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org.apache.tomcat.util.digester
Class Digester

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler
      extended byorg.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester
All Implemented Interfaces:
org.xml.sax.ContentHandler, org.xml.sax.DTDHandler, org.xml.sax.EntityResolver, org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler
public class Digester
extends org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler

A Digester processes an XML input stream by matching a series of element nesting patterns to execute Rules that have been added prior to the start of parsing. This package was inspired by the XmlMapper class that was part of Tomcat 3.0 and 3.1, but is organized somewhat differently.

See the Digester Developer Guide for more information.

IMPLEMENTATION NOTE - A single Digester instance may only be used within the context of a single thread at a time, and a call to parse() must be completed before another can be initiated even from the same thread.

IMPLEMENTATION NOTE - A bug in Xerces 2.0.2 prevents the support of XML schema. You need Xerces 2.1/2.3 and up to make this class working with XML schema

Field Summary
protected  java.lang.StringBuffer bodyText
          The body text of the current element.
protected  ArrayStack bodyTexts
          The stack of body text string buffers for surrounding elements.
protected  java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader
          The class loader to use for instantiating application objects.
protected  boolean configured
          Has this Digester been configured yet.
protected  org.xml.sax.EntityResolver entityResolver
          The EntityResolver used by the SAX parser.
protected  java.util.HashMap entityValidator
          The URLs of entityValidator that have been registered, keyed by the public identifier that corresponds.
protected  org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler errorHandler
          The application-supplied error handler that is notified when parsing warnings, errors, or fatal errors occur.
protected  javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory factory
          The SAXParserFactory that is created the first time we need it.
protected  java.lang.String JAXP_SCHEMA_LANGUAGE
          Deprecated. This is now managed by ParserFeatureSetterFactory
protected  org.xml.sax.Locator locator
          The Locator associated with our parser.
protected  org.apache.commons.logging.Log log
          The Log to which most logging calls will be made.
protected  java.lang.String match
          The current match pattern for nested element processing.
protected  ArrayStack matches
          Stack whose elements are List objects, each containing a list of Rule objects as returned from Rules.getMatch().
protected  boolean namespaceAware
          Do we want a "namespace aware" parser.
protected  java.util.HashMap namespaces
          Registered namespaces we are currently processing.
protected  ArrayStack params
          The parameters stack being utilized by CallMethodRule and CallParamRule rules.
protected  javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser parser
          The SAXParser we will use to parse the input stream.
protected  java.lang.String publicId
          The public identifier of the DTD we are currently parsing under (if any).
protected  org.xml.sax.XMLReader reader
          The XMLReader used to parse digester rules.
protected  java.lang.Object root
          The "root" element of the stack (in other words, the last object that was popped.
protected  Rules rules
          The Rules implementation containing our collection of Rule instances and associated matching policy.
protected  org.apache.commons.logging.Log saxLog
          The Log to which all SAX event related logging calls will be made.
protected  java.lang.String schemaLanguage
          The XML schema language to use for validating an XML instance.
protected  java.lang.String schemaLocation
          The XML schema to use for validating an XML instance.
protected static IntrospectionUtils.PropertySource[] source
           
protected  ArrayStack stack
          The object stack being constructed.
protected  boolean useContextClassLoader
          Do we want to use the Context ClassLoader when loading classes for instantiating new objects.
protected  boolean validating
          Do we want to use a validating parser.
protected static java.lang.String W3C_XML_SCHEMA
          The schema language supported.
 
Constructor Summary
Digester()
          Construct a new Digester with default properties.
Digester(javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser parser)
          Construct a new Digester, allowing a SAXParser to be passed in.
Digester(org.xml.sax.XMLReader reader)
          Construct a new Digester, allowing an XMLReader to be passed in.
 
