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} else {

milestones[0] = "Milestone 3-1";

milestones[1] = "Milestone 3-2";

milestones[2] = "Milestone 3-3";

}

return milestones;

}

private PersistenceManager getPersistenceManager() {

return PMF.getPersistenceManager();

}

// returns the current user from Google Accounts

private User getUser() {

UserService userService = UserServiceFactory.getUserService();

return userService.getCurrentUser();

}

// determines if the user is currently logged in. If not, throws an
exception.
private void checkLoggedIn() throws NotLoggedInException {
if (getUser() == null)
throw new NotLoggedInException("User not logged in.
Please login with your Google Accounts credentials.");

}

// utility method to translate client objects to server-side objects
private Vector<TimeEntryEntity> toEntities(Vector<TimeEntryData>
entries) {
// create a new vector of entities to return
Vector<TimeEntryEntity> entities = new
Vector<TimeEntryEntity>();

for (int i=0;i<entries.size();i++) {

TimeEntryData ted = (TimeEntryData) entries.get(i);

TimeEntryEntity tee = new TimeEntryEntity();

tee.setBillable(ted.getBillable());

tee.setDate(ted.getDate());

tee.setHours(ted.getHours());

tee.setMilestone(ted.getMilestone());

tee.setProject(ted.getProject());

tee.setEmail(getUser().getEmail());