Date: 04/11/07 (Code WTF)    Keywords: no keywords

diamondPlaceEntity.setPlace(extractPlace(mainNode, diamondPlaceEntity.getPlace()));

	private PlaceEntity extractPlace(Node mainNode, PlaceEntity ent) throws Exception {

		NodeList properties = mainNode.getChildNodes();
		for (int i = 0; i < properties.getLength(); i++) {
			Node node = properties.item(i);
			String nodeId = node.getAttributes().getNamedItem("id").getNodeValue();
			String value = node.getTextContent();

			if (nodeId.equals("geoUnitId")) {
				ent.setGeoUnitId(NumberUtils.toLong(value));
			} else if (nodeId.equals("geoUnitTitle")) {
				ent.setGeoUnitName(value);
			} else if (nodeId.equals("about")) {
				ent.setFieldAbout(value);
			} else if (nodeId.equals("startDate")) {
				ent.setStartDate(core.Utils.parseDate(value));
			} else if (nodeId.equals("stopDate")) {
				ent.setStopDate(core.Utils.parseDate(value));
			}

		}
		return ent;
	}

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