# RequestProcessor.java

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    package org.apache.synapse.commons.emulator;

    import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
    import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
    import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
    import org.w3c.dom.Document;
    import org.w3c.dom.Node;
    import org.xml.sax.InputSource;

    import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
    import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
    import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys;
    import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
    import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
    import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
    import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
    import java.io.StringReader;
    import java.io.StringWriter;

    /**
     * Class responsible for removing the unwanted whitespaces in any type of inputs.
     */
    public class RequestProcessor {

        RequestProcessor() {
        }

        private static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(RequestProcessor.class.getName());

        /**
         * Remove irrelevant whitespaces from the input string.
         * If string is a XML or JSON reordered the structure of the string to normalize
         *
         * @param inputString string which needs to remove whitespaces
         * @return trim string not include irrelevant whitespaces
         */
        public static String trimStrings(String inputString) {

            //trim the string
            String trimedString = inputString.trim();

            //remove CDATA tag from the string if exists
            if (trimedString.startsWith("<![CDATA[")) {
                trimedString = trimedString.substring(9);
                int i = trimedString.indexOf("]]>");
                if (i == -1)
                    throw new IllegalStateException("argument starts with <![CDATA[ but cannot find pairing ]]>");
                trimedString = trimedString.substring(0, i);
            }

            trimedString = convertStringToRelatedDocumentType(trimedString);
            return trimedString.replaceAll("\\s", "");
        }

        /**
         * Check the input string is a XML type and generate a XML object and convert it to string.
         * Check the input string is a JSON type and generate a JSON object and convert it to string.
         *
         * @param domString inputString which about to convert
         * @return reordered trim string not include irrelevant whitespaces
         */
        private static String convertStringToRelatedDocumentType(String domString) {
            //Parser that produces DOM object trees from XML content
            DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();

            //API to obtain DOM Document instance
            DocumentBuilder builder;

            String processedString;
            try {
                //Create DocumentBuilder with default configuration
                builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();

                //Parse the content to Document object
                Document xmlDOM = builder.parse(new InputSource(new StringReader(domString)));
                processedString = nodeToString(xmlDOM);
                processedString = processedString.replaceAll("xmlns=\"\"", "");
            } catch (Exception e) {
                processedString = convertAsJSONString(domString);
            }

            return processedString;
        }

        /**
         * Convert XML document to string.
         *
         * @param node document node which represent XML
         * @return converted document element as a string
         */
        private static String nodeToString(Node node) {
            StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
            try {
                Transformer t = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
                t.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "yes");
                t.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
                t.transform(new DOMSource(node), new StreamResult(sw));
            } catch (Exception e) {
                log.error("nodeToString Transformer Exception", e);
            }
            return sw.toString();
        }

        /**
         * Create JSON object using input string.
         * If failed return as it is.
         *
         * @param inputString input string which is not an XML
         * @return reordered string
         */
        private static String convertAsJSONString(String inputString) {
            try {
                JsonObject inputJSON = new JsonParser().parse(inputString).getAsJsonObject();
                return inputJSON.toString();
            } catch (Exception e) {
                return inputString;
            }
        }
    }