org.apache.commons.betwixt.digester

Class RuleSupport

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.digester.Rule

org.apache.commons.betwixt.digester.RuleSupport

Direct Known Subclasses:

AddDefaultsRule, AttributeRule, ClassRule, ConfigRule, HideRule, InfoRule, MappedPropertyRule

public class RuleSupport
extends org.apache.commons.digester.Rule

RuleSupport is an abstract base class containing useful helper methods.

Version:

$Revision: 493795 $

Author:

James Strachan

Field Summary

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

digester, namespaceURI

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RuleSupport() Base constructor

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected Class	getBeanClass() Gets the class of the bean whose .betwixt file is being digested
protected Set	getProcessedPropertyNameSet() Gets the property names already processed
protected XMLBeanInfoDigester	getXMLInfoDigester() Gets XMLBeanInfoDigester using this rule.
protected XMLIntrospector	getXMLIntrospector() Gets XMLIntrospector to be used for introspection
protected Class	loadClass(String className) Loads the given class using an appropriate ClassLoader.

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

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RuleSupport

public RuleSupport()

Base constructor

Method Detail

getXMLInfoDigester

protected XMLBeanInfoDigester getXMLInfoDigester()

Gets XMLBeanInfoDigester using this rule.

Returns:

XMLBeanInfoDigester for this rule

getXMLIntrospector

protected XMLIntrospector getXMLIntrospector()

Gets XMLIntrospector to be used for introspection

Returns:

XMLIntrospector to use

getBeanClass

protected Class getBeanClass()

Gets the class of the bean whose .betwixt file is being digested

Returns:

the Class of the bean being processed

getProcessedPropertyNameSet

protected Set getProcessedPropertyNameSet()

Gets the property names already processed

Returns:

the set of property names that have been processed so far

loadClass

protected Class loadClass(String className)
                   throws ClassNotFoundException

Loads the given class using an appropriate ClassLoader. Uses Digester.getClassLoader().

Parameters:

className - names the class to be loaded

Returns:

Class loaded, not null

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException