question: boolean isAnyState ( Element element , State ... states ) { String ordinalStr = element . getAttribute ( ATTR_STATE ) ; if ( ordinalStr == null ) { return false ; } int ordinal = - 1 ; try { ordinal = Integer . parseInt ( ordinalStr ) ; } catch ( NumberFormatException e ) { return false ; } for ( State state : states ) { if ( ordinal == state . ordinal ( ) ) { return true ; } } return false ; }
target:  Check if the element is in any of the specified states.