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/*
   Copyright 2013, 2016 Nationale-Nederlanden
    
   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
    
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   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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package nl.nn.adapterframework.util;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.io.StringReader;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLEventFactory;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLOutputFactory;
import javax.xml.stream.events.Attribute;
import javax.xml.stream.events.Namespace;
import javax.xml.stream.events.StartElement;
import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys;
import javax.xml.transform.Result;
import javax.xml.transform.Source;
import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerConfigurationException;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
import javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXSource;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPath;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpression;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory;

import nl.nn.adapterframework.configuration.IbisContext;
import nl.nn.adapterframework.validation.XmlValidatorContentHandler;
import nl.nn.adapterframework.validation.XmlValidatorErrorHandler;

import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
import org.apache.commons.lang.SystemUtils;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.dom4j.DocumentException;
import org.dom4j.DocumentHelper;
import org.dom4j.io.OutputFormat;
import org.dom4j.io.XMLWriter;
import org.dom4j.tree.DefaultDocument;
import org.htmlcleaner.CleanerProperties;
import org.htmlcleaner.HtmlCleaner;
import org.htmlcleaner.SimpleXmlSerializer;
import org.htmlcleaner.TagNode;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.w3c.dom.Text;
import org.xml.sax.ContentHandler;
import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import org.xml.sax.SAXParseException;
import org.xml.sax.XMLReader;
import org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLReaderFactory;

/**
 * Some utilities for working with XML.
 *
 * @author  Johan Verrips
 */
public class XmlUtils {
    static Logger log = LogUtil.getLogger(XmlUtils.class);

    static final String W3C_XML_SCHEMA = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";
    static final String JAXP_SCHEMA_LANGUAGE = "http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxp/properties/schemaLanguage";
    static final String JAXP_SCHEMA_SOURCE = "http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxp/properties/schemaSource";

    public static final String NAMESPACE_AWARE_BY_DEFAULT_KEY = "xml.namespaceAware.default";
    public static final String AUTO_RELOAD_KEY = "xslt.auto.reload";
    public static final String XSLT_BUFFERSIZE_KEY = "xslt.bufsize";
    public static final int XSLT_BUFFERSIZE_DEFAULT = 4096;
    public static final String INCLUDE_FIELD_DEFINITION_BY_DEFAULT_KEY = "query.includeFieldDefinition.default";

    public final static String OPEN_FROM_FILE = "file";
    public final static String OPEN_FROM_URL = "url";
    public final static String OPEN_FROM_RESOURCE = "resource";
    public final static String OPEN_FROM_XML = "xml";

    private static Boolean namespaceAwareByDefault = null;
    private static Boolean includeFieldDefinitionByDefault = null;
    private static Boolean autoReload = null;
    private static Integer buffersize = null;

    public static final char REPLACE_NON_XML_CHAR = 0x00BF; // Inverted question mark.
    public static final String XPATH_GETROOTNODENAME = "name(/node()[position()=last()])";

    public static String IDENTITY_TRANSFORM = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform\" version=\"1.0\">"
            + "<xsl:template match=\"@*|*|processing-instruction()|comment()\">"
            + "<xsl:copy><xsl:apply-templates select=\"*|@*|text()|processing-instruction()|comment()\" />"
            + "</xsl:copy></xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet>";

    private static final String ADAPTERSITE_XSLT = "/xml/xsl/web/adapterSite.xsl";

    public static final XMLEventFactory EVENT_FACTORY = XMLEventFactory.newInstance();
    public static final XMLInputFactory INPUT_FACTORY = XMLInputFactory.newInstance();
    public static final XMLOutputFactory OUTPUT_FACTORY = XMLOutputFactory.newInstance();
    public static final XMLOutputFactory REPAIR_NAMESPACES_OUTPUT_FACTORY = XMLOutputFactory.newInstance();
    public static final String STREAM_FACTORY_ENCODING = "UTF-8";

    static {
        XmlUtils.REPAIR_NAMESPACES_OUTPUT_FACTORY.setProperty(XMLOutputFactory.IS_REPAIRING_NAMESPACES,
                Boolean.TRUE);
    }

    public XmlUtils() {
        super();
    }

    public static String makeSkipEmptyTagsXslt(boolean omitXmlDeclaration, boolean indent) {
        return "<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform\" version=\"2.0\">"
                + "<xsl:output method=\"xml\" indent=\"" + (indent ? "yes" : "no") + "\" omit-xml-declaration=\""
                + (omitXmlDeclaration ? "yes" : "no") + "\"/>" + "<xsl:strip-space elements=\"*\"/>"
                + "<xsl:template match=\"node()|@*\">" + "<xsl:copy>" + "<xsl:apply-templates select=\"@*\"/>"
                + "<xsl:apply-templates/>" + "</xsl:copy>" + "</xsl:template>"
                + "<xsl:template match=\"*[not(normalize-space(.))]\"/>" + "</xsl:stylesheet>";
    }

    public static String makeRemoveNamespacesXslt(boolean omitXmlDeclaration, boolean indent) {
        return "<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform\" version=\"1.0\">"
                + "<xsl:output method=\"xml\" indent=\"" + (indent ? "yes" : "no") + "\" omit-xml-declaration=\""
                + (omitXmlDeclaration ? "yes" : "no") + "\"/>" + "<xsl:template match=\"*\">"
                + "<xsl:element name=\"{local-name()}\">" + "<xsl:for-each select=\"@*\">"
                + "<xsl:attribute name=\"{local-name()}\"><xsl:value-of select=\".\"/></xsl:attribute>"
                + "</xsl:for-each>" + "<xsl:apply-templates/>" + "</xsl:element>" + "</xsl:template>"
                + "<xsl:template match=\"comment() | processing-instruction() | text()\">" + "<xsl:copy>"
                + "<xsl:apply-templates/>" + "</xsl:copy>" + "</xsl:template>" + "</xsl:stylesheet>";
    }

    public static String makeGetIbisContextXslt() {
        return "<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform\" version=\"1.0\">"
                + "<xsl:output method=\"text\"/>" + "<xsl:template match=\"/\">"
                + "<xsl:for-each select=\"processing-instruction('ibiscontext')\">"
                + "<xsl:variable name=\"ic\" select=\"normalize-space(.)\"/>" + "<xsl:text>{</xsl:text>"
                + "<xsl:value-of select=\"string-length($ic)\"/>" + "<xsl:text>}</xsl:text>"
                + "<xsl:value-of select=\"$ic\"/>" + "</xsl:for-each>" + "</xsl:template>" + "</xsl:stylesheet>";
    }

    public static String makeGetRootNamespaceXslt() {
        return "<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform\" version=\"2.0\">"
                + "<xsl:output method=\"text\"/>" + "<xsl:template match=\"*\">"
                + "<xsl:value-of select=\"namespace-uri()\"/>" + "</xsl:template>" + "</xsl:stylesheet>";
    }

    public static String makeAddRootNamespaceXslt(String namespace, boolean omitXmlDeclaration, boolean indent) {
        return "<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform\" version=\"1.0\" xmlns=\""
                + namespace + "\">" + "<xsl:output method=\"xml\" indent=\"" + (indent ? "yes" : "no")
                + "\" omit-xml-declaration=\"" + (omitXmlDeclaration ? "yes" : "no") + "\"/>"
                + "<xsl:template match=\"/*\">" + "<xsl:element name=\"{local-name()}\">"
                + "<xsl:apply-templates select=\"@* | node()\"/>" + "</xsl:element>" + "</xsl:template>"
                + "<xsl:template match=\"*\">" + "<xsl:choose>"
                + "<xsl:when test=\"namespace-uri() = namespace-uri(/*)\">"
                + "<xsl:element name=\"{local-name()}\">" + "<xsl:apply-templates select=\"@* | node()\"/>"
                + "</xsl:element>" + "</xsl:when>" + "<xsl:otherwise>"
                + "<xsl:element namespace=\"{namespace-uri()}\" name=\"{local-name()}\">"
                + "<xsl:apply-templates select=\"@* | node()\"/>" + "</xsl:element>" + "</xsl:otherwise>"
                + "</xsl:choose>" + "</xsl:template>" + "<xsl:template match=\"@*\">"
                + "<xsl:copy-of select=\".\"/>" + "</xsl:template>" + "</xsl:stylesheet>";
    }

