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package org.jdom2;

import java.util.*;

/**
 * A utility class to handle well-formedness checks on names, data, and other
 * verification tasks for JDOM. The class is final and may not be subclassed.
 *
 * @author  Brett McLaughlin
 * @author  Elliotte Rusty Harold
 * @author  Jason Hunter
 * @author  Bradley S. Huffman
 * @author  Rolf Lear
 * @author  Wilfried Middleton
 */
final public class Verifier {

    /*
     * KEY TO UNDERSTANDING MASKS.
     * ===========================
     * 
     * This Verifier uses bitwise logic to perform fast validation on
     * XML characters. The concept is as follows...
     * 
     * There are 7 major tests for characters in JDOM and one special case.
     * Can the character be a regular character, can it be part of an XML Name
     * (element, attribute, entity-ref, etc.), does it represent a letter,
     * digit, or combining character. Finally can a character be the first
     * character in a name, or can the character be part of a URI. The special
     * case is that Attributes and Element names in JDOM do not include the
     * namespace prefix, thus, for Attribute and Elements, the name is the
     * identical test to other XML names, but excludes the ':'. For performance
     * reasons we only have the bitmask for the JDOM names, and then add the
     * ':' for the general case tests.
     * 
     * These 7 tests are often performed in very tight performance critical
     * loops. It is essential for them to be fast.
     * 
     * These 7 tests conveniently can be represented as 8 bits in a byte.
     * We can thus have a single byte that represents the possible roles for
     * each possible character. There are 64K characters... thus we need 64K
     * bytes to represent each character's possible roles.
     * 
     * We could use arrays of booleans to accomplish the same thing, but each
     * boolean is a byte of memory, and using a bitmask allows us to put the
     * 8 bitmask tests in the same memory space as just one boolean array.
     * 
     * The end solution is to have an array of these bytes, one per character,
     * and to then query each bit on the byte to see whether the corresponding
     * character is able to perform in the respective role.
     * 
     * The complicated part of this process is three-fold. The hardest part is
     * knowing what role each character can play. The next hard part is
     * converting this knowledge in to an array of bytes we can express in this
     * Verifier class. The final part is querying that array for each test.
     * 
     * Before this particular performance upgrade, the knowledge of what roles
     * each character can play was embedded in each of the isXML*() methods.
     * Those methods have been transferred in to the 'contrib' class
     * org.jdom2.contrib.verifier.VerifierBuilder. That VerifierBuilder class
     * has a main method which takes that knowledge, and converts it in to a
     * 'compressed' set of two arrays, the byte mask, and the number of
     * consecutive characters that have that mask, which are then copy/pasted
     * in to this file as the VALCONST and LENCONST arrays.
     * 
     * These two arrays are then 'decompressed' in to the CHARFLAGS array.
     * 
     * The CHARFLAGS array is then queried for each of the 8 critical tests
     * to determine which roles a character performs.
     * 
     * If you need to change the roles a character plays in XML (i.e. change
     * the return-value of one of the isXML...() methods, then you need to:
     * 
     *  - update the logic in org.jdom2.contrib.verifier.VerifierBuilder
     *  - run the VerifierBuilder
     *  - copy/paste the output to this file.
     *  - update the JUnit test harness TestVerifier
     */

    /**
     * The seed array used with LENCONST to populate CHARFLAGS.
     */
    private static final byte[] VALCONST = new byte[] { 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x41, 0x01, 0x41, 0x49,
            0x41, 0x59, 0x41, 0x01, 0x41, 0x01, 0x41, 0x4f, 0x01, 0x4d, 0x01, 0x4f, 0x01, 0x41, 0x01, 0x09, 0x01,
            0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f,
            0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x09, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x09, 0x0f, 0x01,
            0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f,
            0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01,
            0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29,
            0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x09, 0x0f, 0x29, 0x01,
            0x19, 0x01, 0x29, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x29, 0x0f, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29,
            0x01, 0x19, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x29, 0x0f, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x29, 0x01, 0x19,
            0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01,
            0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x29, 0x01, 0x19, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x29,
            0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01,
            0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x19, 0x29, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x0f,
            0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x29, 0x0f, 0x29, 0x01,
            0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x19, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f,
            0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x29, 0x0f, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01,
            0x0f, 0x01, 0x19, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f,
            0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01,
            0x19, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29,
            0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x19, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01,
            0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x19,
            0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01,
            0x29, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x19, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x29, 0x0f, 0x29, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x09, 0x29, 0x01,
            0x19, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f,
            0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x29, 0x0f, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x0f, 0x01,
            0x0f, 0x01, 0x09, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x19, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x19, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29,
            0x01, 0x29, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29,
            0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01,
            0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f,
            0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01,
            0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f,
            0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01,
            0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f,
            0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x29, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01,
            0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x09, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x29, 0x01, 0x09, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01,
            0x29, 0x01, 0x09, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x09, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00 };

