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+package WebGUI::AssetHelper;
+
+=head1 LEGAL
+
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+  WebGUI is Copyright 2001-2009 Plain Black Corporation.
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+  Please read the legal notices (docs/legal.txt) and the license
+  (docs/license.txt) that came with this distribution before using
+  this software.
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+  http://www.plainblack.com                     info@plainblack.com
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Package WebGUI::AssetHelper
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+Base class for all Asset Helpers, which provide editing and administrative controls for Assets inside
+the Admin Console.
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+Despite using OO style methods, there are no AssetHelper objects.  This is simply to provide inheritance.
+
+=head1 METHODS
+
+These methods are available from this class:
+
+=cut
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head2 process ( $class, $asset )
+
+This is a class method.  Process is the default method called by the Asset Helper content handler.
+It returns a hashref, that is converted by the content handler to JSON to be passed back to the
+Admin Console.
+
+=head3 $class
+
+The name of the class this method was called as.
+
+=head3 $asset
+
+A WebGUI::Asset object.
+
+=head3 Hashref Payload
+
+Sending all hash keys at the same time may cause unpredictable results.
+
+=head4 error
+
+An error message to the user.  Should always be internationalized.
+
+=head4 message
+
+An informational message to the user.  Should always be internationalized.
+
+=head4 open_tab
+
+A URL. Will open a tab in the Admin Console.  Anything returned by the URL will be displayed in the tab.
+
+=head4 redirect
+
+A URL.  Puts new content into the View tab from the requested URL.
+
+=head4 scriptFile
+
+Loads the requested JavaScript file, referenced by URL.
+
+=head4 scriptMethod
+
+Calls this method.
+
+=head4 scriptArgs
+
+An array reference of arguments that, when used with C<scriptMethod>, will be passed to the javascript method.
+
+=cut
+
+sub process {
+    my ($class, $asset) = @_;
+
+    ##This method can do work, or it can delegate out to other methods.
+
+    return {
+        error           => q{User, we have a problem.},
+        message         => q{A friendly informational method},
+        open_tab        => '?op=assetHelper;className=WebGUI::AssetHelper;method=editBranch',
+        redirect        => '/home',
+        scriptFile      => q{URL},
+        scriptMethod    => q{methodName},
+        scriptArgs      => [ 'arg1', { another => 'argument' } ],
+    };
+}
+
+1;