    public static String makeChangeRootXslt(String root, boolean omitXmlDeclaration, boolean indent) {
        return "<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform\" version=\"1.0\">"
                + "<xsl:output method=\"xml\" indent=\"" + (indent ? "yes" : "no") + "\" omit-xml-declaration=\""
                + (omitXmlDeclaration ? "yes" : "no") + "\"/>" + "<xsl:template match=\"/*\">"
                + "<xsl:element name=\"" + root + "\" namespace=\"{namespace-uri()}\">"
                + "<xsl:for-each select=\"@*\">"
                + "<xsl:attribute name=\"{name()}\"><xsl:value-of select=\".\"/></xsl:attribute>"
                + "</xsl:for-each>" + "<xsl:copy-of select=\"*\"/>" + "</xsl:element>" + "</xsl:template>"
                + "</xsl:stylesheet>";
    }

    public static String makeRemoveUnusedNamespacesXslt(boolean omitXmlDeclaration, boolean indent) {
        return "<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform\" version=\"1.0\">"
                + "<xsl:output method=\"xml\" indent=\"" + (indent ? "yes" : "no") + "\" omit-xml-declaration=\""
                + (omitXmlDeclaration ? "yes" : "no") + "\"/>" + "<xsl:template match=\"*\">"
                + "<xsl:element name=\"{local-name()}\" namespace=\"{namespace-uri()}\">"
                + "<xsl:apply-templates select=\"@* | node()\"/>" + "</xsl:element>" + "</xsl:template>"
                + "<xsl:template match=\"@* | comment() | processing-instruction() | text()\">" + "<xsl:copy/>"
                + "</xsl:template>" + "</xsl:stylesheet>";
    }

    public static String makeRemoveUnusedNamespacesXslt2(boolean omitXmlDeclaration, boolean indent) {
        return "<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform\" version=\"2.0\">"
                + "<xsl:output method=\"xml\" indent=\"" + (indent ? "yes" : "no") + "\" omit-xml-declaration=\""
                + (omitXmlDeclaration ? "yes" : "no") + "\"/>" + "<xsl:variable name=\"colon\" select=\"':'\"/>"
                + "<xsl:template match=\"*\">"
                + "<xsl:element name=\"{local-name()}\" namespace=\"{namespace-uri()}\">"
                + "<xsl:apply-templates select=\"@* | node()\"/>" + "</xsl:element>" + "</xsl:template>"
                + "<xsl:template match=\"@*\">" + "<xsl:choose>"
                + "<xsl:when test=\"local-name()='type' and namespace-uri()='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' and contains(.,$colon)\">"
                + "<xsl:variable name=\"prefix\" select=\"substring-before(.,$colon)\"/>"
                + "<xsl:variable name=\"namespace\" select=\"namespace-uri-for-prefix($prefix, parent::*)\"/>"
                + "<xsl:variable name=\"parentNamespace\" select=\"namespace-uri(parent::*)\"/>" + "<xsl:choose>"
                + "<xsl:when test=\"$namespace=$parentNamespace\">"
                + "<xsl:attribute name=\"{name()}\" namespace=\"{namespace-uri()}\"><xsl:value-of select=\"substring-after(.,$colon)\"/></xsl:attribute>"
                + "</xsl:when>" + "<xsl:otherwise>" + "<xsl:copy/>" + "</xsl:otherwise>" + "</xsl:choose>"
                + "</xsl:when>" + "<xsl:otherwise>" + "<xsl:copy/>" + "</xsl:otherwise>" + "</xsl:choose>"
                + "</xsl:template>" + "<xsl:template match=\"comment() | processing-instruction() | text()\">"
                + "<xsl:copy/>" + "</xsl:template>" + "</xsl:stylesheet>";
    }

    public static String makeCopyOfSelectXslt(String xpath, boolean omitXmlDeclaration, boolean indent) {
        return "<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform\" version=\"2.0\">"
                + "<xsl:output method=\"xml\" indent=\"" + (indent ? "yes" : "no") + "\" omit-xml-declaration=\""
                + (omitXmlDeclaration ? "yes" : "no") + "\"/>" + "<xsl:strip-space elements=\"*\"/>"
                + "<xsl:template match=\"/*\">" + "<xsl:copy-of select=\"" + xpath + "\"/>" + "</xsl:template>"
                + "</xsl:stylesheet>";
    }

    public static synchronized boolean isNamespaceAwareByDefault() {
        if (namespaceAwareByDefault == null) {
            boolean aware = AppConstants.getInstance().getBoolean(NAMESPACE_AWARE_BY_DEFAULT_KEY, false);
            namespaceAwareByDefault = new Boolean(aware);
        }
        return namespaceAwareByDefault.booleanValue();
    }

    public static synchronized boolean isIncludeFieldDefinitionByDefault() {
        if (includeFieldDefinitionByDefault == null) {
            boolean definition = AppConstants.getInstance().getBoolean(INCLUDE_FIELD_DEFINITION_BY_DEFAULT_KEY,
                    true);
            includeFieldDefinitionByDefault = new Boolean(definition);
        }
        return includeFieldDefinitionByDefault.booleanValue();
    }

    public static synchronized boolean isAutoReload() {
        if (autoReload == null) {
            boolean reload = AppConstants.getInstance().getBoolean(AUTO_RELOAD_KEY, false);
            autoReload = new Boolean(reload);
        }
        return autoReload.booleanValue();
    }

    public static synchronized int getBufSize() {
        if (buffersize == null) {
            int size = AppConstants.getInstance().getInt(XSLT_BUFFERSIZE_KEY, XSLT_BUFFERSIZE_DEFAULT);
            buffersize = new Integer(size);
        }
        return buffersize.intValue();
    }

    static public void parseXml(ContentHandler handler, String source) throws IOException, SAXException {
        parseXml(handler, new Variant(source).asXmlInputSource());
    }

    static public void parseXml(ContentHandler handler, InputSource source) throws IOException, SAXException {
        XMLReader parser;
        parser = getParser();
        parser.setContentHandler(handler);
        parser.parse(source);
    }

    static private XMLReader getParser() throws SAXException {
        XMLReader parser = null;
        parser = XMLReaderFactory.createXMLReader();
        return parser;
    }

    static public Document buildDomDocument(File file) throws DomBuilderException {
        Reader in;
        Document output;

        try {
            in = new FileReader(file);
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            throw new DomBuilderException(e);
        }
        output = buildDomDocument(in);
        try {
            in.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            log.debug("Exception closing file", e);
        }
        return output;
    }

    static public Document buildDomDocument(Reader in) throws DomBuilderException {
        return buildDomDocument(in, isNamespaceAwareByDefault());
    }

    static public Document buildDomDocument(Reader in, boolean namespaceAware) throws DomBuilderException {
        return buildDomDocument(in, namespaceAware, false, false);
    }

    static public Document buildDomDocument(Reader in, boolean namespaceAware, boolean xslt2,
            boolean resolveExternalEntities) throws DomBuilderException {
        Document document;
        InputSource src;

        DocumentBuilderFactory factory = getDocumentBuilderFactory(xslt2, namespaceAware);
        try {
            DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
            if (!resolveExternalEntities) {
                builder.setEntityResolver(new XmlExternalEntityResolver());
            }
            src = new InputSource(in);
            document = builder.parse(src);
        } catch (SAXParseException e) {
            throw new DomBuilderException(e);
        } catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
            throw new DomBuilderException(e);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new DomBuilderException(e);
        } catch (SAXException e) {
            throw new DomBuilderException(e);
        }
        if (document == null) {
            throw new DomBuilderException("Parsed Document is null");
        }
        return document;
    }