    /**
     * The seed array used with VALCONST to populate CHARFLAGS.
     */
    private static final int[] LENCONST = new int[] { 9, 2, 2, 1, 18, 1, 1, 2, 9, 2, 1, 10, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 26, 4, 1,
            1, 26, 3, 1, 56, 1, 8, 23, 1, 31, 1, 58, 2, 11, 2, 8, 1, 53, 1, 68, 9, 36, 3, 2, 4, 30, 56, 89, 18, 7,
            14, 2, 46, 70, 26, 2, 36, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 20, 1, 44, 1, 7, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 18, 13, 12, 1,
            66, 1, 12, 1, 36, 1, 4, 9, 53, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 28, 2, 8, 2, 2, 55, 38, 2, 1, 7, 38, 10, 17, 1, 23, 1, 3,
            1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 11, 27, 5, 3, 46, 26, 5, 1, 10, 8, 13, 10, 6, 1, 71, 2, 5, 1, 15, 1, 4, 1, 1, 15, 2,
            2, 1, 4, 2, 10, 519, 3, 1, 53, 2, 1, 1, 16, 3, 4, 3, 10, 2, 2, 10, 17, 3, 1, 8, 2, 2, 2, 22, 1, 7, 1, 1,
            3, 4, 2, 1, 1, 7, 2, 2, 2, 3, 9, 1, 4, 2, 1, 3, 2, 2, 10, 2, 16, 1, 2, 6, 4, 2, 2, 22, 1, 7, 1, 2, 1, 2,
            1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 5, 4, 2, 2, 3, 11, 4, 1, 1, 7, 10, 2, 3, 12, 3, 1, 7, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 22, 1, 7, 1, 2, 1,
            5, 2, 1, 1, 8, 1, 3, 1, 3, 18, 1, 5, 10, 17, 3, 1, 8, 2, 2, 2, 22, 1, 7, 1, 2, 2, 4, 2, 1, 1, 6, 3, 2,
            2, 3, 8, 2, 4, 2, 1, 3, 4, 10, 18, 2, 1, 6, 3, 3, 1, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 8, 1, 3, 4, 5,
            3, 3, 1, 4, 9, 1, 15, 9, 17, 3, 1, 8, 1, 3, 1, 23, 1, 10, 1, 5, 4, 7, 1, 3, 1, 4, 7, 2, 9, 2, 4, 10, 18,
            2, 1, 8, 1, 3, 1, 23, 1, 10, 1, 5, 4, 7, 1, 3, 1, 4, 7, 2, 7, 1, 1, 2, 4, 10, 18, 2, 1, 8, 1, 3, 1, 23,
            1, 16, 4, 6, 2, 3, 1, 4, 9, 1, 8, 2, 4, 10, 145, 46, 1, 1, 1, 2, 7, 5, 6, 1, 8, 1, 10, 39, 2, 1, 1, 2,
            2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 6, 4, 1, 7, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 6, 1, 2, 1, 2, 5, 1, 1, 1, 6, 2,
            10, 62, 2, 6, 10, 11, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 2, 8, 1, 33, 7, 20, 1, 6, 4, 6, 1, 1, 1, 21, 3, 7, 1, 1, 230,
            38, 10, 39, 9, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 5, 41, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 11, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 3, 1, 5, 3,
            1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 3, 2, 1, 1, 40, 1, 9, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 7, 2, 1, 1, 1, 7, 40, 1, 4, 1, 8, 1,
            3078, 156, 4, 90, 6, 22, 2, 6, 2, 38, 2, 6, 2, 8, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 31, 2, 53, 1, 7, 1, 1, 3, 3, 1,
            7, 3, 4, 2, 6, 4, 13, 5, 3, 1, 7, 211, 13, 4, 1, 68, 1, 3, 2, 2, 1, 81, 3, 3714, 1, 1, 1, 25, 9, 6, 1,
            5, 11, 84, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 90, 1, 3, 6, 40, 7379, 20902, 3162, 11172, 92, 2048, 8190, 2 };

    /**
     * The number of characters in Java.
     */
    private static final int CHARCNT = Character.MAX_VALUE + 1;

    /**
     * An array of byte where each byte represents the roles that the
     * corresponding character can play. Use the bit mask values
     * to access each character's role.
     */
    private static final byte[] CHARFLAGS = buildBitFlags();

    /**
     * Convert the two compressed arrays in to th CHARFLAGS array.
     * @return the CHARFLAGS array.
     */
    private static final byte[] buildBitFlags() {
        final byte[] ret = new byte[CHARCNT];
        int index = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < VALCONST.length; i++) {
            // v represents the roles a character can play.
            final byte v = VALCONST[i];
            // l is the number of consecutive chars that have the same
            // roles 'v'
            int l = LENCONST[i];
            // we need to give the next 'l' chars the role bits 'v'
            while (--l >= 0) {
                ret[index++] = v;
            }
        }
        return ret;
    }

