/**
* INTERNAL METHOD<br>
* Builds the email message from a template and a bunch of variables (passed in and otherwise)
*
* @param messageTemplate
* @param eval
* @param group
* @param replacementValues a map of String -> String representing $keys in the template to
* replace with text values
* @return the processed message template with replacements and logic handled
*/
public String makeEmailMessage(
String messageTemplate,
EvalEvaluation eval,
EvalGroup group,
Map<String, String> replacementValues) {
// replace the text of the template with real values
if (replacementValues == null) {
replacementValues = new HashMap<String, String>();
}
replacementValues.put("EvalTitle", eval.getTitle());
// use a date which is related to the current users locale
DateFormat df =
DateFormat.getDateInstance(
DateFormat.MEDIUM, commonLogic.getUserLocale(commonLogic.getCurrentUserId()));
replacementValues.put("EvalStartDate", df.format(eval.getStartDate()));
String dueDate = "--------";
if (eval.getDueDate() != null) {
dueDate = df.format(eval.getDueDate());
}
replacementValues.put("EvalDueDate", dueDate);
String viewDate = null;
if (eval.getViewDate() != null) {
viewDate = df.format(eval.getDueDate());
} else {
viewDate = dueDate;
}
replacementValues.put("EvalResultsDate", viewDate);
replacementValues.put("EvalGroupTitle", group.title);
// ensure that the if-then variables are set to false if they are unset
if (!replacementValues.containsKey("ShowAddItemsText")) {
replacementValues.put("ShowAddItemsText", "false");
}
if (!replacementValues.containsKey("ShowOptInText")) {
replacementValues.put("ShowOptInText", "false");
}
if (!replacementValues.containsKey("ShowOptOutText")) {
replacementValues.put("ShowOptOutText", "false");
}
// generate URLs to the evaluation
String evalEntityURL = null;
if (group != null && group.evalGroupId != null) {
// get the URL directly to the evaluation with group context included
Long assignGroupId = evaluationService.getAssignGroupId(eval.getId(), group.evalGroupId);
EvalAssignGroup assignGroup = evaluationService.getAssignGroupById(assignGroupId);
if (assignGroup != null) {
evalEntityURL = commonLogic.getEntityURL(assignGroup);
}
}
if (evalEntityURL == null) {
// just get the URL to the evaluation without group context
evalEntityURL = commonLogic.getEntityURL(eval);
}
// all URLs are identical because the user permissions determine access uniquely
replacementValues.put("URLtoTakeEval", evalEntityURL);
replacementValues.put("URLtoAddItems", evalEntityURL);
replacementValues.put("URLtoOptIn", evalEntityURL);
replacementValues.put("URLtoOptOut", evalEntityURL);
replacementValues.put("URLtoViewResults", evalEntityURL);
replacementValues.put("URLtoSystem", commonLogic.getServerUrl());
return TextTemplateLogicUtils.processTextTemplate(messageTemplate, replacementValues);
}