    /**
     * Convert an XML string to a Document
     * Creation date: (20-02-2003 8:12:52)
     * @return org.w3c.dom.Document
     * @exception nl.nn.adapterframework.util.DomBuilderException The exception description.
     */
    public static Document buildDomDocument(String s) throws DomBuilderException {
        StringReader sr = new StringReader(s);
        return (buildDomDocument(sr));
    }

    public static Document buildDomDocument(String s, boolean namespaceAware) throws DomBuilderException {
        return buildDomDocument(s, namespaceAware, false);
    }

    public static Document buildDomDocument(String s, boolean namespaceAware, boolean xslt2)
            throws DomBuilderException {
        return buildDomDocument(s, namespaceAware, false, false);
    }

    public static Document buildDomDocument(String s, boolean namespaceAware, boolean xslt2,
            boolean resolveExternalEntities) throws DomBuilderException {
        if (StringUtils.isEmpty(s)) {
            throw new DomBuilderException("input is null");
        }
        StringReader sr = new StringReader(s);
        return buildDomDocument(sr, namespaceAware, xslt2, resolveExternalEntities);
    }

    /**
     * Build a Document from a URL
     * @param url
     * @return Document
     * @throws DomBuilderException
     */
    static public Document buildDomDocument(URL url) throws DomBuilderException {
        Reader in;
        Document output;

        try {
            in = new InputStreamReader(url.openStream(), Misc.DEFAULT_INPUT_STREAM_ENCODING);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new DomBuilderException(e);
        }
        output = buildDomDocument(in);
        try {
            in.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            log.debug("Exception closing URL-stream", e);
        }
        return output;
    }

    /**
     * Convert an XML string to a Document, then return the root-element
     */
    public static org.w3c.dom.Element buildElement(String s, boolean namespaceAware) throws DomBuilderException {
        return buildDomDocument(s, namespaceAware).getDocumentElement();
    }

    /**
     * Convert an XML string to a Document, then return the root-element as a Node
     */
    public static Node buildNode(String s, boolean namespaceAware) throws DomBuilderException {
        log.debug("buildNode() [" + s + "],[" + namespaceAware + "]");
        return buildElement(s, namespaceAware);
    }

    public static Node buildNode(String s) throws DomBuilderException {
        log.debug("buildNode() [" + s + "]");
        return buildElement(s, isNamespaceAwareByDefault());
    }

    /**
     * Convert an XML string to a Document, then return the root-element.
     * (namespace aware)
     */
    public static Element buildElement(String s) throws DomBuilderException {

        return buildDomDocument(s).getDocumentElement();
    }

    public static String skipXmlDeclaration(String xmlString) {
        if (xmlString != null && xmlString.startsWith("<?xml")) {
            int endPos = xmlString.indexOf("?>") + 2;
            if (endPos > 0) {
                try {
                    while (Character.isWhitespace(xmlString.charAt(endPos))) {
                        endPos++;
                    }
                } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
                    log.debug(
                            "ignoring IndexOutOfBoundsException, as this only happens for an xml document that contains only the xml declartion, and not any body");
                }
                return xmlString.substring(endPos);
            } else {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("no valid xml declaration in string [" + xmlString + "]");
            }
        }
        return xmlString;
    }

    public static String skipDocTypeDeclaration(String xmlString) {
        if (xmlString != null && xmlString.startsWith("<!DOCTYPE")) {
            int endPos = xmlString.indexOf(">") + 2;
            if (endPos > 0) {
                try {
                    while (Character.isWhitespace(xmlString.charAt(endPos))) {
                        endPos++;
                    }
                } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
                    log.debug(
                            "ignoring IndexOutOfBoundsException, as this only happens for an xml document that contains only the DocType declartion, and not any body");
                }
                return xmlString.substring(endPos);
            } else {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("no valid xml declaration in string [" + xmlString + "]");
            }
        }
        return xmlString;
    }

    public static String readXml(byte[] source, String defaultEncoding, boolean skipDeclaration)
            throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
        return readXml(source, 0, source.length, defaultEncoding, skipDeclaration);
    }

    public static String readXml(byte[] source, String defaultEncoding, boolean skipDeclaration,
            boolean useDeclarationEncoding) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
        return readXml(source, 0, source.length, defaultEncoding, skipDeclaration, useDeclarationEncoding);
    }

    public static String readXml(byte[] source, int offset, int length, String defaultEncoding,
            boolean skipDeclaration) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
        return readXml(source, 0, source.length, defaultEncoding, skipDeclaration, true);
    }

    public static String readXml(byte[] source, int offset, int length, String defaultEncoding,
            boolean skipDeclaration, boolean useDeclarationEncoding) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
        String charset;

        charset = defaultEncoding;
        if (StringUtils.isEmpty(charset)) {
            charset = Misc.DEFAULT_INPUT_STREAM_ENCODING;
        }

        String firstPart = new String(source, offset, length < 100 ? length : 100, charset);
        if (StringUtils.isEmpty(firstPart)) {
            return null;
        }
        if (firstPart.startsWith("<?xml")) {
            int endPos = firstPart.indexOf("?>") + 2;
            if (endPos > 0) {
                String declaration = firstPart.substring(6, endPos - 2);
                log.debug("parsed declaration [" + declaration + "]");
                final String encodingTarget = "encoding=\"";
                int encodingStart = declaration.indexOf(encodingTarget);
                if (encodingStart > 0) {
                    encodingStart += encodingTarget.length();
                    log.debug("encoding-declaration [" + declaration.substring(encodingStart) + "]");
                    int encodingEnd = declaration.indexOf("\"", encodingStart);
                    if (encodingEnd > 0) {
                        if (useDeclarationEncoding) {
                            charset = declaration.substring(encodingStart, encodingEnd);
                        }
                        log.debug("parsed charset [" + charset + "]");
                    } else {
                        log.warn("no end in encoding attribute in declaration [" + declaration + "]");
                    }
                } else {
                    log.warn("no encoding attribute in declaration [" + declaration + "]");
                }
                if (skipDeclaration) {
                    try {
                        while (Character.isWhitespace(firstPart.charAt(endPos))) {
                            endPos++;
                        }
                    } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
                        log.debug(
                                "ignoring IndexOutOfBoundsException, as this only happens for an xml document that contains only the xml declartion, and not any body");
                    }
                    return new String(source, offset + endPos, length - endPos, charset);
                }
            } else {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("no valid xml declaration in string [" + firstPart + "]");
            }
        }
        return new String(source, offset, length, charset);
    }

    public static String createXPathEvaluatorSource(String XPathExpression)
            throws TransformerConfigurationException {
        return createXPathEvaluatorSource(XPathExpression, "text");
    }

    /*
     * version of createXPathEvaluator that allows to set outputMethod, and uses copy-of instead of value-of
     */
    public static String createXPathEvaluatorSource(String namespaceDefs, String XPathExpression,
            String outputMethod, boolean includeXmlDeclaration) throws TransformerConfigurationException {
        return createXPathEvaluatorSource(namespaceDefs, XPathExpression, outputMethod, includeXmlDeclaration,
                null);
    }

    public static String createXPathEvaluatorSource(String namespaceDefs, String XPathExpression,
            String outputMethod, boolean includeXmlDeclaration, List params)
            throws TransformerConfigurationException {
        return createXPathEvaluatorSource(namespaceDefs, XPathExpression, outputMethod, includeXmlDeclaration,
                params, true);
    }

    public static String createXPathEvaluatorSource(String namespaceDefs, String XPathExpression,
            String outputMethod, boolean includeXmlDeclaration, List params, boolean stripSpace)
            throws TransformerConfigurationException {
        return createXPathEvaluatorSource(namespaceDefs, XPathExpression, outputMethod, includeXmlDeclaration,
                params, stripSpace, false);
    }

    public static String createXPathEvaluatorSource(String namespaceDefs, String XPathExpression,
            String outputMethod, boolean includeXmlDeclaration, List params, boolean stripSpace, boolean xslt2)
            throws TransformerConfigurationException {
        return createXPathEvaluatorSource(namespaceDefs, XPathExpression, outputMethod, includeXmlDeclaration,
                params, stripSpace, xslt2, null);
    }

