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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * 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 org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.impl.listeners;
+
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel.YangLeafList;
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel.YangList;
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel.utils.Parsable;
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel.utils.YangConstructType;
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.antlrgencode.GeneratedYangParser;
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.exceptions.ParserException;
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.impl.TreeWalkListener;
+
+import static org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel.utils.YangConstructType.MAX_ELEMENT_DATA;
+import static org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.impl.parserutils.ListenerErrorLocation.ENTRY;
+import static org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.impl.parserutils.ListenerErrorMessageConstruction.constructListenerErrorMessage;
+import static org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.impl.parserutils.ListenerErrorType.INVALID_HOLDER;
+import static org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.impl.parserutils.ListenerErrorType.MISSING_HOLDER;
+import static org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.impl.parserutils.ListenerUtil.removeQuotesAndHandleConcat;
+import static org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.impl.parserutils.ListenerValidation.checkStackIsNotEmpty;
+
+/*
+ * Reference: RFC6020 and YANG ANTLR Grammar
+ *
+ * ABNF grammar as per RFC6020
+ *  max-elements-stmt   = max-elements-keyword sep
+ *                        max-value-arg-str stmtend
+ *  max-value-arg-str   = < a string that matches the rule
+ *                          max-value-arg >
+ *
+ * ANTLR grammar rule
+ * maxElementsStatement : MAX_ELEMENTS_KEYWORD maxValue STMTEND;
+ * maxValue             : string;
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Represents listener based call back function corresponding to the
+ * "max-elements" rule defined in ANTLR grammar file for corresponding ABNF rule
+ * in RFC 6020.
+ */
+public final class MaxElementsListener {
+
+    private static final String POSITIVE_INTEGER_PATTERN = "[1-9][0-9]*";
+    private static final String UNBOUNDED_KEYWORD = "unbounded";
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new max-elements listener.
+     */
+    private MaxElementsListener() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * It is called when parser receives an input matching the grammar rule
+     * (max-elements), performs validation and updates the data model tree.
+     *
+     * @param listener listener's object
+     * @param ctx context object of the grammar rule
+     */
+    public static void processMaxElementsEntry(TreeWalkListener listener,
+            GeneratedYangParser.MaxElementsStatementContext ctx) {
+
+        // Check for stack to be non empty.
+        checkStackIsNotEmpty(listener, MISSING_HOLDER, MAX_ELEMENT_DATA, "", ENTRY);
+
+        int maxElementsValue = getValidMaxElementValue(ctx);
+
+        Parsable tmpData = listener.getParsedDataStack().peek();
+        switch (tmpData.getYangConstructType()) {
+            case LEAF_LIST_DATA:
+                YangLeafList leafList = (YangLeafList) tmpData;
+                leafList.setMaxElelements(maxElementsValue);
+                break;
+            case LIST_DATA:
+                YangList yangList = (YangList) tmpData;
+                yangList.setMaxElements(maxElementsValue);
+                break;
+            default:
+                throw new ParserException(constructListenerErrorMessage(INVALID_HOLDER, MAX_ELEMENT_DATA, "", ENTRY));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validates max element value and returns the value from context.
+     *
+     * @param ctx context object of the grammar rule
+     * @return max element's value
+     */
+    private static int getValidMaxElementValue(GeneratedYangParser.MaxElementsStatementContext ctx) {
+
+        int maxElementsValue;
+
+        String value = removeQuotesAndHandleConcat(ctx.maxValue().getText());
+        if (value.equals(UNBOUNDED_KEYWORD)) {
+            maxElementsValue = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+        } else if (value.matches(POSITIVE_INTEGER_PATTERN)) {
+            try {
+                maxElementsValue = Integer.parseInt(value);
+            } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+                ParserException parserException = new ParserException("YANG file error : " +
+                        YangConstructType.getYangConstructType(MAX_ELEMENT_DATA) + " value " + value + " is not " +
+                        "valid.");
+                parserException.setLine(ctx.getStart().getLine());
+                parserException.setCharPosition(ctx.getStart().getCharPositionInLine());
+                throw parserException;
+            }
+        } else {
+            ParserException parserException = new ParserException("YANG file error : " +
+                    YangConstructType.getYangConstructType(MAX_ELEMENT_DATA) + " value " + value + " is not " +
+                    "valid.");
+            parserException.setLine(ctx.getStart().getLine());
+            parserException.setCharPosition(ctx.getStart().getCharPositionInLine());
+            throw parserException;
+        }
+
+        return maxElementsValue;
+    }
+}
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