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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.YangAppDataStructure;
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel.YangCompilerAnnotation;
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel.YangDataStructure;
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel.utils.Parsable;
+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.YangDataStructure.getType;
+import static org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel.utils.YangConstructType.APP_DATA_STRUCTURE;
+import static org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.impl.parserutils.ListenerErrorLocation.ENTRY;
+import static org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.impl.parserutils.ListenerErrorLocation.EXIT;
+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_CURRENT_HOLDER;
+import static org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.impl.parserutils.ListenerErrorType.MISSING_HOLDER;
+import static org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.impl.parserutils.ListenerUtil.getValidPrefix;
+import static org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.impl.parserutils.ListenerValidation.checkStackIsNotEmpty;
+
+/*
+ * Reference: RFC6020 and YANG ANTLR Grammar
+ *
+ * ABNF grammar as per RFC6020
+ *   app-data-structure-stmt = prefix:app-data-structure-keyword string
+ *                         (";" /
+ *                          "{"
+ *                              [data-structure-key-stmt stmtsep]
+ *                          "}")
+ *
+ * ANTLR grammar rule
+ *   appDataStructureStatement : APP_DATA_STRUCTURE appDataStructure (STMTEND | (LEFT_CURLY_BRACE
+ *       dataStructureKeyStatement? RIGHT_CURLY_BRACE));
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Represents listener based call back function corresponding to the "app-data-structure"
+ * rule defined in ANTLR grammar file for corresponding ABNF rule in RFC 6020.
+ */
+public final class AppDataStructureListener {
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new app-data-structure listener.
+     */
+    private AppDataStructureListener() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Performs validation and updates the data model tree. It is called when parser receives an
+     * input matching the grammar rule(app-data-structure).
+     *
+     * @param listener listener's object
+     * @param ctx      context object of the grammar rule
+     */
+    public static void processAppDataStructureEntry(TreeWalkListener listener,
+                                                    GeneratedYangParser.AppDataStructureStatementContext ctx) {
+
+        checkStackIsNotEmpty(listener, MISSING_HOLDER, APP_DATA_STRUCTURE, "", ENTRY);
+
+        String prefix = getValidPrefix(ctx.APP_DATA_STRUCTURE().getText(), APP_DATA_STRUCTURE, ctx);
+        YangDataStructure dataStructure = getType(ctx.appDataStructure().getText());
+
+        YangAppDataStructure appDataStructure = new YangAppDataStructure();
+        appDataStructure.setPrefix(prefix);
+        appDataStructure.setDataStructure(dataStructure);
+
+        Parsable curData = listener.getParsedDataStack().peek();
+        if (curData instanceof YangCompilerAnnotation) {
+            YangCompilerAnnotation compilerAnnotation = ((YangCompilerAnnotation) curData);
+            compilerAnnotation.setYangAppDataStructure(appDataStructure);
+            listener.getParsedDataStack().push(appDataStructure);
+        } else {
+            throw new ParserException(constructListenerErrorMessage(INVALID_HOLDER, APP_DATA_STRUCTURE,
+                    "", ENTRY));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Performs validation and updates the data model tree. It is called when parser
+     * exits from grammar rule (app-data-structure).
+     *
+     * @param listener listener's object
+     * @param ctx      context object of the grammar rule
+     */
+    public static void processAppDataStructureExit(TreeWalkListener listener,
+                                                   GeneratedYangParser.AppDataStructureStatementContext ctx) {
+
+        checkStackIsNotEmpty(listener, MISSING_HOLDER, APP_DATA_STRUCTURE, "", EXIT);
+        if (!(listener.getParsedDataStack().peek() instanceof YangAppDataStructure)) {
+            throw new ParserException(constructListenerErrorMessage(MISSING_CURRENT_HOLDER, APP_DATA_STRUCTURE,
+                    "", EXIT));
+        }
+        listener.getParsedDataStack().pop();
+    }
+}