    /*
     * version of createXPathEvaluator that allows to set outputMethod, and uses copy-of instead of value-of, and enables use of parameters.
     */
    public static String createXPathEvaluatorSource(String namespaceDefs, String XPathExpression,
            String outputMethod, boolean includeXmlDeclaration, List params, boolean stripSpace, boolean xslt2,
            String separator) throws TransformerConfigurationException {
        if (StringUtils.isEmpty(XPathExpression))
            throw new TransformerConfigurationException("XPathExpression must be filled");

        String namespaceClause = "";
        if (namespaceDefs != null) {
            StringTokenizer st1 = new StringTokenizer(namespaceDefs, ", \t\r\n\f");
            while (st1.hasMoreTokens()) {
                String namespaceDef = st1.nextToken();
                int separatorPos = namespaceDef.indexOf('=');
                if (separatorPos < 1) {
                    throw new TransformerConfigurationException(
                            "cannot parse namespace definition from string [" + namespaceDef + "]");
                } else {
                    namespaceClause += " xmlns:" + namespaceDef.substring(0, separatorPos) + "=\""
                            + namespaceDef.substring(separatorPos + 1) + "\"";
                }
            }
        }

        final String copyMethod;
        if ("xml".equals(outputMethod)) {
            copyMethod = "copy-of";
        } else {
            copyMethod = "value-of";
        }

        String paramsString = "";
        if (params != null) {
            for (Iterator it = params.iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
                paramsString = paramsString + "<xsl:param name=\"" + it.next() + "\"/>";
            }
        }
        String separatorString = "";
        if (separator != null) {
            separatorString = " separator=\"" + separator + "\"";
        }
        String xsl =
                // "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>" +
                "<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform\" version=\""
                        + (xslt2 ? "2.0" : "1.0") + "\" xmlns:xalan=\"http://xml.apache.org/xslt\">"
                        + "<xsl:output method=\"" + outputMethod + "\" omit-xml-declaration=\""
                        + (includeXmlDeclaration ? "no" : "yes") + "\"/>"
                        + (stripSpace ? "<xsl:strip-space elements=\"*\"/>" : "") + paramsString
                        + "<xsl:template match=\"/\">" + "<xsl:" + copyMethod + " " + namespaceClause + " select=\""
                        + XPathExpression + "\"" + separatorString + "/>" + "</xsl:template>" + "</xsl:stylesheet>";

        return xsl;
    }

    public static String createXPathEvaluatorSource(String namespaceDefs, String XPathExpression,
            String outputMethod) throws TransformerConfigurationException {
        return createXPathEvaluatorSource(namespaceDefs, XPathExpression, outputMethod, false);
    }

    public static String createXPathEvaluatorSource(String XPathExpression, String outputMethod)
            throws TransformerConfigurationException {
        return createXPathEvaluatorSource(null, XPathExpression, outputMethod);
    }

    public static Transformer createXPathEvaluator(String XPathExpression)
            throws TransformerConfigurationException {
        return createTransformer(createXPathEvaluatorSource(XPathExpression));
    }

    public static Transformer createXPathEvaluator(String namespaceDefs, String XPathExpression,
            String outputMethod) throws TransformerConfigurationException {
        return createTransformer(createXPathEvaluatorSource(namespaceDefs, XPathExpression, outputMethod));
    }

    public static Transformer createXPathEvaluator(String XPathExpression, String outputMethod)
            throws TransformerConfigurationException {
        return createXPathEvaluator(null, XPathExpression, outputMethod);
    }

    /**
     * Converts a string containing xml-markup to a Source-object, that can be used as the input of a XSLT-transformer.
     * The source may be used multiple times.
     */
    public static Source stringToSource(String xmlString, boolean namespaceAware) throws DomBuilderException {
        Document doc = XmlUtils.buildDomDocument(xmlString, namespaceAware);
        return new DOMSource(doc);
    }

    public static Source stringToSource(String xmlString) throws DomBuilderException {
        return stringToSource(xmlString, isNamespaceAwareByDefault());
    }

    public static Source stringToSourceForSingleUse(String xmlString) throws DomBuilderException {
        return stringToSourceForSingleUse(xmlString, isNamespaceAwareByDefault());
    }

    public static Source stringToSourceForSingleUse(String xmlString, boolean namespaceAware)
            throws DomBuilderException {
        return stringToSourceForSingleUse(xmlString, namespaceAware, false);
    }

    public static Source stringToSourceForSingleUse(String xmlString, boolean namespaceAware,
            boolean resolveExternalEntities) throws DomBuilderException {
        if (namespaceAware) {
            return stringToSAXSource(xmlString, namespaceAware, false);
        } else {
            return stringToSource(xmlString, false);
        }
    }

    public static SAXSource stringToSAXSource(String xmlString, boolean namespaceAware,
            boolean resolveExternalEntities) throws DomBuilderException {
        Variant in = new Variant(xmlString);
        InputSource is = in.asXmlInputSource();
        SAXParserFactory factory = getSAXParserFactory(namespaceAware);
        try {
            XMLReader xmlReader = factory.newSAXParser().getXMLReader();
            if (!resolveExternalEntities) {
                xmlReader.setEntityResolver(new XmlExternalEntityResolver());
            }
            return new SAXSource(xmlReader, is);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // TODO Use DomBuilderException as the stringToSource and calling
            // methods use them a lot. Rename DomBuilderException to
            // SourceBuilderException?
            throw new DomBuilderException(e);
        }
    }

    public static synchronized Transformer createTransformer(String xsltString)
            throws TransformerConfigurationException {

        return createTransformer(xsltString, false);
    }

    public static synchronized Transformer createTransformer(String xsltString, boolean xslt2)
            throws TransformerConfigurationException {

        StringReader sr = new StringReader(xsltString);

        StreamSource stylesource = new StreamSource(sr);
        return createTransformer(stylesource, xslt2);
    }

    public static synchronized Transformer createTransformer(URL url)
            throws TransformerConfigurationException, IOException {

        return createTransformer(url, false);
    }

    public static synchronized Transformer createTransformer(URL url, boolean xslt2)
            throws TransformerConfigurationException, IOException {

        StreamSource stylesource = new StreamSource(url.openStream(), Misc.DEFAULT_INPUT_STREAM_ENCODING);
        stylesource.setSystemId(url.toString());
        return createTransformer(stylesource, xslt2);
    }

    public static synchronized Transformer createTransformer(Source source)
            throws TransformerConfigurationException {
        return createTransformer(source, false);
    }

    public static synchronized Transformer createTransformer(Source source, boolean xslt2)
            throws TransformerConfigurationException {

        TransformerFactory tFactory = getTransformerFactory(xslt2);
        Transformer result = tFactory.newTransformer(source);

        return result;
    }

    public static synchronized TransformerFactory getTransformerFactory() {
        return getTransformerFactory(false);
    }

    //TransformerFactory.setNamespaceAware doesn't exists!

