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package org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.schema.syntaxCheckers;


import java.text.ParseException;

import org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.constants.SchemaConstants;
import org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.schema.SyntaxChecker;
import org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.schema.parsers.MatchingRuleDescriptionSchemaParser;
import org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.util.StringTools;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;


/**
 * A SyntaxChecker which verifies that a value follows the
 * matching rule descripton syntax according to RFC 4512, par 4.2.3:
 * 
 *  <pre>
 * MatchingRuleDescription = LPAREN WSP
 *    numericoid                 ; object identifier
 *    [ SP "NAME" SP qdescrs ]   ; short names (descriptors)
 *    [ SP "DESC" SP qdstring ]  ; description
 *    [ SP "OBSOLETE" ]          ; not active
 *    SP "SYNTAX" SP numericoid  ; assertion syntax
 *    extensions WSP RPAREN      ; extensions
 * 
 * extensions = *( SP xstring SP qdstrings )
 * xstring = "X" HYPHEN 1*( ALPHA / HYPHEN / USCORE ) 
 * 
 * </pre>
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
 */
public class MatchingRuleDescriptionSyntaxChecker extends SyntaxChecker
{
    /** A logger for this class */
    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger( MatchingRuleDescriptionSyntaxChecker.class );

    /** The serialVersionUID */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    /** The schema parser used to parse the MatchingRuleDescription Syntax */
    private MatchingRuleDescriptionSchemaParser schemaParser = new MatchingRuleDescriptionSchemaParser();


    /**
     * 
     * Creates a new instance of MatchingRuleDescriptionSchemaParser.
     *
     */
    public MatchingRuleDescriptionSyntaxChecker()
    {
        super( SchemaConstants.MATCHING_RULE_DESCRIPTION_SYNTAX );
    }
    

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public boolean isValidSyntax( Object value )
    {
        String strValue = null;

        if ( value == null )
        {
            LOG.debug( "Syntax invalid for 'null'" );
            return false;
        }

        if ( value instanceof String )
        {
            strValue = ( String ) value;
        }
        else if ( value instanceof byte[] )
        {
            strValue = StringTools.utf8ToString( ( byte[] ) value );
        }
        else
        {
            strValue = value.toString();
        }

        try
        {
            schemaParser.parseMatchingRuleDescription( strValue );
            LOG.debug( "Syntax valid for '{}'", value );

            return true;
        }
        catch ( ParseException pe )
        {
            LOG.debug( "Syntax invalid for '{}'", value );
            return false;
        }
    }
    
}