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+<?php
+
+/* Icinga DB Web | (c) 2022 Icinga GmbH | GPLv2 */
+
+namespace Icinga\Data;
+
+use ipl\Html\Attributes;
+use ipl\Html\BaseHtmlElement;
+use ipl\Html\FormattedString;
+use ipl\Html\FormElement\ButtonElement;
+use ipl\Html\FormElement\InputElement;
+use ipl\Html\HtmlElement;
+use ipl\Html\Text;
+use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
+use Traversable;
+
+abstract class SimpleSuggestions extends BaseHtmlElement
+{
+    const DEFAULT_LIMIT = 10;
+
+    protected $tag = 'ul';
+
+    /** @var string The given input for search */
+    protected $searchTerm;
+
+    /** @var Traversable Fetched data for given input */
+    protected $data;
+
+    /** @var string Default first suggestion in the suggestion list */
+    protected $default;
+
+    /**
+     * @param $searchTerm string Set the search term
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setSearchTerm($searchTerm)
+    {
+        $this->searchTerm = $searchTerm;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /** Set the fetched data
+     *
+     * @param $data \Generator
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setData($data)
+    {
+        $this->data = $data;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /** Set the default suggestion
+     *
+     * @param $default string
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setDefault($default)
+    {
+        $this->default = $default;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /** The given input for search
+     *
+     * @param $searchTerm string
+     *
+     * @param $exclude array Already added terms to exclude in suggestion list
+     *
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    abstract protected function fetchSuggestions($searchTerm, $exclude);
+
+    protected function assembleDefault()
+    {
+        if ($this->default === null) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $attributes = [
+            'type'          => 'button',
+            'tabindex'      => -1,
+            'data-label'    => $this->default,
+            'data-type'     => 'value',
+            'value'         => $this->default,
+            'class'         => 'value'
+        ];
+
+        $button = new ButtonElement(null, $attributes);
+        $button->addHtml(FormattedString::create(
+            t('Add %s'),
+            new HtmlElement('em', null, Text::create($this->default))
+        ));
+
+
+        $this->prependHtml(new HtmlElement('li', Attributes::create(['class' => 'default']), $button));
+    }
+
+    protected function assemble()
+    {
+        if ($this->data === null) {
+            $data = [];
+        } else {
+            $data = $this->data;
+        }
+
+        foreach ($data as $term => $meta) {
+            if (is_int($term)) {
+                $term = $meta;
+            }
+
+            $attributes = [
+                'type'          => 'button',
+                'tabindex'      => -1,
+                'data-search'   => $term
+            ];
+
+            $attributes['value'] = $meta;
+            $attributes['data-label'] = $meta;
+
+            $this->addHtml(new HtmlElement('li', null, new InputElement(null, $attributes)));
+        }
+
+        $showDefault = true;
+        if ($this->searchTerm && $this->count()) {
+            // The default option is not shown if the user's input result in an exact match
+            $input = $this->getFirst('li')->getFirst('input');
+            $showDefault = $input->getValue() != $this->searchTerm
+                && $input->getAttributes()->get('data-search')->getValue() != $this->searchTerm;
+        }
+
+        if ($showDefault) {
+            $this->assembleDefault();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Load suggestions as requested by the client
+     *
+     * @param ServerRequestInterface $request
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function forRequest(ServerRequestInterface $request)
+    {
+        if ($request->getMethod() !== 'POST') {
+            return $this;
+        }
+
+        $requestData = json_decode($request->getBody()->read(8192), true);
+        if (empty($requestData)) {
+            return $this;
+        }
+
+        $search = $requestData['term']['search'];
+        $label = $requestData['term']['label'];
+        $exclude = $requestData['exclude'];
+
+        $this->setSearchTerm($search);
+
+        $this->setData($this->fetchSuggestions($label, $exclude));
+
+        if ($search) {
+            $this->setDefault($search);
+        }
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    public function renderUnwrapped()
+    {
+        $this->ensureAssembled();
+
+        if ($this->isEmpty()) {
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        return parent::renderUnwrapped();
+    }
+}