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/*
 * Checksum.java
 * Copyright (C) 2010 Kimmo Tuukkanen
 * 
 * This file is part of Java Marine API.
 * 
 * 
 * Java Marine API is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the
 * Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
 * option) any later version.
 * 
 * Java Marine API is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with Java Marine API. If not, see .
 */
package net.sf.marineapi.nmea.sentence;


/**
 * Provides Sentence checksum calculation and utilities.
 * 
 * @author Kimmo Tuukkanen
 */
public final class Checksum {

	private Checksum() {
	}

	/**
	 * Append or replace existing checksum in specified NMEA sentence.
	 * 
	 * @param nmea Sentence in String representation
	 * @return The specified String with checksum added.
	 */
	public static String add(String nmea) {
		String str = nmea.substring(0, index(nmea));
		String sum = calculate(str);
		return String.format("%s%c%s", str, Sentence.CHECKSUM_DELIMITER, sum);
	}

	/**
	 * Calculates checksum for given NMEA sentence, i.e. XOR of each
	 * character between '$' and '*' characters (exclusive).
	 * 
	 * @param nmea Sentence String with or without checksum.
	 * @return Hexadecimal checksum
	 */
	public static String calculate(String nmea) {
		return xor(nmea.substring(1, index(nmea)));
	}

	/**
	 * Calculates XOR checksum of given String. Resulting hex value is returned
	 * as a String in two digit format, padded with a leading zero if necessary.
	 * 
	 * @param str String to calculate checksum for.
	 * @return Hexadecimal checksum
	 */
	public static String xor(String str) {
		int sum = 0;
		for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++) {
			sum ^= (byte) str.charAt(i);
		}
		return String.format("%02X", sum);
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the index of checksum separator char in specified NMEA sentence.
	 * If separator is not found, returns the String length.
	 * 
	 * @param nmea Sentence String
	 * @return Index of checksum separator or String length.
	 */
	public static int index(String nmea) {
		return nmea.indexOf(Sentence.CHECKSUM_DELIMITER) > 0 ?
			nmea.indexOf(Sentence.CHECKSUM_DELIMITER) : nmea.length();
	}
}