public Map<String, String> getPositionIdentifiers() {
Map<String, String> idMap = new Hashtable<String, String>();
for (Position p : getPositions()) {
idMap.put(p.getID(), p.getTitle());
}
return idMap;
}
public String checkCyclicPositionReference(Position position, String refID) {
String result = null;
List<String> hierarchy = new ArrayList<String>();
hierarchy.add(position.getTitle());
Position owner = getPosition(refID);
String refName = owner.getTitle(); // title of posn attempting to add to
while (owner != null) {
hierarchy.add(owner.getTitle());
if (owner.equals(position)) {
result = constructCyclicAttributeErrorMessage(hierarchy, "position", refName);
break;
}
owner = owner.getReportsTo();
}
return result;
}
public Position getPositionByLabel(String label) {
for (Position p : positionMap.values()) {
if (p.getTitle().equals(label)) {
return p;
}
}
return null;
}