    /** Mask used to test for {@link #isXMLCharacter(int)} */
    private static final byte MASKXMLCHARACTER = 1 << 0;
    /** Mask used to test for {@link #isXMLLetter(char)} */
    private static final byte MASKXMLLETTER = 1 << 1;
    /** Mask used to test for {@link #isXMLNameStartCharacter(char)} */
    private static final byte MASKXMLSTARTCHAR = 1 << 2;
    /** Mask used to test for {@link #isXMLNameCharacter(char)} */
    private static final byte MASKXMLNAMECHAR = 1 << 3;
    /** Mask used to test for {@link #isXMLDigit(char)} */
    private static final byte MASKXMLDIGIT = 1 << 4;
    /** Mask used to test for {@link #isXMLCombiningChar(char)} */
    private static final byte MASKXMLCOMBINING = 1 << 5;
    /** Mask used to test for {@link #isURICharacter(char)} */
    private static final byte MASKURICHAR = 1 << 6;
    /** Mask used to test for {@link #isXMLLetterOrDigit(char)} */
    private static final byte MASKXMLLETTERORDIGIT = MASKXMLLETTER | MASKXMLDIGIT;

    /**
     * Ensure instantation cannot occur.
     */
    private Verifier() {
    }

    private static final String checkJDOMName(final String name) {
        // Check basic XML name rules first
        // Cannot be empty or null
        if (name == null) {
            return "XML names cannot be null";
        }

        //final int len = name.length();
        if (name.length() == 0) {
            return "XML names cannot be empty";
        }

        // Cannot start with a number
        if ((byte) 0 == (CHARFLAGS[name.charAt(0)] & MASKXMLSTARTCHAR)) {
            return "XML name '" + name + "' cannot begin with the character \"" + name.charAt(0) + "\"";
        }
        // Ensure legal content for non-first chars
        // also check char 0 to catch colon char ':'
        for (int i = name.length() - 1; i >= 1; i--) {
            if ((byte) 0 == (byte) (CHARFLAGS[name.charAt(i)] & MASKXMLNAMECHAR)) {
                return "XML name '" + name + "' cannot contain the character \"" + name.charAt(i) + "\"";
            }
        }

        // If we got here, everything is OK
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * This will check the supplied name to see if it is legal for use as
     * a JDOM <code>{@link Element}</code> name.
     *
     * @param name <code>String</code> name to check.
     * @return <code>String</code> reason name is illegal, or
     *         <code>null</code> if name is OK.
     */
    public static String checkElementName(final String name) {
        return checkJDOMName(name);
    }

    /**
     * This will check the supplied name to see if it is legal for use as
     * a JDOM <code>{@link Attribute}</code> name.
     *
     * @param name <code>String</code> name to check.
     * @return <code>String</code> reason name is illegal, or
     *         <code>null</code> if name is OK.
     */
    public static String checkAttributeName(final String name) {
        // Attribute names may not be xmlns since we do this internally too
        if ("xmlns".equals(name)) {
            return "An Attribute name may not be \"xmlns\"; " + "use the Namespace class to manage namespaces";
        }

        return checkJDOMName(name);
    }

    /**
     * This will check the supplied string to see if it only contains
     * characters allowed by the XML 1.0 specification. The C0 controls
     * (e.g. null, vertical tab, form-feed, etc.) are specifically excluded
     * except for carriage return, line-feed, and the horizontal tab.
     * Surrogates are also excluded. 
     * <p>
     * This method is useful for checking element content and attribute
     * values. Note that characters 
     * like " and &lt; are allowed in attribute values and element content. 
     * They will simply be escaped as &quot; or &lt; 
     * when the value is serialized. 
     * </p>
     *
     * @param text <code>String</code> value to check.
     * @return <code>String</code> reason name is illegal, or
     *         <code>null</code> if name is OK.
     */
    public static String checkCharacterData(final String text) {
        if (text == null) {
            return "A null is not a legal XML value";
        }

        final int len = text.length();
        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
            // we are expecting a normal char, but may be a surrogate.
            // the isXMLCharacter method takes an int argument, but we have a char.
            // we save a lot of time by doing the test directly here without
            // doing the unnecessary cast-to-int and double-checking ranges
            // for the char.
            // Also, note that we only need to check for non-zero flags, instead
            // of checking for an actual bit, because all the other
            // character roles are a pure subset of CharacterData. Put another way,
            // any character with any bit set, will always also have the
            // CharacterData bit set.
            while (CHARFLAGS[text.charAt(i)] != (byte) 0) {
                // fast-loop through the chars until we find something that's not.
                if (++i == len) {
                    // we passed all the characters...
                    return null;
                }
            }
            // the character is not a normal character.
            // we need to sort out what it is. Neither high nor low
            // surrogate pairs are valid characters, so they will get here.

