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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.YangLeafRef;
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel.YangType;
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel.utils.Parsable;
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel.utils.builtindatatype.YangDataTypes;
+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.REQUIRE_INSTANCE_DATA;
+import static org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.impl.parserutils.ListenerErrorMessageConstruction.constructListenerErrorMessage;
+import static org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.impl.parserutils.ListenerUtil.getValidBooleanValue;
+import static org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.impl.parserutils.ListenerValidation.checkStackIsNotEmpty;
+import static org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.impl.parserutils.ListenerErrorType.MISSING_HOLDER;
+import static org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.impl.parserutils.ListenerErrorLocation.ENTRY;
+import static org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.impl.parserutils.ListenerErrorType.INVALID_HOLDER;
+
+/*
+ * Reference: RFC6020 and YANG ANTLR Grammar
+ *
+ * ABNF grammar as per RFC6020
+ * require-instance-stmt = require-instance-keyword sep
+ *                            require-instance-arg-str stmtend
+ *
+ * require-instance-arg-str = < a string that matches the rule
+ *                            require-instance-arg >
+ *
+ * require-instance-arg = true-keyword / false-keyword
+ *
+ * ANTLR grammar rule
+ *
+ * requireInstanceStatement : REQUIRE_INSTANCE_KEYWORD requireInstance STMTEND;
+ *
+ * requireInstance : string;
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Represents listener based call back function corresponding to the
+ * "require-instance" rule defined in ANTLR grammar file for corresponding ABNF rule
+ * in RFC 6020.
+ */
+public final class RequireInstanceListener {
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new require instance listener.
+     */
+    private RequireInstanceListener() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * It is called when parser receives an input matching the grammar rule
+     * (require-instance), performs validation and updates the data model tree.
+     *
+     * @param listener listener's object
+     * @param ctx context object of the grammar rule
+     */
+    public static void processRequireInstanceEntry(TreeWalkListener listener,
+            GeneratedYangParser.RequireInstanceStatementContext ctx) {
+
+        // Check for stack to be non empty.
+        checkStackIsNotEmpty(listener, MISSING_HOLDER, REQUIRE_INSTANCE_DATA, "", ENTRY);
+
+        Parsable curData = listener.getParsedDataStack().peek();
+
+        // Gets the status of require instance
+        boolean isRequireInstance = getValidBooleanValue(ctx.requireInstance().getText(), REQUIRE_INSTANCE_DATA, ctx);
+
+        // Checks the holder of require-instance as leafref or type, else throws error.
+        if (curData instanceof YangLeafRef) {
+
+            // Sets the require-instance status to leafref.
+            ((YangLeafRef) curData).setRequireInstance(isRequireInstance);
+        } else if (curData instanceof YangType) {
+
+            // Checks type should be instance-identifier, else throw error.
+            if (((YangType) curData).getDataType() == YangDataTypes.INSTANCE_IDENTIFIER) {
+
+                // Sets the require-instance status to instance-identifier type.
+                ((YangType) curData).setDataTypeExtendedInfo(isRequireInstance);
+            } else {
+                throw new ParserException(constructListenerErrorMessage(INVALID_HOLDER, REQUIRE_INSTANCE_DATA,
+                        ctx.getText(), ENTRY));
+            }
+        } else {
+            throw new ParserException(constructListenerErrorMessage(INVALID_HOLDER, REQUIRE_INSTANCE_DATA,
+                    ctx.getText(), ENTRY));
+        }
+    }
+}