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package org.biojava.utils.stax;

import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;

/**
 * <p>
 * StAX handler for any element which just contains a string representation of
 * an boolean.
 * </p>
 *
 * <p>
 * This calss collects the string data, and when it is complete, passes it to
 * the (abstract) setBooleanValue method.  Typical use of this class is as
 * a base for a small (often anonymous) class which takes the boolean value
 * and stores it in some variable.
 * </p>
 *
 * @author Matthew Pocock
 * @author Greg Cox
 * @since 1.2
 */

public abstract class BooleanElementHandlerBase extends StAXContentHandlerBase {
  private int level = 0;
  private StringBuffer data = new StringBuffer();

  public void startElement(
    String nsURI,
    String localName,
    String qName,
    Attributes attrs,
    DelegationManager dm
  ) throws SAXException {
    level++;
    if (level > 1) {
      throw new SAXException("Found child element when expecting character data");
    }
  }

  public void endElement(
    String nsURI,
    String localName,
    String qName,
    StAXContentHandler handler
  ) throws SAXException {
    level--;
    if (level == 0) {
      setBooleanValue("true".equals(data.substring(0)));
    }
  }

  public void characters(char[] ch, int start, int end) throws SAXException {
    data.append(ch, start, end);
  }

  /**
   * <p>
   * Override this method to do something useful with the
   * boolean we collect.
   * </p>
   *
   * <p>
   * This method will be invoked by endElement with the fully parsed boolean.
   * </p>
   *
   * @param val  the fully parsed boolean
   * @throws SAXException if for any reason the boolean is not palatable
   */
  protected abstract void setBooleanValue(boolean val) throws SAXException;
}