# COSDocumentState.java

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    package org.apache.pdfbox.cos;

    /**
     * An instance of {@link COSDocumentState} collects all known states a {@link COSDocument} may have and shall allow
     * their evaluation.
     *
     * @author Christian Appl
     * @see COSDocument
     */
    public class COSDocumentState
    {

        /**
         * The parsing state of the document.
         * <ul>
         * <li>{@code true}, if the document is currently being parsed. (initial state)</li>
         * <li>{@code false}, if the document's parsing completed and it may be edited and updated.</li>
         * </ul>
         */
        private boolean parsing = true;

        /**
         * Sets the {@link #parsing} state of the document.
         *
         * @param parsing The {@link #parsing} state to set.
         */
        public void setParsing(boolean parsing)
        {
            this.parsing = parsing;
        }

        /**
         * Returns {@code true}, if the document´s {@link #parsing} is completed and it may be updated.
         *
         * @return {@code true}, if the document´s {@link #parsing} is completed and it may be updated.
         */
        public boolean isAcceptingUpdates()
        {
            return !parsing;
        }

    }