org.apache.commons.betwixt.io

Class BeanCreateRule

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.digester.Rule

org.apache.commons.betwixt.io.BeanCreateRule

Deprecated.

0.5 this Rule does not allowed good integration with other Rules - use BeanRuleSet instead.

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

BeanCreateRule is a Digester Rule for creating beans from the betwixt XML metadata.

Author:

James Strachan, Martin van den Bemt

Field Summary

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

digester, namespaceURI

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BeanCreateRule(ElementDescriptor descriptor, Class beanClass) Deprecated. Convenience constructor which uses ID's for matching.
BeanCreateRule(ElementDescriptor descriptor, Class beanClass, boolean matchIDs) Deprecated. Constructor uses standard qualified name.
BeanCreateRule(ElementDescriptor descriptor, Class beanClass, String pathPrefix) Deprecated. Convenience constructor which uses ID's for matching.
BeanCreateRule(ElementDescriptor descriptor, Class beanClass, String pathPrefix, boolean matchIDs) Deprecated. Constructor taking a class.
BeanCreateRule(ElementDescriptor descriptor, Context context, String pathPrefix) Deprecated. Convenience constructor which uses ID's for match.
BeanCreateRule(ElementDescriptor descriptor, Context context, String pathPrefix, boolean matchIDs) Deprecated. Constructor taking a context.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected void	addChildRules() Deprecated. Adds the rules to the digester for all child elements
protected void	addChildRules(String prefix, ElementDescriptor currentDescriptor) Deprecated. Add child rules for given descriptor at given prefix
protected void	addPrimitiveTypeRule(String path, ElementDescriptor childDescriptor) Deprecated. Adds a new Digester rule to process the text as a primitive type
protected void	addRule(String path, org.apache.commons.digester.Rule rule) Deprecated. Safely add a rule with given path.
void	begin(org.xml.sax.Attributes attributes) Deprecated. Process the beginning of this element.
protected Object	createBean(org.xml.sax.Attributes attributes) Deprecated. Factory method to create new bean instances
void	end() Deprecated. Process the end of this element.
void	finish() Deprecated. Tidy up.
protected BeanReader	getBeanReader() Deprecated. Get the associated bean reader.
protected Map	getBeansById() Deprecated. Get the map used to index beans (previously read in) by id.
String	getClassNameAttribute() Deprecated. The name of the attribute which can be specified in the XML to override the type of a bean used at a certain point in the schema.
protected ElementDescriptor	getElementDescriptor(ElementDescriptor propertyDescriptor) Deprecated. Allows the navigation from a reference to a property object to the descriptor defining what the property is.
void	setClassNameAttribute(String classNameAttribute) Deprecated. Sets the name of the attribute which can be specified in the XML to override the type of a bean used at a certain point in the schema.
static void	setLog(org.apache.commons.logging.Log aLog) Deprecated. Set log to be used by BeanCreateRule instances
String	toString() Deprecated. Return something meaningful for logging.

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

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BeanCreateRule

public BeanCreateRule(ElementDescriptor descriptor,
              Class beanClass,
              String pathPrefix)

Deprecated.

Convenience constructor which uses ID's for matching.

Parameters:

descriptor - the ElementDescriptor describing the element mapped

beanClass - the Class to be created

pathPrefix - the digester style path

BeanCreateRule

public BeanCreateRule(ElementDescriptor descriptor,
              Class beanClass,
              String pathPrefix,
              boolean matchIDs)

Deprecated.

Constructor taking a class.

Parameters:

descriptor - the ElementDescriptor describing the element mapped

beanClass - the Class to be created

pathPrefix - the digester style path

matchIDs - should ID/IDREF's be used for matching

BeanCreateRule

public BeanCreateRule(ElementDescriptor descriptor,
              Class beanClass)

Deprecated.

Convenience constructor which uses ID's for matching.

Parameters:

descriptor - the ElementDescriptor describing the element mapped

beanClass - the Class to be created

BeanCreateRule

public BeanCreateRule(ElementDescriptor descriptor,
              Class beanClass,
              boolean matchIDs)

Deprecated.

Constructor uses standard qualified name.

Parameters:

descriptor - the ElementDescriptor describing the element mapped

beanClass - the Class to be created

matchIDs - should ID/IDREF's be used for matching

BeanCreateRule

public BeanCreateRule(ElementDescriptor descriptor,
              Context context,
              String pathPrefix)

Deprecated.

Convenience constructor which uses ID's for match.

Parameters:

descriptor - the ElementDescriptor describing the element mapped

context - the Context to be used to evaluate expressions

pathPrefix - the digester path prefix

BeanCreateRule

public BeanCreateRule(ElementDescriptor descriptor,
              Context context,
              String pathPrefix,
              boolean matchIDs)

Deprecated.

Constructor taking a context.

Parameters:

descriptor - the ElementDescriptor describing the element mapped

context - the Context to be used to evaluate expressions

pathPrefix - the digester path prefix

matchIDs - should ID/IDREF's be used for matching

Method Detail

setLog

public static void setLog(org.apache.commons.logging.Log aLog)

Deprecated.

Set log to be used by BeanCreateRule instances

Parameters:

aLog - the Log implementation for this class to log to

begin

public void begin(org.xml.sax.Attributes attributes)

Deprecated.

Process the beginning of this element.

Overrides:

begin in class org.apache.commons.digester.Rule

Parameters:

attributes - The attribute list of this element

end

public void end()

Deprecated.

Process the end of this element.

Overrides:

end in class org.apache.commons.digester.Rule

finish

public void finish()

Deprecated.

Tidy up.

Overrides:

finish in class org.apache.commons.digester.Rule

getClassNameAttribute

public String getClassNameAttribute()

Deprecated.

The name of the attribute which can be specified in the XML to override the type of a bean used at a certain point in the schema.

The default value is 'className'.

Returns:

The name of the attribute used to overload the class name of a bean

setClassNameAttribute

public void setClassNameAttribute(String classNameAttribute)

Deprecated.

Sets the name of the attribute which can be specified in the XML to override the type of a bean used at a certain point in the schema.

The default value is 'className'.

Parameters:

classNameAttribute - The name of the attribute used to overload the class name of a bean

createBean

protected Object createBean(org.xml.sax.Attributes attributes)

Deprecated.

Factory method to create new bean instances

Parameters:

attributes - the Attributes used to match ID/IDREF

Returns:

the created bean

addChildRules

protected void addChildRules()

Deprecated.

Adds the rules to the digester for all child elements

addChildRules

protected void addChildRules(String prefix,
                 ElementDescriptor currentDescriptor)

Deprecated.

Add child rules for given descriptor at given prefix

Parameters:

prefix - add child rules at this (digester) path prefix

currentDescriptor - add child rules for this descriptor

getBeanReader

protected BeanReader getBeanReader()

Deprecated.

Get the associated bean reader.

Returns:

the BeanReader

getElementDescriptor

protected ElementDescriptor getElementDescriptor(ElementDescriptor propertyDescriptor)

Deprecated.

Allows the navigation from a reference to a property object to the descriptor defining what the property is. In other words, doing the join from a reference to a type to lookup its descriptor. This could be done automatically by the NodeDescriptors. Refer to TODO.txt for more info.

Parameters:

propertyDescriptor - find descriptor for property object referenced by this descriptor

Returns:

descriptor for the singular property class type referenced.

addPrimitiveTypeRule

protected void addPrimitiveTypeRule(String path,
                        ElementDescriptor childDescriptor)

Deprecated.

Adds a new Digester rule to process the text as a primitive type

Parameters:

path - digester path where this rule will be attached

childDescriptor - update this ElementDescriptor with the body text

addRule

protected void addRule(String path,
           org.apache.commons.digester.Rule rule)

Deprecated.

Safely add a rule with given path.

Parameters:

path - the digester path to add rule at

rule - the Rule to add

getBeansById

protected Map getBeansById()

Deprecated.

Get the map used to index beans (previously read in) by id. This is stored in the evaluation context.

Returns:

map indexing beans created by id

toString

public String toString()

Deprecated.

Return something meaningful for logging.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

something useful for logging