            if (isHighSurrogate(text.charAt(i))) {
                // we have the valid high char of a pair.
                // we will expect the low char on the next index,
                i++;
                if (i >= len) {
                    return String.format("Truncated Surrogate Pair 0x%04x????", (int) text.charAt(i - 1));
                }
                if (isLowSurrogate(text.charAt(i))) {
                    // we now have the low char of a pair, decode and validate
                    if (!isXMLCharacter(decodeSurrogatePair(text.charAt(i - 1), text.charAt(i)))) {
                        // Likely this character can't be easily displayed
                        // because it's a control so we use it'd hexadecimal 
                        // representation in the reason.
                        return String.format("0x%06x is not a legal XML character",
                                decodeSurrogatePair(text.charAt(i - 1), text.charAt(i)));
                    }
                } else {
                    // we got a normal character, but we wanted a low surrogate
                    return String.format("Illegal Surrogate Pair 0x%04x%04x", (int) text.charAt(i - 1),
                            (int) text.charAt(i));
                }
            } else {
                // Likely this character can't be easily displayed
                // because it's a control so we use its hexadecimal 
                // representation in the reason.
                return String.format("0x%04x is not a legal XML character", (int) text.charAt(i));
            }
        }

        // If we got here, everything is OK
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * This will check the supplied data to see if it is legal for use as
     * JDOM <code>{@link CDATA}</code>.
     *
     * @param data <code>String</code> data to check.
     * @return <code>String</code> reason data is illegal, or
     *         <code>null</code> is name is OK.
     */
    public static String checkCDATASection(final String data) {
        String reason = null;
        if ((reason = checkCharacterData(data)) != null) {
            return reason;
        }

        if (data.indexOf("]]>") != -1) {
            return "CDATA cannot internally contain a CDATA ending " + "delimiter (]]>)";
        }

        // If we got here, everything is OK
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * This will check the supplied name to see if it is legal for use as
     * a JDOM <code>{@link Namespace}</code> prefix.
     *
     * @param prefix <code>String</code> prefix to check.
     * @return <code>String</code> reason name is illegal, or
     *         <code>null</code> if name is OK.
     */
    public static String checkNamespacePrefix(final String prefix) {
        // Manually do rules, since URIs can be null or empty
        if ((prefix == null) || (prefix.equals(""))) {
            return null;
        }

        if (checkJDOMName(prefix) != null) {
            // will double-check null and empty names, but that's OK
            // since we have already checked them.
            return checkJDOMName(prefix);
        }

        // Cannot start with "xml" in any character case
        /* See Issue 126 - https://github.com/hunterhacker/jdom/issues/126
        if (prefix.length() >= 3) {
           if (prefix.charAt(0) == 'x' || prefix.charAt(0) == 'X') {
        if (prefix.charAt(1) == 'm' || prefix.charAt(1) == 'M') {
           if (prefix.charAt(2) == 'l' || prefix.charAt(2) == 'L') {
              return "Namespace prefixes cannot begin with " +
                    "\"xml\" in any combination of case";
           }
        }
           }
        }
        */

        // If we got here, everything is OK
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * This will check the supplied name to see if it is legal for use as
     * a JDOM <code>{@link Namespace}</code> URI.
     * <p>
     * This is a 'light' test of URI's designed to filter out only the worst
     * illegal URIs. It tests only to ensure the first character is valid. A
     * comprehensive URI validation process would be impractical.
     *
     * @param uri <code>String</code> URI to check.
     * @return <code>String</code> reason name is illegal, or
     *         <code>null</code> if name is OK.
     */
    public static String checkNamespaceURI(final String uri) {
        // Manually do rules, since URIs can be null or empty
        if ((uri == null) || (uri.equals(""))) {
            return null;
        }

        // Cannot start with a number
        final char first = uri.charAt(0);
        if (Character.isDigit(first)) {
            return "Namespace URIs cannot begin with a number";
        }
        // Cannot start with a $
        if (first == '$') {
            return "Namespace URIs cannot begin with a dollar sign ($)";
        }
        // Cannot start with a -
        if (first == '-') {
            return "Namespace URIs cannot begin with a hyphen (-)";
        }

        // Cannot start with space...
        if (isXMLWhitespace(first)) {
            return "Namespace URIs cannot begin with white-space";
        }

        // If we got here, everything is OK
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Check if two namespaces collide.
     *
     * @param namespace <code>Namespace</code> to check.
     * @param other <code>Namespace</code> to check against.
     * @return <code>String</code> reason for collision, or
     *         <code>null</code> if no collision.
     */
    public static String checkNamespaceCollision(final Namespace namespace, final Namespace other) {
        String p1, p2, u1, u2, reason;

        reason = null;
        p1 = namespace.getPrefix();
        u1 = namespace.getURI();
        p2 = other.getPrefix();
        u2 = other.getURI();
        if (p1.equals(p2) && !u1.equals(u2)) {
            reason = "The namespace prefix \"" + p1 + "\" collides";
        }
        return reason;
    }

    /**
     * Check if <code>{@link Attribute}</code>'s namespace collides with a 
     * <code>{@link Element}</code>'s namespace.
     *
     * @param attribute <code>Attribute</code> to check.
     * @param element <code>Element</code> to check against.
     * @return <code>String</code> reason for collision, or
     *         <code>null</code> if no collision.
     */
    public static String checkNamespaceCollision(final Attribute attribute, final Element element) {
        return checkNamespaceCollision(attribute, element, -1);
    }

