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 Details

    • attributeNames

      private String[] attributeNames
      Attribute names used to override natural attribute->property mapping
    • propertyNames

      private String[] propertyNames
      Property names used to override natural attribute->property mapping
    • ignoreMissingProperty

      private boolean ignoreMissingProperty
      Used to determine whether the parsing should fail if an property specified in the XML is missing from the bean. Default is true for backward compatibility.
  • Constructor Details

    • 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 Details

    • 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.