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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.yms.app.ych.defaultcodecs.xml;
+
+import org.dom4j.Element;
+import org.onosproject.yms.ydt.YdtContext;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Stack;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a multi instance leaf node handler in YCH.
+ */
+public class XmlCodecMultiInstanceLeafHandler extends XmlCodecHandler {
+
+    @Override
+    public void setXmlValue(YdtContext ydtContext,
+                            Stack<Element> elementStack) {
+
+        if (ydtContext.getValueSet().isEmpty()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Iterator<String> iterator = ydtContext.getValueSet().iterator();
+        elementStack.peek().setText(iterator.next());
+        Element topOfStack = elementStack.pop();
+        Element parent = elementStack.peek();
+
+        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+            Element newElement = updateNameAndNamespace(ydtContext, parent);
+            newElement.setText(iterator.next());
+        }
+        elementStack.push(topOfStack);
+    }
+}