resources/images/irc/cr16-action-irc_online.png"));
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize the list of supported status states.
+     */
+    private static List supportedStatusSet = new LinkedList();
+    static
+    {
+        supportedStatusSet.add(OFFLINE);
+        supportedStatusSet.add(AWAY);
+        supportedStatusSet.add(ONLINE);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an instance of <tt>IrcPresenceStatus</tt> with the
+     * specified parameters.
+     * @param status the connectivity level of the new presence status instance
+     * @param statusName the name of the presence status.
+     * @param statusIcon the icon associated with this status
+     */
+    private IrcStatusEnum(int status,
+                                String statusName,
+                                byte[] statusIcon)
+    {
+        super(status, statusName, statusIcon);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an iterator over all status instances supported by the irc
+     * provider.
+     * @return an <tt>Iterator</tt> over all status instances supported by the
+     * irc provider.
+     */
+    static Iterator supportedStatusSet()
+    {
+        return supportedStatusSet.iterator();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Loads an image from a given image path.
+     * @param imagePath The path to the image resource.
+     * @return The image extracted from the resource at the specified path.
+     */
+    public static byte[] loadIcon(String imagePath)
+    {
+        InputStream is = IrcStatusEnum.class.getClassLoader()
+            .getResourceAsStream(imagePath);
+
+        byte[] icon = null;
+        try
+        {
+            icon = new byte[is.available()];
+            is.read(icon);
+        }
+        catch (IOException exc)
+        {
+            logger.error("Failed to load icon: " + imagePath, exc);
+        }
+        return icon;
+    }
+
+}
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