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/*
 * IzPack - Copyright 2001-2008 Julien Ponge, All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * http://izpack.org/
 * http://izpack.codehaus.org/
 *
 * Copyright 2005 Marc Eppelmann
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package com.izforge.izpack.util.xml;

import net.n3.nanoxml.XMLElement;


/**
 * A Collection of convenient XML-Helper Methods and Constants
 *
 * @author marc.eppelmann@gmx.de
 * @version $Revision: 1.1 $
 */
public class XMLHelper
{
    //~ Static fields/initializers *********************************************************

    /**
     * YES   = "YES"
     */
    public final static String YES = "YES";

    /**
     * NO = "NO"
     */
    public final static String NO = "NO";

    /**
     * TRUE = "TRUE"
     */
    public final static String TRUE = "TRUE";

    /**
     * FALSE = "FALSE"
     */
    public final static String FALSE = "FALSE";

    /**
     * ON = "ON"
     */
    public final static String ON = "ON";

    /**
     * OFF = "OFF"
     */
    public final static String OFF = "OFF";

    /**
     * _1 = "1"
     */
    public final static String _1 = "1";

    /**
     * _0 = "0"
     */
    public final static String _0 = "0";

    //~ Constructors ***********************************************************************

    /**
     * Creates a new XMLHelper object.
     */
    public XMLHelper()
    {
        super();
    }

    //~ Methods ****************************************************************************

    /**
     * Determines if the named attribute in true. True is represented by any of the
     * following strings and is not case sensitive. 

     * 
     * 

     * 
     * yes
     * 
     * 
     * 1
     * 
     * 
     * true
     * 
     * 
     * on
     * 
     * 
     * 
     * 
 Every other string, including the empty string as well as the non-existence of
     * the attribute will cuase false to be returned.
     *
     * @param element the XMLElement to search for the attribute.
     * @param name    the name of the attribute to test.
     * @return true if the attribute value equals one of the pre-defined
     *         strings, false otherwise.
     */

    /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
    public static boolean attributeIsTrue(XMLElement element, String name)
    {
        String value = element.getAttribute(name, "").toUpperCase();

        if (value.equals(YES))
        {
            return (true);
        }
        else if (value.equals(TRUE))
        {
            return (true);
        }
        else if (value.equals(ON))
        {
            return (true);
        }
        else if (value.equals(_1))
        {
            return (true);
        }

        return (false);
    }

    /**
     * The Opposit of AttributeIsTrue()
     *
     * @param element the element to inspect
     * @param name    the attribute to inspect
     * @return returns true if name attribute of the given element contains "false"
     */
    public static boolean attributeIsFalse(XMLElement element, String name)
    {
        String value = element.getAttribute(name, "").toUpperCase();

        if (value.equals("NO"))
        {
            return (true);
        }
        else if (value.equals("FALSE"))
        {
            return (true);
        }
        else if (value.equals("OFF"))
        {
            return (true);
        }
        else if (value.equals("0"))
        {
            return (true);
        }

        return (false);
    }
}