java parser

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hoping it's LL1: the parser must accept things like this below

<send>
  <target>
       <string name="find"> Primer </string>
  </target>
</send>

<send>
  <target>
       <string name="find"> Primer </string>
  </target>
</send>

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Hello,
here I did something like this:

Token nextToken() {
   while ( done ) {
     char = (char) _data[_pos++]; // I read the entire file into a block of memory
     switch (state) {
		case 0 : if (ch == '<')  state = 1; break;					
		case 1 : if (ch == 's') state = 2; break;	
		case 2 : if (ch == 'e') state = 3; 	break;						
		case 3 : if (ch == 'n') state = 4; break;	
		case 4 : if (ch == 'd') state = 5; break;
		case 5 : if (ch == '>') state = 6; return OpenSend;	
		case 6: .......// all other
                case n: if (ch == '<')  state = n+1; break;	
                case n+1 : if (ch == '/') state = n+2; break;
                //and so on to recognize "send" and ">"
        }
    }
}

Token nextToken() {
   while ( done ) {
     char = (char) _data[_pos++]; // I read the entire file into a block of memory
     switch (state) {
		case 0 : if (ch == '<')  state = 1; break;					
		case 1 : if (ch == 's') state = 2; break;	
		case 2 : if (ch == 'e') state = 3; 	break;						
		case 3 : if (ch == 'n') state = 4; break;	
		case 4 : if (ch == 'd') state = 5; break;
		case 5 : if (ch == '>') state = 6; return OpenSend;	
		case 6: .......// all other
                case n: if (ch == '<')  state = n+1; break;	
                case n+1 : if (ch == '/') state = n+2; break;
                //and so on to recognize "send" and ">"
        }
    }
}

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I wonder: Must I to reconize in the scanner two time the string "send". Is there any tricks to avoid this? ( I mean, I'd like to avoid to write states that recognizes the same "string". I have the same problem with <string></string> and <target></target>).
Hope it's clear...
thanks,