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+<?php
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * @package log4php
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Converts XML configuration files to a PHP array.
+ *
+ * @package log4php
+ * @subpackage configurators
+ * @license http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * @version $Revision: 1394956 $
+ * @since 2.2
+ */
+class LoggerConfigurationAdapterXML implements LoggerConfigurationAdapter {
+    /** Path to the XML schema used for validation. */
+    const SCHEMA_PATH = '/../xml/log4php.xsd';
+
+    private $config = array(
+        'appenders' => array(),
+        'loggers' => array(),
+        'renderers' => array(),
+    );
+
+    public function convert($url) {
+        $xml = $this->loadXML($url);
+
+        $this->parseConfiguration($xml);
+
+        // Parse the <root> node
+        if (isset($xml->root)) {
+            $this->parseRootLogger($xml->root);
+        }
+
+        // Process <logger> nodes
+        foreach ($xml->logger as $logger) {
+            $this->parseLogger($logger);
+        }
+
+        // Process <appender> nodes
+        foreach ($xml->appender as $appender) {
+            $this->parseAppender($appender);
+        }
+
+        // Process <renderer> nodes
+        foreach ($xml->renderer as $rendererNode) {
+            $this->parseRenderer($rendererNode);
+        }
+
+        // Process <defaultRenderer> node
+        foreach ($xml->defaultRenderer as $rendererNode) {
+            $this->parseDefaultRenderer($rendererNode);
+        }
+
+        return $this->config;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Loads and validates the XML.
+     * @param string $url Input XML.
+     */
+    private function loadXML($url) {
+        if (!file_exists($url)) {
+            throw new LoggerException("File [$url] does not exist.");
+        }
+
+        libxml_clear_errors();
+        $oldValue = libxml_use_internal_errors(true);
+
+        // Load XML
+        $xml = @simplexml_load_file($url);
+        if ($xml === false) {
+
+            $errorStr = "";
+            foreach (libxml_get_errors() as $error) {
+                $errorStr .= $error->message;
+            }
+
+            throw new LoggerException("Error loading configuration file: " . trim($errorStr));
+        }
+
+        libxml_clear_errors();
+        libxml_use_internal_errors($oldValue);
+
+        return $xml;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parses the <configuration> node.
+     */
+    private function parseConfiguration(SimpleXMLElement $xml) {
+        $attributes = $xml->attributes();
+        if (isset($attributes['threshold'])) {
+            $this->config['threshold'] = (string)$attributes['threshold'];
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Parses an <appender> node. */
+    private function parseAppender(SimpleXMLElement $node) {
+        $name = $this->getAttributeValue($node, 'name');
+        if (empty($name)) {
+            $this->warn("An <appender> node is missing the required 'name' attribute. Skipping appender definition.");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $appender = array();
+        $appender['class'] = $this->getAttributeValue($node, 'class');
+
+        if (isset($node['threshold'])) {
+            $appender['threshold'] = $this->getAttributeValue($node, 'threshold');
+        }
+
+        if (isset($node->layout)) {
+            $appender['layout'] = $this->parseLayout($node->layout, $name);
+        }
+
+        if (count($node->param) > 0) {
+            $appender['params'] = $this->parseParameters($node);
+        }
+
+        foreach ($node->filter as $filterNode) {
+            $appender['filters'][] = $this->parseFilter($filterNode);
+        }
+
+        $this->config['appenders'][$name] = $appender;
+    }
+
+    /** Parses a <layout> node. */
+    private function parseLayout(SimpleXMLElement $node, $appenderName) {
+        $layout = array();
+        $layout['class'] = $this->getAttributeValue($node, 'class');
+
+        if (count($node->param) > 0) {
+            $layout['params'] = $this->parseParameters($node);
+        }
+
+        return $layout;
+    }
+
+    /** Parses any <param> child nodes returning them in an array. */
+    private function parseParameters($paramsNode) {
+        $params = array();
+
+        foreach ($paramsNode->param as $paramNode) {
+            if (empty($paramNode['name'])) {
+                $this->warn("A <param> node is missing the required 'name' attribute. Skipping parameter.");
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $name = $this->getAttributeValue($paramNode, 'name');
+            $value = $this->getAttributeValue($paramNode, 'value');
+
+            $params[$name] = $value;
+        }
+
+        return $params;
+    }
+
+    /** Parses a <root> node. */
+    private function parseRootLogger(SimpleXMLElement $node) {
+        $logger = array();
+
+        if (isset($node->level)) {
+            $logger['level'] = $this->getAttributeValue($node->level, 'value');
+        }
+
+        $logger['appenders'] = $this->parseAppenderReferences($node);
+
+        $this->config['rootLogger'] = $logger;
+    }
+
+    /** Parses a <logger> node. */
+    private function parseLogger(SimpleXMLElement $node) {
+        $logger = array();
+
+        $name = $this->getAttributeValue($node, 'name');
+        if (empty($name)) {
+            $this->warn("A <logger> node is missing the required 'name' attribute. Skipping logger definition.");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (isset($node->level)) {
+            $logger['level'] = $this->getAttributeValue($node->level, 'value');
+        }
+
+        if (isset($node['additivity'])) {
+            $logger['additivity'] = $this->getAttributeValue($node, 'additivity');
+        }
+
+        $logger['appenders'] = $this->parseAppenderReferences($node);
+
+        // Check for duplicate loggers
+        if (isset($this->config['loggers'][$name])) {
+            $this->warn("Duplicate logger definition [$name]. Overwriting.");
+        }
+
+        $this->config['loggers'][$name] = $logger;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parses a <logger> node for appender references and returns them in an array.
+     *
+     * Previous versions supported appender-ref, as well as appender_ref so both
+     * are parsed for backward compatibility.
+     */
+    private function parseAppenderReferences(SimpleXMLElement $node) {
+        $refs = array();
+        foreach ($node->appender_ref as $ref) {
+            $refs[] = $this->getAttributeValue($ref, 'ref');
+        }
+
+        foreach ($node->{'appender-ref'} as $ref) {
+            $refs[] = $this->getAttributeValue($ref, 'ref');
+        }
+
+        return $refs;
+    }
+
+    /** Parses a <filter> node. */
+    private function parseFilter($filterNode) {
+        $filter = array();
+        $filter['class'] = $this->getAttributeValue($filterNode, 'class');
+
+        if (count($filterNode->param) > 0) {
+            $filter['params'] = $this->parseParameters($filterNode);
+        }
+
+        return $filter;
+    }
+
+    /** Parses a <renderer> node. */
+    private function parseRenderer(SimpleXMLElement $node) {
+        $renderedClass = $this->getAttributeValue($node, 'renderedClass');
+        $renderingClass = $this->getAttributeValue($node, 'renderingClass');
+
+        $this->config['renderers'][] = compact('renderedClass', 'renderingClass');
+    }
+
+    /** Parses a <defaultRenderer> node. */
+    private function parseDefaultRenderer(SimpleXMLElement $node) {
+        $renderingClass = $this->getAttributeValue($node, 'renderingClass');
+
+        // Warn on duplicates
+        if (isset($this->config['defaultRenderer'])) {
+            $this->warn("Duplicate <defaultRenderer> node. Overwriting.");
+        }
+
+        $this->config['defaultRenderer'] = $renderingClass;
+    }
+
+    // ******************************************
+    // ** Helper methods                       **
+    // ******************************************
+
+    private function getAttributeValue(SimpleXMLElement $node, $name) {
+        return isset($node[$name]) ? (string)$node[$name] : null;
+    }
+
+    private function warn($message) {
+        trigger_error("log4php: " . $message, E_USER_WARNING);
+    }
+}
+