org.apache.commons.digester
Class SetPropertiesRule

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.digester.Rule
      org.apache.commons.digester.SetPropertiesRule

public class SetPropertiesRule
extends Rule

Rule implementation that sets properties on the object at the top of the stack, based on attributes with corresponding names.

This rule supports custom mapping of attribute names to property names. The default mapping for particular attributes can be overridden by using SetPropertiesRule(String[] attributeNames, String[] propertyNames). This allows attributes to be mapped to properties with different names. Certain attributes can also be marked to be ignored.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.commons.digester.Rule

digester, namespaceURI

Constructor Summary

SetPropertiesRule()
Base constructor.

SetPropertiesRule(Digester digester)
Deprecated. The digester instance is now set in the Digester.addRule(java.lang.String, org.apache.commons.digester.Rule) method. Use SetPropertiesRule() instead.

SetPropertiesRule(String[] attributeNames, String[] propertyNames)
Constructor allows attribute->property mapping to be overriden.

SetPropertiesRule(String attributeName, String propertyName)
Convenience constructor overrides the mapping for just one property.

Method Summary

void	addAlias(String attributeName, String propertyName) Add an additional attribute name to property name mapping.
void	begin(Attributes attributes) Process the beginning of this element.
boolean	isIgnoreMissingProperty() Are attributes found in the xml without matching properties to be ignored?
void	setIgnoreMissingProperty(boolean ignoreMissingProperty) Sets whether attributes found in the xml without matching properties should be ignored.
String	toString() Render a printable version of this Rule.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.digester.Rule

begin, body, body, end, end, finish, getDigester, getNamespaceURI, setDigester, setNamespaceURI

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SetPropertiesRule

@Deprecated
public SetPropertiesRule(Digester digester)

Deprecated. The digester instance is now set in the Digester.addRule(java.lang.String, org.apache.commons.digester.Rule) method. Use SetPropertiesRule() instead.

Default constructor sets only the the associated Digester.

Parameters:

digester - The digester with which this rule is associated

SetPropertiesRule

public SetPropertiesRule()

Base constructor.

SetPropertiesRule

public SetPropertiesRule(String attributeName,
                         String propertyName)

Convenience constructor overrides the mapping for just one property.

For details about how this works, see SetPropertiesRule(String[] attributeNames, String[] propertyNames).

Parameters:

attributeName - map this attribute

propertyName - to a property with this name

SetPropertiesRule

public SetPropertiesRule(String[] attributeNames,
                         String[] propertyNames)

Constructor allows attribute->property mapping to be overriden.

Two arrays are passed in. One contains the attribute names and the other the property names. The attribute name / property name pairs are match by position In order words, the first string in the attribute name list matches to the first string in the property name list and so on.

If a property name is null or the attribute name has no matching property name, then this indicates that the attibute should be ignored.

Example One

The following constructs a rule that maps the alt-city attribute to the city property and the alt-state to the state property. All other attributes are mapped as usual using exact name matching.

      SetPropertiesRule(
                new String[] {"alt-city", "alt-state"}, 
                new String[] {"city", "state"});
 

Example Two

The following constructs a rule that maps the class attribute to the className property. The attribute ignore-me is not mapped. All other attributes are mapped as usual using exact name matching.

      SetPropertiesRule(
                new String[] {"class", "ignore-me"}, 
                new String[] {"className"});
 

Parameters:

attributeNames - names of attributes to map

propertyNames - names of properties mapped to

Method Detail

begin

public void begin(Attributes attributes)
           throws Exception

Process the beginning of this element.

Overrides:

begin in class Rule

Parameters:

attributes - The attribute list of this element

Throws:

Exception

addAlias

public void addAlias(String attributeName,
                     String propertyName)

Add an additional attribute name to property name mapping. This is intended to be used from the xml rules.

toString

public String toString()

Render a printable version of this Rule.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

isIgnoreMissingProperty

public boolean isIgnoreMissingProperty()

Are attributes found in the xml without matching properties to be ignored?

If false, the parsing will interrupt with an NoSuchMethodException if a property specified in the XML is not found. The default is true.

Returns:

true if skipping the unmatched attributes.

setIgnoreMissingProperty

public void setIgnoreMissingProperty(boolean ignoreMissingProperty)

Sets whether attributes found in the xml without matching properties should be ignored. If set to false, the parsing will throw an NoSuchMethodException if an unmatched attribute is found. This allows to trap misspellings in the XML file.

Parameters:

ignoreMissingProperty - false to stop the parsing on unmatched attributes.