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+// --- BEGIN COPYRIGHT BLOCK ---
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+// with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+// 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+//
+// (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
+// All rights reserved.
+// --- END COPYRIGHT BLOCK ---
+package com.netscape.certsrv.base;
+
+
+/**
+ * AttributeNameHelper. This Helper class used to decompose 
+ * dot-separated attribute name into prefix and suffix.
+ *
+ * @version $Revision$, $Date$
+ */
+public class AttributeNameHelper {
+    // Public members
+    private static final char SEPARATOR = '.';
+	
+    // Private data members
+    private String prefix = null;
+    private String suffix = null;
+	
+    /**
+     * Default constructor for the class. Name is of the form
+     * "proofOfPosession.type".
+     *
+     * @param name the attribute name.
+     */
+    public AttributeNameHelper(String name) {
+        int i = name.indexOf(SEPARATOR);
+
+        if (i == (-1)) {
+            prefix = name;
+        } else {
+            prefix = name.substring(0, i);
+            suffix = name.substring(i + 1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the prefix of the name.
+     *
+     * @return attribute prefix
+     */
+    public String getPrefix() {
+        return (prefix);
+    }
+	
+    /**
+     * Return the suffix of the name.
+     *
+     * @return attribute suffix
+     */
+    public String getSuffix() {
+        return (suffix);
+    }
+}
+