    public static synchronized TransformerFactory getTransformerFactory(boolean xslt2) {
        if (xslt2) {
            return new net.sf.saxon.TransformerFactoryImpl();
        } else {
            // Use a Xalan version with different package names to prevent the
            // WebSphere Xalan version being used and prevent differences
            // in XML transformations between WebSphere 5 and WebSphere 6.
            if (IbisContext.getApplicationServerType().startsWith("WAS")) {
                return new nl.nn.org.apache.xalan.processor.TransformerFactoryImpl();
            } else {
                return new org.apache.xalan.processor.TransformerFactoryImpl();
            }
        }
    }

    public static synchronized DocumentBuilderFactory getDocumentBuilderFactory() {
        return getDocumentBuilderFactory(false);
    }

    public static synchronized DocumentBuilderFactory getDocumentBuilderFactory(boolean xslt2) {
        if (xslt2) {
            return getDocumentBuilderFactory(xslt2, false);
        } else {
            return getDocumentBuilderFactory(xslt2, isNamespaceAwareByDefault());
        }
    }

    public static synchronized DocumentBuilderFactory getDocumentBuilderFactory(boolean xslt2,
            boolean namespaceAware) {
        if (xslt2) {
            if (!namespaceAware) {
                log.info("Saxon parser is always namespace aware, so setting namespaceAware=false is ignored");
            }
            return new net.sf.saxon.dom.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl();
        } else {
            DocumentBuilderFactory factory;
            factory = new org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl();
            factory.setNamespaceAware(namespaceAware);
            return factory;
        }
    }

    public static synchronized SAXParserFactory getSAXParserFactory() {
        return getSAXParserFactory(isNamespaceAwareByDefault());
    }

    public static synchronized SAXParserFactory getSAXParserFactory(boolean namespaceAware) {
        SAXParserFactory factory = new org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl();
        factory.setNamespaceAware(namespaceAware);
        return factory;
    }

    /**
     * Translates special characters to xml equivalents
     * like <b>&gt;</b> and <b>&amp;</b>. Please note that non valid xml chars
     * are not changed, hence you might want to use
     * replaceNonValidXmlCharacters() or stripNonValidXmlCharacters() too.
     */
    public static String encodeChars(String string) {
        if (string == null) {
            return null;
        }
        int length = string.length();
        char[] characters = new char[length];
        string.getChars(0, length, characters, 0);
        return encodeChars(characters, 0, length);
    }

    /**
     * Translates special characters to xml equivalents
     * like <b>&gt;</b> and <b>&amp;</b>. Please note that non valid xml chars
     * are not changed, hence you might want to use
     * replaceNonValidXmlCharacters() or stripNonValidXmlCharacters() too.
     */
    public static String encodeChars(char[] chars, int offset, int length) {

        if (length <= 0) {
            return "";
        }
        StringBuilder encoded = new StringBuilder(length);
        String escape;
        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
            char c = chars[offset + i];
            escape = escapeChar(c);
            if (escape == null)
                encoded.append(c);
            else
                encoded.append(escape);
        }
        return encoded.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Translates the five reserved XML characters (&lt; &gt; &amp; &quot; &apos;) to their normal selves
     */
    public static String decodeChars(String string) {
        StringBuilder decoded = new StringBuilder();

        boolean inEscape = false;
        int escapeStartPos = 0;

        for (int i = 0; i < string.length(); i++) {
            char cur = string.charAt(i);
            if (inEscape) {
                if (cur == ';') {
                    inEscape = false;
                    String escapedString = string.substring(escapeStartPos, i + 1);
                    char unEscape = unEscapeString(escapedString);
                    if (unEscape == 0x0) {
                        decoded.append(escapedString);
                    } else {
                        decoded.append(unEscape);
                    }
                }
            } else {
                if (cur == '&') {
                    inEscape = true;
                    escapeStartPos = i;
                } else {
                    decoded.append(cur);
                }
            }
        }
        if (inEscape) {
            decoded.append(string.substring(escapeStartPos));
        }
        return decoded.toString();
    }

    /**
       * Conversion of special xml signs. Please note that non valid xml chars
       * are not changed, hence you might want to use
       * replaceNonValidXmlCharacters() or stripNonValidXmlCharacters() too.
       **/
    private static String escapeChar(char c) {
        switch (c) {
        case ('<'):
            return "&lt;";
        case ('>'):
            return "&gt;";
        case ('&'):
            return "&amp;";
        case ('\"'):
            return "&quot;";
        case ('\''):
            // return "&apos;"; // apos does not work in Internet Explorer
            return "&#39;";
        }
        return null;
    }

    private static char unEscapeString(String str) {
        if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("&lt;"))
            return '<';
        else if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("&gt;"))
            return '>';
        else if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("&amp;"))
            return '&';
        else if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("&quot;"))
            return '\"';
        else if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("&apos;") || str.equalsIgnoreCase("&#39;"))
            return '\'';
        else
            return 0x0;
    }

    /**
     * encodes a url
     */

    static public String encodeURL(String url) {
        String mark = "-_.!~*'()\"";
        StringBuilder encodedUrl = new StringBuilder();
        int len = url.length();
        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
            char c = url.charAt(i);
            if ((c >= '0' && c <= '9') || (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') || (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z'))
                encodedUrl.append(c);
            else {
                int imark = mark.indexOf(c);
                if (imark >= 0) {
                    encodedUrl.append(c);
                } else {
                    encodedUrl.append('%');
                    encodedUrl.append(toHexChar((c & 0xF0) >> 4));
                    encodedUrl.append(toHexChar(c & 0x0F));
                }
            }
        }
        return encodedUrl.toString();
    }

    static private char toHexChar(int digitValue) {
        if (digitValue < 10)
            return (char) ('0' + digitValue);
        else
            return (char) ('A' + (digitValue - 10));
    }

    /**
     * Method getChildTagAsBoolean.
     * Return the boolean-value of the first element with tag
     * <code>tag</code> in the DOM subtree <code>el</code>.
     *
     * <p>
     * To determine true or false, the value of the tag is compared case-
     * insensitive with the values <pre>true</pre>, <pre>yes</pre>, or
     * <pre>on</pre>. If it matches, <code>true</code> is returned. If not,
     * <code>false</code> is returned.
     *
     * <p>
     * If the tag can not be found, <code>false</code> is returned.
     *
     * @param el            DOM subtree
     * @param tag           Name of tag to find
     *
     * @return boolean      The value found.
     */
    static public boolean getChildTagAsBoolean(Element el, String tag) {
        return getChildTagAsBoolean(el, tag, false);
    }

    /**
     * Method getChildTagAsBoolean.
     * Return the boolean-value of the first element with tag
     * <code>tag</code> in the DOM subtree <code>el</code>.
     *
     * <p>
     * To determine true or false, the value of the tag is compared case-
     * insensitive with the values <pre>true</pre>, <pre>yes</pre>, or
     * <pre>on</pre>. If it matches, <code>true</code> is returned. If not,
     * <code>false</code> is returned.
     *
     * <p>
     * If the tag can not be found, the default-value is returned.
     *
     * @param el            DOM subtree
     * @param tag           Name of tag to find
     * @param defaultValue  Default-value in case tag can not
     *                       be found.
     *
     * @return boolean      The value found.
     */
    static public boolean getChildTagAsBoolean(Element el, String tag, boolean defaultValue) {
        String str;
        boolean bool;

        str = getChildTagAsString(el, tag, null);
        if (str == null) {
            return defaultValue;
        }

        bool = false;
        if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("true") || str.equalsIgnoreCase("yes") || str.equalsIgnoreCase("on")) {
            bool = true;
        }
        return bool;
    }

    /**
     * Method getChildTagAsLong.
     * Return the long integer-value of the first element with tag
     * <code>tag</code> in the DOM subtree <code>el</code>.
     *
     * @param el            DOM subtree
     * @param tag           Name of tag to find
     *
     * @return long          The value found. Returns 0 if no
     *                       tag can be found, or if the tag
     *                       doesn't have an integer-value.
     */
    static public long getChildTagAsLong(Element el, String tag) {
        return getChildTagAsLong(el, tag, 0);
    }

