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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.app.ych.defaultcodecs.CodecHandlerFactory;
+import org.onosproject.yms.app.ydt.YdtExtendedContext;
+import org.onosproject.yms.app.ydt.YdtExtendedListener;
+import org.onosproject.yms.ych.YangProtocolEncodingFormat;
+import org.onosproject.yms.ydt.YdtContext;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Stack;
+
+import static org.onosproject.yms.ych.YangProtocolEncodingFormat.XML;
+
+/**
+ * Represents implementation of codec YANG data object listener.
+ */
+class XmlCodecYdtListener implements YdtExtendedListener {
+
+    /**
+     * Data format type requested from driver.
+     */
+    private YangProtocolEncodingFormat dataFormat;
+
+    /**
+     * Stack for element is maintained for hierarchical references, this is
+     * used during YDT walker and preparation of xml/json.
+     */
+    private final Stack<Element> elementStack = new Stack<>();
+
+    /**
+     * Root name received from driver.
+     */
+    private YdtExtendedContext rootYdtNode;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new codec listener.
+     *
+     * @param format   protocol data format
+     * @param rootNode extended YDT root node
+     */
+    XmlCodecYdtListener(YangProtocolEncodingFormat format,
+                        YdtExtendedContext rootNode) {
+        dataFormat = format;
+        rootYdtNode = rootNode;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the stack for the element.
+     *
+     * @return the stack for the element
+     */
+    Stack<Element> getElementStack() {
+        return elementStack;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void enterYdtNode(YdtExtendedContext ydtContext) {
+
+        if (!Objects.equals(rootYdtNode, ydtContext)) {
+
+            CodecHandlerFactory factory = CodecHandlerFactory.instance();
+            XmlCodecHandler handler =
+                    factory.getCodecHandlerForContext(ydtContext, dataFormat);
+            try {
+                if (dataFormat == XML && handler != null) {
+                    handler.processXmlContext(ydtContext, elementStack);
+                }
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                // TODO
+            }
+
+            if (dataFormat == XML && handler != null) {
+                handler.setXmlValue(ydtContext, elementStack);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void exitYdtNode(YdtExtendedContext ydtExtendedContext) {
+        if (!Objects.equals(rootYdtNode, ydtExtendedContext)) {
+            elementStack.pop();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void enterYdtNode(YdtContext ydtContext) {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void exitYdtNode(YdtContext ydtContext) {
+    }
+
+}