    /**
     * Check if <code>{@link Attribute}</code>'s namespace collides with a 
     * <code>{@link Element}</code>'s namespace.
     *
     * @param attribute <code>Attribute</code> to check.
     * @param element <code>Element</code> to check against.
     * @param ignoreatt Ignore a specific Attribute (if it exists) when
     *        calculating any collisions (used when replacing one attribute
     *        with another).
     * @return <code>String</code> reason for collision, or
     *         <code>null</code> if no collision.
     */
    public static String checkNamespaceCollision(final Attribute attribute, final Element element,
            final int ignoreatt) {
        final Namespace namespace = attribute.getNamespace();
        final String prefix = namespace.getPrefix();
        if ("".equals(prefix)) {
            return null;
        }

        return checkNamespaceCollision(namespace, element, ignoreatt);
    }

    /**
     * Check if a <code>{@link Namespace}</code> collides with a
     * <code>{@link Element}</code>'s namespace.
     *
     * @param namespace <code>Namespace</code> to check.
     * @param element <code>Element</code> to check against.
     * @return <code>String</code> reason for collision, or
     *         <code>null</code> if no collision.
     */
    public static String checkNamespaceCollision(final Namespace namespace, final Element element) {
        return checkNamespaceCollision(namespace, element, -1);
    }

    /**
     * Check if a <code>{@link Namespace}</code> collides with a
     * <code>{@link Element}</code>'s namespace.
     *
     * @param namespace <code>Namespace</code> to check.
     * @param element <code>Element</code> to check against.
     * @param ignoreatt Ignore a specific Attribute (if it exists) when
     *        calculating any collisions (used when replacing one attribute
     *        with another).
     * @return <code>String</code> reason for collision, or
     *         <code>null</code> if no collision.
     */
    public static String checkNamespaceCollision(final Namespace namespace, final Element element,
            final int ignoreatt) {
        String reason = checkNamespaceCollision(namespace, element.getNamespace());
        if (reason != null) {
            return reason + " with the element namespace prefix";
        }

        if (element.hasAdditionalNamespaces()) {
            reason = checkNamespaceCollision(namespace, element.getAdditionalNamespaces());
            if (reason != null) {
                return reason;
            }
        }

        if (element.hasAttributes()) {
            reason = checkNamespaceCollision(namespace, element.getAttributes(), ignoreatt);
            if (reason != null) {
                return reason;
            }
        }

        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Check if a <code>{@link Namespace}</code> collides with a
     * <code>{@link Attribute}</code>'s namespace.
     *
     * @param namespace <code>Namespace</code> to check.
     * @param attribute <code>Attribute</code> to check against.
     * @return <code>String</code> reason for collision, or
     *         <code>null</code> if no collision.
     */
    public static String checkNamespaceCollision(final Namespace namespace, final Attribute attribute) {
        String reason = null;
        if (!attribute.getNamespace().equals(Namespace.NO_NAMESPACE)) {
            reason = checkNamespaceCollision(namespace, attribute.getNamespace());
            if (reason != null) {
                reason += " with an attribute namespace prefix on the element";
            }
        }
        return reason;
    }

    /**
     * Check if a <code>{@link Namespace}</code> collides with any namespace
     * from a list of objects.
     *
     * @param namespace <code>Namespace</code> to check.
     * @param list <code>List</code> to check against.
     * @return <code>String</code> reason for collision, or
     *         <code>null</code> if no collision.
     */
    public static String checkNamespaceCollision(final Namespace namespace, final List<?> list) {
        return checkNamespaceCollision(namespace, list, -1);
    }

    /**
     * Check if a <code>{@link Namespace}</code> collides with any namespace
     * from a list of objects.
     *
     * @param namespace <code>Namespace</code> to check.
     * @param list <code>List</code> to check against.
     * @param ignoreatt Ignore a specific Attribute (if it exists) when
     *        calculating any collisions (used when replacing one attribute
     *        with another).
     * @return <code>String</code> reason for collision, or
     *         <code>null</code> if no collision.
     */
    public static String checkNamespaceCollision(final Namespace namespace, final List<?> list,
            final int ignoreatt) {
        if (list == null) {
            return null;
        }

        String reason = null;
        final Iterator<?> i = list.iterator();
        int cnt = -1;
        while ((reason == null) && i.hasNext()) {
            final Object obj = i.next();
            cnt++;
            if (obj instanceof Attribute) {
                if (cnt == ignoreatt) {
                    continue;
                }
                reason = checkNamespaceCollision(namespace, (Attribute) obj);
            } else if (obj instanceof Element) {
                reason = checkNamespaceCollision(namespace, (Element) obj);
            } else if (obj instanceof Namespace) {
                reason = checkNamespaceCollision(namespace, (Namespace) obj);
                if (reason != null) {
                    reason += " with an additional namespace declared" + " by the element";
                }
            }
        }
        return reason;
    }

