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16  
17  package org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.define;
18  
19  import java.lang.reflect.Method;
20  import java.util.HashMap;
21  import java.util.Map;
22  
23  import org.apache.commons.jelly.JellyTagException;
24  import org.apache.commons.jelly.MissingAttributeException;
25  import org.apache.commons.jelly.Tag;
26  import org.apache.commons.jelly.XMLOutput;
27  import org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.Attribute;
28  import org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.DynamicBeanTag;
29  import org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagFactory;
30  import org.apache.commons.jelly.util.ClassLoaderUtils;
31  
32  import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
33  import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
34  
35  import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
36  
37  /***
38   * Binds a Java bean to the given named Jelly tag so that the attributes of
39   * the tag set the bean properties..
40   *
41   * @author <a href="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org">James Strachan</a>
42   * @version $Revision: 155420 $
43   */
44  public class BeanTag extends DefineTagSupport {
45  
46      /*** The Log to which logging calls will be made. */
47      private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(BeanTag.class);
48  
49      /*** An empty Map as I think Collections.EMPTY_MAP is only JDK 1.3 onwards */
50      private static final Map EMPTY_MAP = new HashMap();
51  
52      /*** the name of the tag to create */
53      private String name;
54  
55      /*** the Java class name to use for the tag */
56      private String className;
57  
58      /*** the ClassLoader used to load beans */
59      private ClassLoader classLoader;
60  
61      /*** the name of the attribute used for the variable name */
62      private String varAttribute = "var";
63  
64      /*** the attribute definitions for this dynamic tag */
65      private Map attributes;
66  
67      /***
68       * Adds a new attribute definition to this dynamic tag
69       */
70      public void addAttribute(Attribute attribute) {
71          if ( attributes == null ) {
72              attributes = new HashMap();
73          }
74          attributes.put( attribute.getName(), attribute );
75      }
76  
77      // Tag interface
78      //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
79      public void doTag(XMLOutput output) throws MissingAttributeException, JellyTagException {
80          invokeBody(output);
81  
82          if (name == null) {
83              throw new MissingAttributeException("name");
84          }
85          if (className == null) {
86              throw new MissingAttributeException("className");
87          }
88  
89          Class theClass = null;
90          try {
91              ClassLoader classLoader = getClassLoader();
92              theClass = ClassLoaderUtils.loadClass(className, getClassLoader(), getContext().getUseContextClassLoader(), getClass());
93          }
94          catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
95              log.error( "Could not load class: " + className + " exception: " + e, e );
96              throw new JellyTagException(
97                  "Could not find class: "
98                      + className
99                      + " using ClassLoader: "
100                     + classLoader);
101         }
102 
103         final Class beanClass = theClass;
104         final Method invokeMethod = getInvokeMethod( theClass );
105         final Map beanAttributes = (attributes != null) ? attributes : EMPTY_MAP;
106 
107         TagFactory factory = new TagFactory() {
108             public Tag createTag(String name, Attributes attributes) {
109                 return  new DynamicBeanTag(beanClass, beanAttributes, varAttribute, invokeMethod);
110             }
111         };
112 
113         getTagLibrary().registerBeanTag(name, factory);
114 
115         // now lets clear the attributes for next invocation and help the GC
116         attributes = null;
117     }
118 
119 
120     // Properties
121     //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
122 
123     /***
124      * Sets the name of the tag to create
125      */
126     public void setName(String name) {
127         this.name = name;
128     }
129 
130     /***
131      * Sets the Java class name to use for the tag
132      */
133     public void setClassName(String className) {
134         this.className = className;
135     }
136 
137     /***
138      * Sets the ClassLoader to use to load the class.
139      * If no value is set then the current threads context class
140      * loader is used.
141      */
142     public void setClassLoader(ClassLoader classLoader) {
143         this.classLoader = classLoader;
144     }
145 
146     /***
147      * @return the ClassLoader to use to load classes specified by this object, 
148      *  the thread context loader if the context flag is set, or the class used to load this class.
149      */
150     public ClassLoader getClassLoader() {
151         return ClassLoaderUtils.getClassLoader(classLoader, getContext().getUseContextClassLoader(), getClass());
152     }
153 
154     /***
155      * Sets the name of the attribute used to define the bean variable that this dynamic
156      * tag will output its results as. This defaults to 'var' though this property
157      * can be used to change this if it conflicts with a bean property called 'var'.
158      */
159     public void setVarAttribute(String varAttribute) {
160         this.varAttribute = varAttribute;
161     }
162 
163 
164     // Implementation methods
165     //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
166 
167     /***
168      * Extracts the invoke method for the class if one is used.
169      */
170     protected Method getInvokeMethod( Class theClass ) {
171         return null;
172     }
173 }