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+/************************************************************************
+ *
+ *  MathmlConverter.java
+ *
+ *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *  License version 2.1, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ *  This library 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
+ *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ *  MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ *  Copyright: 2002-2004 by Henrik Just
+ *
+ *  All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ *  Version 0.3.3i (2004-12-28)
+ *
+ */
+
+package writer2latex.latex.content;
+
+import java.util.Hashtable;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
+
+import writer2latex.office.*;
+import writer2latex.util.Misc;
+import writer2latex.util.Config;
+import writer2latex.latex.LaTeXDocumentPortion;
+import writer2latex.latex.ConverterPalette;
+import writer2latex.latex.ConverterHelper;
+import writer2latex.latex.style.I18n;
+
+/**
+ *  <p>This class converts mathml nodes to LaTeX.
+ *  (Actually it only converts the starmath annotation currently, if available).</p>
+ */
+public final class MathmlConverter extends ConverterHelper {
+
+    private StarMathConverter smc;
+
+    private boolean bContainsFormulas = false;
+
+    public MathmlConverter(Config config, ConverterPalette palette) {
+        super(config,palette);
+        smc = new StarMathConverter(palette.getI18n(),config);
+    }
+
+    public void appendDeclarations(LaTeXDocumentPortion pack, LaTeXDocumentPortion decl) {
+        if (bContainsFormulas) {
+            if (config.useOoomath()) {
+                pack.append("\\usepackage{ooomath}").nl();
+            }
+            else {
+                smc.appendDeclarations(pack,decl);
+            }
+            // Until reading settings for formulas is implemented, we need this
+            decl.append("\\everymath{\\displaystyle}").nl();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String convert(Node settings, Node formula) {
+        // TODO: Use settings to determine display mode/text mode
+        // formula must be a math:math node
+        // First try to find a StarMath annotation
+        Node semantics = Misc.getChildByTagName(formula,XMLString.MATH_SEMANTICS);
+        if (semantics!=null) {
+            Node annotation = Misc.getChildByTagName(semantics,XMLString.MATH_ANNOTATION);
+            if (annotation!=null) {
+                String sStarMath = "";
+                if (annotation.hasChildNodes()) {
+                    NodeList anl = annotation.getChildNodes();
+                    int nLen = anl.getLength();
+                    for (int i=0; i<nLen; i++) {
+                        if (anl.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
+                            sStarMath+=anl.item(i).getNodeValue();
+                        }
+                    }
+                    bContainsFormulas = true;
+                    return smc.convert(sStarMath);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        // No annotation was found. In this case we should convert the mathml,
+        // but currently we ignore the problem.
+        // TODO: Investigate if Vasil I. Yaroshevich's MathML->LaTeX
+        // XSL transformation could be used here. (Potential problem:
+        // OOo uses MathML 1.01, not MathML 2)
+        return "\\text{Warning: No StarMath annotation}";
+    }
+
+}
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