    /**
     * Method getChildTagAsLong.
     * Return the long integer-value of the first element with tag
     * <code>tag</code> in the DOM subtree <code>el</code>.
     *
     * @param el            DOM subtree
     * @param tag           Name of tag to find
     * @param defaultValue  Default-value in case tag can not
     *                       be found, or is not numeric.
     *
     * @return long          The value found.
     */
    static public long getChildTagAsLong(Element el, String tag, long defaultValue) {
        String str;
        long num;

        str = getChildTagAsString(el, tag, null);
        num = 0;
        if (str == null) {
            return defaultValue;
        }
        try {
            num = Long.parseLong(str);
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
            num = defaultValue;
            log.error("Tag [" + tag + "] has no integer value", e);
        }
        return num;
    }

    /**
     * Method getChildTagAsString.
     * Return the value of the first element with tag
     * <code>tag</code> in the DOM subtree <code>el</code>.
     *
     * @param el            DOM subtree
     * @param tag           Name of tag to find
     *
     * @return String       The value found, or null if no matching
     *                       tag is found.
     */
    static public String getChildTagAsString(Element el, String tag) {
        return getChildTagAsString(el, tag, null);
    }

    /**
     * Method getChildTagAsString.
     * Return the value of the first element with tag
     * <code>tag</code> in the DOM subtree <code>el</code>.
     *
     * @param el            DOM subtree
     * @param tag           Name of tag to find
     * @param defaultValue  Default-value in case tag can not
     *                       be found.
     *
     * @return String       The value found.
     */
    static public String getChildTagAsString(Element el, String tag, String defaultValue) {
        Element tmpEl;
        String str = "";

        tmpEl = getFirstChildTag(el, tag);
        if (tmpEl != null) {
            str = getStringValue(tmpEl, true);
        }
        return (str.length() == 0) ? (defaultValue) : (str);
    }

    /**
     * Method getChildTags. Get all direct children of given element which
     * match the given tag.
     * This method only looks at the direct children of the given node, and
     * doesn't descent deeper into the tree. If a '*' is passed as tag,
     * all elements are returned.
     *
     * @param el            Element where to get children from
     * @param tag           Tag to match. Use '*' to match all tags.
     * @return Collection  Collection containing all elements found. If
     *                      size() returns 0, then no matching elements
     *                      were found. All items in the collection can
     *                      be safely cast to type
     *                      <code>org.w3c.dom.Element</code>.
     */
    public static Collection<Node> getChildTags(Element el, String tag) {
        Collection<Node> c;
        NodeList nl;
        int len;
        boolean allChildren;

        c = new LinkedList<Node>();
        nl = el.getChildNodes();
        len = nl.getLength();

        if ("*".equals(tag)) {
            allChildren = true;
        } else {
            allChildren = false;
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
            Node n = nl.item(i);
            if (n instanceof Element) {
                Element e = (Element) n;
                if (allChildren || e.getTagName().equals(tag)) {
                    c.add(n);
                }
            }
        }

        return c;
    }

    /**
     * Method getFirstChildTag. Return the first child-node which is an element
     * with tagName equal to given tag.
     * This method only looks at the direct children of the given node, and
     * doesn't descent deeper into the tree.
     *
     * @param el       Element where to get children from
     * @param tag      Tag to match
     * @return Element The element found, or <code>null</code> if no match
     *                  found.
     */
    static public Element getFirstChildTag(Element el, String tag) {
        NodeList nl;
        int len;

        nl = el.getChildNodes();
        len = nl.getLength();
        for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
            Node n = nl.item(i);
            if (n instanceof Element) {
                Element elem = (Element) n;
                if (elem.getTagName().equals(tag)) {
                    return elem;
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    static public String getStringValue(Element el) {
        return getStringValue(el, true);
    }

    static public String getStringValue(Element el, boolean trimWhitespace) {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(1024);
        String str;

        NodeList nl = el.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); ++i) {
            Node n = nl.item(i);
            if (n instanceof Text) {
                sb.append(n.getNodeValue());
            }
        }
        if (trimWhitespace) {
            str = sb.toString().trim();
        } else {
            str = sb.toString();
        }
        return str;

    }

    /**
     * Replaces non-unicode-characters by '0x00BF' (inverted question mark).
     */
    public static String encodeCdataString(String string) {
        return replaceNonValidXmlCharacters(string, REPLACE_NON_XML_CHAR, false);
    }

    /**
     * Replaces non-unicode-characters by '0x00BF' (inverted question mark)
     * appended with #, the character number and ;.
     */
    public static String replaceNonValidXmlCharacters(String string) {
        return replaceNonValidXmlCharacters(string, REPLACE_NON_XML_CHAR, true);
    }

    public static String replaceNonValidXmlCharacters(String string, char to, boolean appendCharNum) {
        if (string == null) {
            return null;
        } else {
            int length = string.length();
            StringBuilder encoded = new StringBuilder(length);
            int counter = 0;
            for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
                char c = string.charAt(i);
                if (isPrintableUnicodeChar(c)) {
                    encoded.append(c);
                } else {
                    if (appendCharNum) {
                        encoded.append(to + "#" + (int) c + ";");
                    } else {
                        encoded.append(to);
                    }
                    counter++;
                }
            }
            if (counter > 0) {
                if (log.isDebugEnabled())
                    log.debug("replaced [" + counter + "] non valid xml characters to [" + to
                            + "] in string of length [" + length + "]");
            }
            return encoded.toString();
        }
    }

    public static String stripNonValidXmlCharacters(String string) {
        int length = string.length();
        StringBuilder encoded = new StringBuilder(length);
        int counter = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
            char c = string.charAt(i);
            if (isPrintableUnicodeChar(c)) {
                encoded.append(c);
            } else {
                counter++;
            }
        }
        if (counter > 0) {
            if (log.isDebugEnabled())
                log.debug(
                        "stripped [" + counter + "] non valid xml characters in string of length [" + length + "]");
        }
        return encoded.toString();
    }

    public static boolean isPrintableUnicodeChar(char c) {
        return (c == 0x0009) || (c == 0x000A) || (c == 0x000D) || (c >= 0x0020 && c <= 0xD7FF)
                || (c >= 0xE000 && c <= 0xFFFD) || (c >= 0x0010000 && c <= 0x0010FFFF);
    }

    /**
     * sets all the parameters of the transformer using a Map with parameter values.
     */
    public static void setTransformerParameters(Transformer t, Map parameters) {
        t.clearParameters();
        if (parameters == null) {
            return;
        }
        for (Iterator it = parameters.keySet().iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
            String name = (String) it.next();
            Object value = parameters.get(name);

            if (value != null) {
                t.setParameter(name, value);
                log.debug("setting parameter [" + name + "] on transformer");
            } else {
                log.info("omitting setting of parameter [" + name + "] on transformer, as it has a null-value");
            }
        }
    }

    public static String transformXml(Transformer t, Document d) throws TransformerException, IOException {
        return transformXml(t, new DOMSource(d));
    }

    public static String transformXml(Transformer t, String s)
            throws TransformerException, IOException, DomBuilderException {
        return transformXml(t, s, isNamespaceAwareByDefault());
    }

    public static String transformXml(Transformer t, String s, boolean namespaceAware)
            throws TransformerException, IOException, DomBuilderException {
        return transformXml(t, stringToSourceForSingleUse(s, namespaceAware));
    }

    public static void transformXml(Transformer t, String s, Result result)
            throws TransformerException, IOException, DomBuilderException {
        synchronized (t) {
            t.transform(stringToSourceForSingleUse(s), result);
        }
    }

    public static String transformXml(Transformer t, Source s) throws TransformerException, IOException {

        StringWriter out = new StringWriter(getBufSize());
        transformXml(t, s, out);
        out.close();

        return (out.getBuffer().toString());

