--- /dev/null	Fri Jul 20 11:47:51 2012
+++ new/make/tools/src/build/tools/cldrconverter/AbstractLDMLHandler.java	Fri Jul 20 11:47:48 2012
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package build.tools.cldrconverter;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXParseException;
+import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler;
+
+/**
+ * This is an abstract class for general LDML parsing purpose.
+ * LDMLParseHandler, SupplementLDMLParseHandler, and NumberingLDMLParseHandler
+ * are the subclasses of this class.
+ */
+
+abstract class AbstractLDMLHandler<V> extends DefaultHandler {
+    static final Map<String, String> DAY_OF_WEEK_MAP = new HashMap<>();
+    static {
+        DAY_OF_WEEK_MAP.put("sun", "1");
+        DAY_OF_WEEK_MAP.put("mon", "2");
+        DAY_OF_WEEK_MAP.put("tue", "3");
+        DAY_OF_WEEK_MAP.put("wed", "4");
+        DAY_OF_WEEK_MAP.put("thu", "5");
+        DAY_OF_WEEK_MAP.put("fri", "6");
+        DAY_OF_WEEK_MAP.put("sat", "7");
+    }
+    // Collected data in JRE locale data format.
+    private Map<String, V> data = new HashMap<>();
+
+    // The root Container
+    Container currentContainer = new Container("$ROOT", null);
+
+    AbstractLDMLHandler() {
+    }
+
+    Map<String, V> getData() {
+        return data;
+    }
+
+    V put(String key, V value) {
+        return data.put(key, value);
+    }
+
+    V get(String key) {
+        return data.get(key);
+    }
+
+    Set<String> keySet() {
+        return data.keySet();
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * It returns true if the data should be ignored based on the user
+     * defined acceptance level, which is listed with draft attribute in
+     * the cldr locale xml files.
+     * When the alt attribute is present, the data is always ignored since
+     * we always use the primary data
+     */
+    boolean isIgnored(Attributes attributes) {
+        if (attributes.getValue("alt") != null) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        String draftValue = attributes.getValue("draft");
+        if (draftValue != null) {
+            return CLDRConverter.draftType > CLDRConverter.DRAFT_MAP.get(draftValue);
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    void pushContainer(String qName, Attributes attributes) {
+        if (isIgnored(attributes) || currentContainer instanceof IgnoredContainer) {
+            currentContainer = new IgnoredContainer(qName, currentContainer);
+        } else {
+            currentContainer = new Container(qName, currentContainer);
+        }
+    }
+
+    void pushIgnoredContainer(String qName) {
+        currentContainer = new IgnoredContainer(qName, currentContainer);
+    }
+
+    void pushKeyContainer(String qName, Attributes attributes, String key) {
+        if (!pushIfIgnored(qName, attributes)) {
+            currentContainer = new KeyContainer(qName, currentContainer, key);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * start an element that defines a string entry, with the value provided by the element's text.
+     */
+    void pushStringEntry(String qName, Attributes attributes, String key) {
+        if (!pushIfIgnored(qName, attributes)) {
+            currentContainer = new StringEntry(qName, currentContainer, key);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * start an element that defines a string entry, with the value provided by an attribute value.
+     */
+    void pushStringEntry(String qName, Attributes attributes, String key, String value) {
+        if (!pushIfIgnored(qName, attributes)) {
+            currentContainer = new StringEntry(qName, currentContainer, key, value);
+        }
+    }
+
+    void pushStringArrayEntry(String qName, Attributes attributes, String key, int length) {
+        if (!pushIfIgnored(qName, attributes)) {
+            currentContainer = new StringArrayEntry(qName, currentContainer, key, length);
+        }
+    }
+
+    void pushStringArrayElement(String qName, Attributes attributes, int index) {
+        if (!pushIfIgnored(qName, attributes)) {
+            currentContainer = new StringArrayElement(qName, currentContainer, index);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private boolean pushIfIgnored(String qName, Attributes attributes) {
+        if (isIgnored(attributes) || currentContainer instanceof IgnoredContainer) {
+            pushIgnoredContainer(qName);
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Obtains the key from the innermost containing container that provides one.
+     */
+    String getContainerKey() {
+        Container current = currentContainer;
+        while (current != null) {
+            if (current instanceof KeyContainer) {
+                return ((KeyContainer) current).getKey();
+            }
+            current = current.getParent();
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void characters(char[] ch, int start, int length) throws SAXException {
+        currentContainer.addCharacters(ch, start, length);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings(value = "CallToThreadDumpStack")
+    @Override
+    public void warning(SAXParseException e) throws SAXException {
+        e.printStackTrace();
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings(value = "CallToThreadDumpStack")
+    @Override
+    public void error(SAXParseException e) throws SAXException {
+        e.printStackTrace();
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings(value = "CallToThreadDumpStack")
+    @Override
+    public void fatalError(SAXParseException e) throws SAXException {
+        e.printStackTrace();
+        super.fatalError(e);
+    }
+}