    /**
     * This will check the supplied data to see if it is legal for use as
     * a JDOM <code>{@link ProcessingInstruction}</code> target.
     *
     * @param target <code>String</code> target to check.
     * @return <code>String</code> reason target is illegal, or
     *         <code>null</code> if target is OK.
     */
    public static String checkProcessingInstructionTarget(final String target) {
        // Check basic XML name rules first
        String reason;
        if ((reason = checkXMLName(target)) != null) {
            return reason;
        }

        // No colons allowed, per Namespace Specification Section 6
        if (target.indexOf(":") != -1) {
            return "Processing instruction targets cannot contain colons";
        }

        // Cannot begin with 'xml' in any case
        if (target.equalsIgnoreCase("xml")) {
            return "Processing instructions cannot have a target of "
                    + "\"xml\" in any combination of case. (Note that the "
                    + "\"<?xml ... ?>\" declaration at the beginning of a "
                    + "document is not a processing instruction and should not "
                    + "be added as one; it is written automatically during " + "output, e.g. by XMLOutputter.)";
        }

        // If we got here, everything is OK
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * This will check the supplied data to see if it is legal for use as
     * <code>{@link ProcessingInstruction}</code> data. Besides checking that
     * all the characters are allowed in XML, this also checks
     * that the data does not contain the PI end-string "?&gt;".
     *
     * @param data <code>String</code> data to check.
     * @return <code>String</code> reason data is illegal, or
     *         <code>null</code> if data is OK.
     */
    public static String checkProcessingInstructionData(final String data) {
        // Check basic XML name rules first
        final String reason = checkCharacterData(data);

        if (reason == null) {
            if (data.indexOf("?>") >= 0) {
                return "Processing instructions cannot contain " + "the string \"?>\"";
            }
        }

        return reason;
    }

    /**
     * This will check the supplied data to see if it is legal for use as
     * JDOM <code>{@link Comment}</code> data.
     *
     * @param data <code>String</code> data to check.
     * @return <code>String</code> reason data is illegal, or
     *         <code>null</code> if data is OK.
     */
    public static String checkCommentData(final String data) {
        String reason = null;
        if ((reason = checkCharacterData(data)) != null) {
            return reason;
        }

        if (data.indexOf("--") != -1) {
            return "Comments cannot contain double hyphens (--)";
        }
        if (data.endsWith("-")) {
            return "Comment data cannot end with a hyphen.";
        }

        // If we got here, everything is OK
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * This is a utility function to decode a non-BMP 
     * UTF-16 surrogate pair.
     * @param high high 16 bits
     * @param low low 16 bits
     * @return decoded character
     */
    public static int decodeSurrogatePair(final char high, final char low) {
        return 0x10000 + (high - 0xD800) * 0x400 + (low - 0xDC00);
    }

    /**
     * This will check the supplied data to see if it is legal for use as
     * PublicID (in a {@link DocType} or {@link EntityRef}).
     * 
     * @param c the character to validate
     * @return <code>String</code> reason <i>c</i> is illegal, or
     *         <code>null</code> if <i>c</i> is OK.
     */
    public static boolean isXMLPublicIDCharacter(final char c) {
        // [13] PubidChar ::= #x20 | #xD | #xA | [a-zA-Z0-9] |
        // [-'()+,./:=?;*#@$_%]

        if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z')
            return true;
        if (c >= '?' && c <= 'Z')
            return true;
        if (c >= '\'' && c <= ';')
            return true;

        if (c == ' ')
            return true;
        if (c == '!')
            return true;
        if (c == '=')
            return true;
        if (c == '#')
            return true;
        if (c == '$')
            return true;
        if (c == '_')
            return true;
        if (c == '%')
            return true;
        if (c == '\n')
            return true;
        if (c == '\r')
            return true;
        if (c == '\t')
            return true;

        return false;
    }

    /**
     * This will ensure that the data for a public identifier
     * is legal.
     *
     * @param publicID <code>String</code> public ID to check.
     * @return <code>String</code> reason public ID is illegal, or
     *         <code>null</code> if public ID is OK.
     */
    public static String checkPublicID(final String publicID) {
        String reason = null;

        if (publicID == null)
            return null;
        // This indicates there is no public ID

        for (int i = 0; i < publicID.length(); i++) {
            final char c = publicID.charAt(i);
            if (!isXMLPublicIDCharacter(c)) {
                reason = c + " is not a legal character in public IDs";
                break;
            }
        }

        return reason;
    }

    /**
     * This will ensure that the data for a system literal
     * is legal.
     *
     * @param systemLiteral <code>String</code> system literal to check.
     * @return <code>String</code> reason system literal is illegal, or
     *         <code>null</code> if system literal is OK.
     */
    public static String checkSystemLiteral(final String systemLiteral) {
        String reason = null;

        if (systemLiteral == null)
            return null;
        // This indicates there is no system ID

        if (systemLiteral.indexOf('\'') != -1 && systemLiteral.indexOf('"') != -1) {
            reason = "System literals cannot simultaneously contain both single and double quotes.";
        } else {
            reason = checkCharacterData(systemLiteral);
        }

        return reason;
    }

    /**
     * This is a utility function for sharing the base process of checking
     * any XML name.
     *
     * @param name <code>String</code> to check for XML name compliance.
     * @return <code>String</code> reason the name is illegal, or
     *         <code>null</code> if OK.
     */
    public static String checkXMLName(final String name) {
        // Cannot be empty or null
        if ((name == null)) {
            return "XML names cannot be null";
        }

        final int len = name.length();
        if (len == 0) {
            return "XML names cannot be empty";
        }