    }

    public static void transformXml(Transformer t, Source s, Writer out) throws TransformerException, IOException {

        Result result = new StreamResult(out);
        synchronized (t) {
            t.transform(s, result);
        }
    }

    static public boolean isWellFormed(String input) {
        return isWellFormed(input, null);
    }

    static public boolean isWellFormed(String input, String root) {
        Set<List<String>> rootValidations = null;
        if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(root)) {
            List<String> path = new ArrayList<String>();
            path.add(root);
            rootValidations = new HashSet<List<String>>();
            rootValidations.add(path);
        }
        XmlValidatorContentHandler xmlHandler = new XmlValidatorContentHandler(null, rootValidations, null, true);
        XmlValidatorErrorHandler xmlValidatorErrorHandler = new XmlValidatorErrorHandler(xmlHandler,
                "Is not well formed");
        xmlHandler.setXmlValidatorErrorHandler(xmlValidatorErrorHandler);
        try {
            SAXSource saxSource = stringToSAXSource(input, true, false);
            XMLReader xmlReader = saxSource.getXMLReader();
            xmlReader.setContentHandler(xmlHandler);
            // Prevent message in System.err: [Fatal Error] :-1:-1: Premature end of file.
            xmlReader.setErrorHandler(xmlValidatorErrorHandler);
            xmlReader.parse(saxSource.getInputSource());
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Performs an Identity-transform, with resolving entities with the content files in the classpath
     * @param input
     * @return String (the complete and xml)
     * @throws DomBuilderException
     */
    static public String identityTransform(ClassLoader classLoader, String input) throws DomBuilderException {
        String result = "";
        try {
            DocumentBuilderFactory factory = getDocumentBuilderFactory();
            Document document;
            DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
            builder.setEntityResolver(new ClassPathEntityResolver(classLoader));
            StringReader sr = new StringReader(input);
            InputSource src = new InputSource(sr);
            document = builder.parse(src);
            Transformer t = XmlUtils.createTransformer(IDENTITY_TRANSFORM);
            Source s = new DOMSource(document);
            result = XmlUtils.transformXml(t, s);
        } catch (Exception tce) {
            throw new DomBuilderException(tce);
        }

        return result;
    }

    public static String getVersionInfo() {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        sb.append(AppConstants.getInstance().getProperty("application.name") + " "
                + AppConstants.getInstance().getProperty("application.version")).append(SystemUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR);
        sb.append("XML tool version info:").append(SystemUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR);

        SAXParserFactory spFactory = getSAXParserFactory();
        sb.append("SAXParserFactory-class =").append(spFactory.getClass().getName())
                .append(SystemUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR);
        DocumentBuilderFactory domFactory1 = getDocumentBuilderFactory(false);
        sb.append("DocumentBuilderFactory1-class =").append(domFactory1.getClass().getName())
                .append(SystemUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR);
        DocumentBuilderFactory domFactory2 = getDocumentBuilderFactory(true);
        sb.append("DocumentBuilderFactory2-class =").append(domFactory2.getClass().getName())
                .append(SystemUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR);

        TransformerFactory tFactory1 = getTransformerFactory(false);
        sb.append("TransformerFactory1-class =").append(tFactory1.getClass().getName())
                .append(SystemUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR);
        TransformerFactory tFactory2 = getTransformerFactory(true);
        sb.append("TransformerFactory2-class =").append(tFactory2.getClass().getName())
                .append(SystemUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR);

        sb.append("Apache-XML tool version info:").append(SystemUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR);

        try {
            sb.append("Xerces-Version=").append(org.apache.xerces.impl.Version.getVersion())
                    .append(SystemUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR);
        } catch (Throwable t) {
            sb.append("Xerces-Version not found (").append(t.getClass().getName()).append(": ")
                    .append(t.getMessage()).append(")").append(SystemUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR);
        }

        try {
            String xalanVersion;
            if (IbisContext.getApplicationServerType().startsWith("WAS")) {
                xalanVersion = nl.nn.org.apache.xalan.Version.getVersion();
            } else {
                xalanVersion = org.apache.xalan.Version.getVersion();
            }
            sb.append("Xalan-Version=" + xalanVersion + SystemUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR);
        } catch (Throwable t) {
            sb.append("Xalan-Version not found (").append(t.getClass().getName()).append(": ")
                    .append(t.getMessage()).append(")").append(SystemUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR);
        }

        try {
            //         sb.append("XmlCommons-Version="+org.apache.xmlcommons.Version.getVersion()+SystemUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR);
        } catch (Throwable t) {
            sb.append("XmlCommons-Version not found (").append(t.getClass().getName()).append(": ")
                    .append(t.getMessage()).append(")").append(SystemUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR);
        }

        return sb.toString();
    }

    public static String removeNamespaces(String input) {
        String removeNamespaces_xslt = makeRemoveNamespacesXslt(true, false);
        try {
            Transformer t = createTransformer(removeNamespaces_xslt);
            String query = transformXml(t, input);
            return query;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return null;
        }
    }

    public static String getRootNamespace(String input) {
        String getRootNamespace_xslt = makeGetRootNamespaceXslt();
        try {
            Transformer t = createTransformer(getRootNamespace_xslt, true);
            String query = transformXml(t, input);
            return query;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return null;
        }
    }

    public static String addRootNamespace(String input, String namespace) {
        String addRootNamespace_xslt = makeAddRootNamespaceXslt(namespace, true, false);
        try {
            Transformer t = createTransformer(addRootNamespace_xslt);
            String query = transformXml(t, input);
            return query;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return null;
        }
    }

    public static String removeUnusedNamespaces(String input) {
        String removeUnusedNamespaces_xslt = makeRemoveUnusedNamespacesXslt(true, false);
        try {
            Transformer t = createTransformer(removeUnusedNamespaces_xslt);
            String query = transformXml(t, input);
            return query;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return null;
        }
    }

    public static String copyOfSelect(String input, String xpath) {
        String copyOfSelect_xslt = makeCopyOfSelectXslt(xpath, true, false);
        try {
            Transformer t = createTransformer(copyOfSelect_xslt, true);
            String query = transformXml(t, input);
            return query;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return null;
        }
    }

    public static Map getIbisContext(String input) {
        if (input.startsWith("<") && !input.startsWith("<?") && !input.startsWith("<!")) {
            return null;
        }
        if (isWellFormed(input)) {
            String getIbisContext_xslt = XmlUtils.makeGetIbisContextXslt();
            try {
                Transformer t = XmlUtils.createTransformer(getIbisContext_xslt);
                String str = XmlUtils.transformXml(t, input);
                Map ibisContexts = new LinkedHashMap();
                int indexBraceOpen = str.indexOf("{");
                int indexBraceClose = 0;
                int indexStartNextSearch = 0;
                while (indexBraceOpen >= 0) {
                    indexBraceClose = str.indexOf("}", indexBraceOpen + 1);
                    if (indexBraceClose > indexBraceOpen) {
                        String ibisContextLength = str.substring(indexBraceOpen + 1, indexBraceClose);
                        int icLength = Integer.parseInt(ibisContextLength);
                        if (icLength > 0) {
                            indexStartNextSearch = indexBraceClose + 1 + icLength;
                            String ibisContext = str.substring(indexBraceClose + 1, indexStartNextSearch);
                            int indexEqualSign = ibisContext.indexOf("=");
                            String key;
                            String value;
                            if (indexEqualSign < 0) {
                                key = ibisContext;
                                value = "";
                            } else {
                                key = ibisContext.substring(0, indexEqualSign);
                                value = ibisContext.substring(indexEqualSign + 1);
                            }
                            ibisContexts.put(key, value);
                        } else {
                            indexStartNextSearch = indexBraceClose + 1;
                        }
                    } else {
                        indexStartNextSearch = indexBraceOpen + 1;
                    }
                    indexBraceOpen = str.indexOf("{", indexStartNextSearch);
                }
                return ibisContexts;
            } catch (Exception e) {
                return null;
            }
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }

