/**
* Gets the category map.
*
* @return Mapping of subcategories by name of rootcategory
*/
public Map<String, List<Category>> getCategoryMap() {
Map<String, List<Category>> toReturn = new HashMap<String, List<Category>>();
for (Category s : this.categories.findAll()) {
long currCat = s.getId();
LinkedList<Category> putList = getChildren(currCat);
toReturn.put(s.getName(), putList);
}
return toReturn;
}
/**
* processes categories into hierarchical CategoryFirstTierObject.
*
* @return List of Hierarchical objects
*/
public LinkedList<CategoryFirstTierObject> getProcessedCategories() {
LinkedList<CategoryFirstTierObject> toReturn = new LinkedList<CategoryFirstTierObject>();
Iterable<Category> foundCategories = categories.findAll();
for (Category s : foundCategories) {
if (s.getRoot()) {
LinkedList<Category> subcats = new LinkedList<Category>();
for (Category t : foundCategories) {
if (t.getPredecessor() == s.getId()) {
subcats.add(t);
}
}
CategoryFirstTierObject toAdd = new CategoryFirstTierObject(s, subcats);
toReturn.add(toAdd);
}
}
return toReturn;
}