        // Cannot start with a number
        if (!isXMLNameStartCharacter(name.charAt(0))) {
            return "XML names cannot begin with the character \"" + name.charAt(0) + "\"";
        }
        // Ensure legal content for non-first chars
        for (int i = 1; i < len; i++) {
            if (!isXMLNameCharacter(name.charAt(i))) {
                return "XML names cannot contain the character \"" + name.charAt(i) + "\"";
            }
        }

        // We got here, so everything is OK
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Checks a string to see if it is a legal RFC 2396 URI.
     * Both absolute and relative URIs are supported.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param uri <code>String</code> to check.
     * @return <code>String</code> reason the URI is illegal, or
     *         <code>null</code> if OK.
     */
    public static String checkURI(final String uri) {
        // URIs can be null or empty
        if ((uri == null) || (uri.equals(""))) {
            return null;
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < uri.length(); i++) {
            final char test = uri.charAt(i);
            if (!isURICharacter(test)) {
                String msgNumber = "0x" + Integer.toHexString(test);
                if (test <= 0x09)
                    msgNumber = "0x0" + Integer.toHexString(test);
                return "URIs cannot contain " + msgNumber;
            } // end if
            if (test == '%') { // must be followed by two hexadecimal digits
                try {
                    final char firstDigit = uri.charAt(i + 1);
                    final char secondDigit = uri.charAt(i + 2);
                    if (!isHexDigit(firstDigit) || !isHexDigit(secondDigit)) {
                        return "Percent signs in URIs must be followed by " + "exactly two hexadecimal digits.";
                    }

                } catch (final StringIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
                    return "Percent signs in URIs must be followed by " + "exactly two hexadecimal digits.";
                }
            }
        } // end for

        // If we got here, everything is OK
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * This is a utility function for determining whether a specified
     * Unicode character is a hexadecimal digit as defined in RFC 2396;
     * that is, one of the ASCII characters 0-9, a-f, or A-F.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param c  to check for hex digit.
     * @return true if it's allowed, false otherwise.
     */
    public static boolean isHexDigit(final char c) {

        // I suspect most characters passed to this method will be
        // correct hexadecimal digits, so I test for the true cases
        // first. If this proves to be a performance bottleneck
        // a switch statement or lookup table
        // might optimize this.
        if (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
            return true;
        if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F')
            return true;
        if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f')
            return true;

        return false;
    }

    /**
     * This is a function for determining whether the
     * specified character is the high 16 bits in a 
     * UTF-16 surrogate pair.
     * @param ch character to check
     * @return true if the character is a high surrogate, false otherwise
     */
    public static boolean isHighSurrogate(final char ch) {
        // faster way to do it is with bit manipulation....
        // return (ch >= 0xD800 && ch <= 0xDBFF);
        // A high surrogate has the bit pattern:
        //    110110xx xxxxxxxx
        // ch & 0xFC00 does a bit-mask of the most significant 6 bits (110110)
        // return 0xD800 == (ch & 0xFC00);
        // as it happens, it is faster to do a bit-shift,
        return 0x36 == ch >>> 10;
    }

    /**
     * This is a function for determining whether the 
     * specified character is the low 16 bits in a 
     * UTF-16 surrogate pair.
     * @param ch character to check
     * @return true if the character is a low surrogate, false otherwise.
     */
    public static boolean isLowSurrogate(final char ch) {
        // faster way to do it is with bit manipulation....
        // return (ch >= 0xDC00 && ch <= 0xDFFF);
        return 0x37 == ch >>> 10;
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * This is a utility function for determining whether
     * a specified Unicode character is legal in URI references
     * as determined by RFC 2396.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param c <code>char</code> to check for URI reference compliance.
     * @return true if it's allowed, false otherwise.
     */
    public static boolean isURICharacter(final char c) {
        return (byte) 0 != (byte) (CHARFLAGS[c] & MASKURICHAR);
    }

    /**
     * This is a utility function for determining whether a specified 
     * character is a character according to production 2 of the 
     * XML 1.0 specification.
     *
     * @param c <code>char</code> to check for XML compliance
     * @return <code>boolean</code> true if it's a character, 
     *                                false otherwise
     */
    public static boolean isXMLCharacter(final int c) {
        if (c >= CHARCNT) {
            return c <= 0x10FFFF;
        }
        return (byte) 0 != (byte) (CHARFLAGS[c] & MASKXMLCHARACTER);
    }

    /**
     * This is a utility function for determining whether a specified 
     * character is a name character according to production 4 of the 
     * XML 1.0 specification.
     *
     * @param c <code>char</code> to check for XML name compliance.
     * @return <code>boolean</code> true if it's a name character, 
     *                                false otherwise.
     */
    public static boolean isXMLNameCharacter(final char c) {
        return (byte) 0 != (byte) (CHARFLAGS[c] & MASKXMLNAMECHAR) || c == ':';
    }

