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+/*
+ *  Copyright (C) 2010  Emmanuel Gil Peyrot <linkmauve@linkmauve.fr>
+ *
+ *  This file is part of PSĜS, a PubSub server written in JavaScript.
+ *
+ *  PSĜS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ *  published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ *  License.
+ *
+ *  PSĜS 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ *  along with PSĜS.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+require('./iso8601');
+var errors = require('./errors');
+var config = require('./configuration');
+var service_configuration = config.service_configuration;
+var Configuration = config.Configuration;
+var makeRandomId = require('./util').makeRandomId;
+
+exports.Item = function() {
+	this.content = null;
+	this.date = new Date();
+	return this;
+};
+
+exports.Node = function(params) {
+	this.items = {};
+	if (config.enabled('subscribe'))
+		this.subscribers = {};
+	this.owner = ['lm@slam'];
+	if (config.enabled('publisher-affiliation'))
+		this.publisher = [];
+	if (config.enabled('publish-only-affiliation'))
+		this.publishOnly = [];
+	if (config.enabled('member-affiliation'))
+		this.member = [];
+	if (config.enabled('outcast-affiliation'))
+		this.outcast = [];
+	if (config.enabled('meta-data'))
+		this.metadata = new Configuration(service_configuration.node_metadata, params);
+	if (config.enabled('config-node'))
+		this.configuration = new Configuration(service_configuration.node_config, params);
+	if (config.enabled('subscription-options'))
+		this.subsConfig = new Configuration(service_configuration.subscribe_options, params);
+	return this;
+};
+
+exports.Node.prototype = {
+	setItem: function(name, content) {
+		if (typeof content == 'undefined') {
+			if (this.items[name]) {
+				delete this.items[name];
+				return errors.success;
+			}
+			return 42; //XXX
+		}
+
+		if (!this.items[name])
+			this.items[name] = new exports.Item();
+
+		this.items[name].content = content;
+
+		return errors.success;
+	},
+
+	setSubscriber: function(jid, type, subid, params) {
+		if (type == 'none') {
+			delete this.subscribers[jid];
+			this.metadata['pubsub#num_subscribers']--;
+			return errors.success;
+		}
+
+		if (!subid)
+			subid = makeRandomId();
+
+		this.subscribers[jid] = {
+			type: type,
+			subid: subid,
+			options: new Configuration(service_configuration.subscribe_options, params),
+		}
+
+		this.metadata['pubsub#num_subscribers']++;
+
+		return subid;
+	},
+};