private Token scanXML()

in FlexPMD/flex-pmd-java/as3-parser/src/main/java/de/bokelberg/flex/parser/AS3Scanner.java [798:858]
57 lines of code
12 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

   private Token scanXML()
   {
      final int currentLine = line;
      final int currentColumn = column;
      int level = 0;
      final StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
      char currentCharacter = '<';

      for ( ;; )
      {
         Token currentToken = null;
         do
         {
            currentToken = scanUntilDelimiter( '<',
                                               '>' );
            if ( currentToken == null )
            {
               line = currentLine;
               column = currentColumn;
               return null;
            }
            buffer.append( currentToken.text );
            if ( isProcessingInstruction( currentToken.text ) )
            {
               currentCharacter = nextChar();
               if ( currentCharacter == '\n' )
               {
                  buffer.append( '\n' );
                  skipChar();
               }
               currentToken = null;
            }
         }
         while ( currentToken == null );

         if ( currentToken.text.startsWith( "</" ) )
         {
            level--;
         }
         else if ( !currentToken.text.endsWith( "/>" )
               && !currentToken.text.equals( "<>" ) ) // NOT operator in AS2
         {
            level++;
         }

         if ( level <= 0 )
         {
            return new Token( buffer.toString(), line, column );
         }

         for ( ;; )
         {
            currentCharacter = nextChar();
            if ( currentCharacter == '<' )
            {
               break;
            }
            buffer.append( currentCharacter );
         }
      }
   }