    public static String canonicalize(String input) throws DocumentException, IOException {
        if (StringUtils.isEmpty(input)) {
            return null;
        }
        org.dom4j.Document doc = DocumentHelper.parseText(input);
        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
        OutputFormat format = OutputFormat.createPrettyPrint();
        format.setExpandEmptyElements(true);
        XMLWriter xw = new XMLWriter(sw, format);
        xw.write(doc);
        return sw.toString();
    }

    public static String nodeToString(Node node) throws TransformerException {
        Transformer t = getTransformerFactory().newTransformer();
        t.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "yes");
        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
        t.transform(new DOMSource(node), new StreamResult(sw));
        return sw.toString();
    }

    public static String cdataToText(String input) {
        try {
            DocumentBuilderFactory factory = getDocumentBuilderFactory();
            factory.setCoalescing(true);
            StringReader sr = new StringReader(input);
            InputSource src = new InputSource(sr);
            Document doc = factory.newDocumentBuilder().parse(src);
            return nodeToString(doc);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Like {@link javanet.staxutils.XMLStreamUtils#mergeAttributes} but it can
     * also merge namespaces
     * 
     * @param tag
     * @param attrs
     * @param nsps
     */
    public static StartElement mergeAttributes(StartElement tag, Iterator<? extends Attribute> attrs,
            Iterator<? extends Namespace> nsps, XMLEventFactory factory) {
        // create Attribute map
        Map<QName, Attribute> attributes = new HashMap<QName, Attribute>();

        // iterate through start tag's attributes
        for (Iterator i = tag.getAttributes(); i.hasNext();) {
            Attribute attr = (Attribute) i.next();
            attributes.put(attr.getName(), attr);
        }
        if (attrs != null) {
            // iterate through new attributes
            while (attrs.hasNext()) {
                Attribute attr = attrs.next();
                attributes.put(attr.getName(), attr);
            }
        }

        Map<QName, Namespace> namespaces = new HashMap<QName, Namespace>();
        for (Iterator i = tag.getNamespaces(); i.hasNext();) {
            Namespace ns = (Namespace) i.next();
            namespaces.put(ns.getName(), ns);
        }
        if (nsps != null) {
            while (nsps.hasNext()) {
                Namespace ns = nsps.next();
                namespaces.put(ns.getName(), ns);
            }
        }

        factory.setLocation(tag.getLocation());

        QName tagName = tag.getName();
        return factory.createStartElement(tagName.getPrefix(), tagName.getNamespaceURI(), tagName.getLocalPart(),
                attributes.values().iterator(), namespaces.values().iterator(), tag.getNamespaceContext());
    }

    public static boolean attributesEqual(Attribute attribute1, Attribute attribute2) {
        if (!attribute1.getName().equals(attribute2.getName())) {
            return false;
        } else if (!attribute1.getValue().equals(attribute2.getValue())) {
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }

    public static String getAdapterSite(Object document)
            throws DomBuilderException, IOException, TransformerException {
        String input;
        if (document instanceof DefaultDocument) {
            DefaultDocument defaultDocument = (DefaultDocument) document;
            input = defaultDocument.asXML();
        } else {
            input = document.toString();
        }
        return getAdapterSite(input, null);
    }

    public static String getAdapterSite(String input, Map parameters)
            throws IOException, DomBuilderException, TransformerException {
        URL xsltSource = ClassUtils.getResourceURL(XmlUtils.class, ADAPTERSITE_XSLT);
        Transformer transformer = XmlUtils.createTransformer(xsltSource);
        if (parameters != null) {
            XmlUtils.setTransformerParameters(transformer, parameters);
        }
        return XmlUtils.transformXml(transformer, input);
    }

    public static Collection<String> evaluateXPathNodeSet(String input, String xpathExpr)
            throws DomBuilderException, XPathExpressionException {
        String msg = XmlUtils.removeNamespaces(input);

        Collection<String> c = new LinkedList<String>();
        Document doc = buildDomDocument(msg, true, true);
        XPath xPath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath();
        XPathExpression xPathExpression = xPath.compile(xpathExpr);
        Object result = xPathExpression.evaluate(doc, XPathConstants.NODESET);
        NodeList nodes = (NodeList) result;
        for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
            if (nodes.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.ATTRIBUTE_NODE) {
                c.add(nodes.item(i).getNodeValue());
            } else {
                //c.add(nodes.item(i).getTextContent());
                c.add(nodes.item(i).getFirstChild().getNodeValue());
            }
        }
        if (c != null && c.size() > 0) {
            return c;
        }
        return null;
    }

    public static String evaluateXPathNodeSetFirstElement(String input, String xpathExpr)
            throws DomBuilderException, XPathExpressionException {
        Collection<String> c = evaluateXPathNodeSet(input, xpathExpr);
        if (c != null && c.size() > 0) {
            return c.iterator().next();
        }
        return null;
    }

    public static Double evaluateXPathNumber(String input, String xpathExpr)
            throws DomBuilderException, XPathExpressionException {
        String msg = XmlUtils.removeNamespaces(input);

        Document doc = buildDomDocument(msg, true, true);
        XPath xPath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath();
        XPathExpression xPathExpression = xPath.compile(xpathExpr);
        Object result = xPathExpression.evaluate(doc, XPathConstants.NUMBER);
        return (Double) result;
    }

    public static Map<String, String> evaluateXPathNodeSet(String input, String xpathExpr, String keyElement,
            String valueElement) throws DomBuilderException, XPathExpressionException {
        String msg = XmlUtils.removeNamespaces(input);

        Map<String, String> m = new HashMap<String, String>();
        Document doc = buildDomDocument(msg, true, true);
        XPath xPath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath();
        XPathExpression xPathExpression = xPath.compile(xpathExpr);
        Object result = xPathExpression.evaluate(doc, XPathConstants.NODESET);
        NodeList nodes = (NodeList) result;
        for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
            Node node = nodes.item(i);
            if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                Element element = (Element) node;
                String key = getChildTagAsString(element, keyElement);
                String value = getChildTagAsString(element, valueElement);
                m.put(key, value);
            }
        }
        if (m != null && m.size() > 0) {
            return m;
        }
        return null;
    }

    public static Collection<String> evaluateXPathNodeSet(String input, String xpathExpr, String xpathExpr2)
            throws DomBuilderException, XPathExpressionException {
        String msg = XmlUtils.removeNamespaces(input);

        Collection<String> c = new LinkedList<String>();
        Document doc = buildDomDocument(msg, true, true);
        XPath xPath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath();
        XPathExpression xPathExpression = xPath.compile(xpathExpr);
        Object result = xPathExpression.evaluate(doc, XPathConstants.NODESET);
        NodeList nodes = (NodeList) result;
        for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
            Node node = nodes.item(i);
            if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                Element element = (Element) node;
                XPathExpression xPathExpression2 = xPath.compile(xpathExpr2);
                Object result2 = xPathExpression2.evaluate(element, XPathConstants.STRING);
                c.add((String) result2);
            }
        }
        if (c != null && c.size() > 0) {
            return c;
        }
        return null;
    }

    public static String toXhtml(String htmlString) {
        String xhtmlString = null;
        if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(htmlString)) {
            xhtmlString = XmlUtils.skipDocTypeDeclaration(htmlString.trim());
            if (xhtmlString.startsWith("<html>") || xhtmlString.startsWith("<html ")) {
                CleanerProperties props = new CleanerProperties();
                HtmlCleaner cleaner = new HtmlCleaner(props);
                TagNode tagNode = cleaner.clean(xhtmlString);
                xhtmlString = new SimpleXmlSerializer(props).getXmlAsString(tagNode);
            }
        }
        return xhtmlString;
    }
}