    /**
     * This is a utility function for determining whether a specified 
     * character is a legal name start character according to production 5
     * of the XML 1.0 specification. This production does allow names
     * to begin with colons which the Namespaces in XML Recommendation
     * disallows. 
     *
     * @param c <code>char</code> to check for XML name start compliance.
     * @return <code>boolean</code> true if it's a name start character, 
     *                                false otherwise.
     */
    public static boolean isXMLNameStartCharacter(final char c) {
        return (byte) 0 != (byte) (CHARFLAGS[c] & MASKXMLSTARTCHAR) || c == ':';
    }

    /**
     * This is a utility function for determining whether a specified 
     * character is a letter or digit according to productions 84 and 88
     * of the XML 1.0 specification.
     *
     * @param c <code>char</code> to check.
     * @return <code>boolean</code> true if it's letter or digit, 
     *                                false otherwise.
     */
    public static boolean isXMLLetterOrDigit(final char c) {
        return (byte) 0 != (byte) (CHARFLAGS[c] & MASKXMLLETTERORDIGIT);
    }

    /**
     * This is a utility function for determining whether a specified character
     * is a letter according to production 84 of the XML 1.0 specification.
     *
     * @param c <code>char</code> to check for XML name compliance.
     * @return <code>String</code> true if it's a letter, false otherwise.
     */
    public static boolean isXMLLetter(final char c) {
        return (byte) 0 != (byte) (CHARFLAGS[c] & MASKXMLLETTER);
    }

    /**
     * This is a utility function for determining whether a specified character
     * is a combining character according to production 87
     * of the XML 1.0 specification.
     *
     * @param c <code>char</code> to check.
     * @return <code>boolean</code> true if it's a combining character,
     *         false otherwise.
     */
    public static boolean isXMLCombiningChar(final char c) {
        return (byte) 0 != (byte) (CHARFLAGS[c] & MASKXMLCOMBINING);
    }

    /**
     * This is a utility function for determining whether a specified 
     * character is an extender according to production 88 of the XML 1.0
     * specification.
     *
     * @param c <code>char</code> to check.
     * @return <code>String</code> true if it's an extender, false otherwise.
     */
    public static boolean isXMLExtender(final char c) {
        /*
         * This function is not accellerated by the bitmask system because
         * there are no longer any actual calls to it from the JDOM code.
         * It used to be called by the isXMLNameCharacter() method before
         * the bitmask optimization. Now the VerifierBuilder code actually
         * calls this method instead.
         */

        if (c < 0x00B6)
            return false; // quick short circuit

        // Extenders                               
        if (c == 0x00B7)
            return true;
        if (c == 0x02D0)
            return true;
        if (c == 0x02D1)
            return true;
        if (c == 0x0387)
            return true;
        if (c == 0x0640)
            return true;
        if (c == 0x0E46)
            return true;
        if (c == 0x0EC6)
            return true;
        if (c == 0x3005)
            return true;

        if (c < 0x3031)
            return false;
        if (c <= 0x3035)
            return true;
        if (c < 0x309D)
            return false;
        if (c <= 0x309E)
            return true;
        if (c < 0x30FC)
            return false;
        if (c <= 0x30FE)
            return true;

        return false;

    }

    /**
     * This is a utility function for determining whether a specified 
     * Unicode character
     * is a digit according to production 88 of the XML 1.0 specification.
     *
     * @param c <code>char</code> to check for XML digit compliance
     * @return <code>boolean</code> true if it's a digit, false otherwise
     */
    public static boolean isXMLDigit(final char c) {
        return (byte) 0 != (byte) (CHARFLAGS[c] & MASKXMLDIGIT);
    }

    /**
     * This is a utility function for determining whether a specified 
     * Unicode character is a whitespace character according to production 3
     * of the XML 1.0 specification.
     *
     * @param c <code>char</code> to check for XML whitespace compliance
     * @return <code>boolean</code> true if it's a whitespace, false otherwise
     */
    public static boolean isXMLWhitespace(final char c) {
        // the following if is faster than switch statements.
        // seems the implicit conversion to int is slower than
        // the fall-through or's
        if (c == ' ' || c == '\n' || c == '\t' || c == '\r') {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * This is a utility function for determining whether a specified 
     * String is a whitespace character according to production 3
     * of the XML 1.0 specification.
     * <p>
     * This method delegates the individual calls for each character to
     * {@link #isXMLWhitespace(char)}.
     * 
     * @param value
     *        The value to inspect
     * @return true if all characters in the input value are all whitespace
     *        (or the string is the empty-string).
     * @since JDOM2
     */
    public static final boolean isAllXMLWhitespace(final String value) {
        // Doing the count-down instead of a count-up saves a single int
        // variable declaration.
        int i = value.length();
        while (--i >= 0) {
            if (!isXMLWhitespace(value.charAt(i))) {
                return false;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }

}