Method Summary
 void addCallMethod(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String methodName)
          Add an "call method" rule for a method which accepts no arguments.
 void addCallMethod(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String methodName, int paramCount)
          Add an "call method" rule for the specified parameters.
 void addCallMethod(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String methodName, int paramCount, java.lang.Class[] paramTypes)
          Add an "call method" rule for the specified parameters.
 void addCallMethod(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String methodName, int paramCount, java.lang.String[] paramTypes)
          Add an "call method" rule for the specified parameters.
 void addCallParam(java.lang.String pattern, int paramIndex)
          Add a "call parameter" rule for the specified parameters.
 void addCallParam(java.lang.String pattern, int paramIndex, boolean fromStack)
          Add a "call parameter" rule.
 void addCallParam(java.lang.String pattern, int paramIndex, int stackIndex)
          Add a "call parameter" rule that sets a parameter from the stack.
 void addCallParam(java.lang.String pattern, int paramIndex, java.lang.String attributeName)
          Add a "call parameter" rule for the specified parameters.
 void addCallParamPath(java.lang.String pattern, int paramIndex)
          Add a "call parameter" rule that sets a parameter from the current Digester matching path.
 void addFactoryCreate(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.Class clazz)
          Add a "factory create" rule for the specified parameters.
 void addFactoryCreate(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.Class clazz, boolean ignoreCreateExceptions)
          Add a "factory create" rule for the specified parameters.
 void addFactoryCreate(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.Class clazz, java.lang.String attributeName)
          Add a "factory create" rule for the specified parameters.
 void addFactoryCreate(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.Class clazz, java.lang.String attributeName, boolean ignoreCreateExceptions)
          Add a "factory create" rule for the specified parameters.
 void addFactoryCreate(java.lang.String pattern, ObjectCreationFactory creationFactory)
          Add a "factory create" rule for the specified parameters.
 void addFactoryCreate(java.lang.String pattern, ObjectCreationFactory creationFactory, boolean ignoreCreateExceptions)
          Add a "factory create" rule for the specified parameters.
 void addFactoryCreate(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String className)
          Add a "factory create" rule for the specified parameters.
 void addFactoryCreate(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String className, boolean ignoreCreateExceptions)
          Add a "factory create" rule for the specified parameters.
 void addFactoryCreate(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String className, java.lang.String attributeName)
          Add a "factory create" rule for the specified parameters.
 void addFactoryCreate(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String className, java.lang.String attributeName, boolean ignoreCreateExceptions)
          Add a "factory create" rule for the specified parameters.
 void addObjectCreate(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.Class clazz)
          Add an "object create" rule for the specified parameters.
 void addObjectCreate(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String className)
          Add an "object create" rule for the specified parameters.
 void addObjectCreate(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String attributeName, java.lang.Class clazz)
          Add an "object create" rule for the specified parameters.
 void addObjectCreate(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String className, java.lang.String attributeName)
          Add an "object create" rule for the specified parameters.
 void addObjectParam(java.lang.String pattern, int paramIndex, java.lang.Object paramObj)
          Add a "call parameter" rule that sets a parameter from a caller-provided object.
 void addRule(java.lang.String pattern, Rule rule)
          Register a new Rule matching the specified pattern.
 void addRuleSet(RuleSet ruleSet)
          Register a set of Rule instances defined in a RuleSet.
 void addSetNext(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String methodName)
          Add a "set next" rule for the specified parameters.
 void addSetNext(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String methodName, java.lang.String paramType)
          Add a "set next" rule for the specified parameters.
 void addSetProperties(java.lang.String pattern)
          Add a "set properties" rule for the specified parameters.
 void addSetProperties(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String[] attributeNames, java.lang.String[] propertyNames)
          Add a "set properties" rule with overridden parameters.
 void addSetProperties(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String attributeName, java.lang.String propertyName)
          Add a "set properties" rule with a single overridden parameter.
 void addSetProperty(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value)
          Add a "set property" rule for the specified parameters.
 void addSetRoot(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String methodName)
          Add SetRootRule with the specified parameters.
 void addSetRoot(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String methodName, java.lang.String paramType)
          Add SetRootRule with the specified parameters.
 void addSetTop(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String methodName)
          Add a "set top" rule for the specified parameters.
 void addSetTop(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String methodName, java.lang.String paramType)
          Add a "set top" rule for the specified parameters.
 void characters(char[] buffer, int start, int length)
          Process notification of character data received from the body of an XML element.
 void clear()
          Clear the current contents of the object stack.
protected  void configure()
           Provide a hook for lazy configuration of this Digester instance.
 org.xml.sax.SAXException createSAXException(java.lang.Exception e)
          Create a SAX exception which also understands about the location in the digester file where the exception occurs
 org.xml.sax.SAXException createSAXException(java.lang.String message)
          Create a SAX exception which also understands about the location in the digester file where the exception occurs
 org.xml.sax.SAXException createSAXException(java.lang.String message, java.lang.Exception e)
          Create a SAX exception which also understands about the location in the digester file where the exception occurs
 void endDocument()
          Process notification of the end of the document being reached.
 void endElement(java.lang.String namespaceURI, java.lang.String localName, java.lang.String qName)
          Process notification of the end of an XML element being reached.
 void endPrefixMapping(java.lang.String prefix)
          Process notification that a namespace prefix is going out of scope.
 void error(org.xml.sax.SAXParseException exception)
          Forward notification of a parsing error to the application supplied error handler (if any).
 void fatalError(org.xml.sax.SAXParseException exception)
          Forward notification of a fatal parsing error to the application supplied error handler (if any).
 java.lang.String findNamespaceURI(java.lang.String prefix)
          Return the currently mapped namespace URI for the specified prefix, if any; otherwise return null.
 java.lang.ClassLoader getClassLoader()
          Return the class loader to be used for instantiating application objects when required.
 int getCount()
          Return the current depth of the element stack.
 java.lang.String getCurrentElementName()
          Return the name of the XML element that is currently being processed.
 int getDebug()
          Deprecated. This method now always returns 0. Digester uses the apache jakarta commons-logging library; see the documentation for that library for more information.
 org.xml.sax.Locator getDocumentLocator()
          Gets the document locator associated with our parser.
 org.xml.sax.EntityResolver getEntityResolver()
          Return the Entity Resolver used by the SAX parser.
 org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler getErrorHandler()
          Return the error handler for this Digester.
 javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory getFactory()
          Return the SAXParserFactory we will use, creating one if necessary.
 boolean getFeature(java.lang.String feature)
          Returns a flag indicating whether the requested feature is supported by the underlying implementation of org.xml.sax.XMLReader.
 org.apache.commons.logging.Log getLogger()
          Return the current Logger associated with this instance of the Digester
 java.lang.String getMatch()
          Return the current rule match path
 boolean getNamespaceAware()
          Return the "namespace aware" flag for parsers we create.
 javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser getParser()
          Return the SAXParser we will use to parse the input stream.
 java.lang.Object getProperty(java.lang.String property)
          Return the current value of the specified property for the underlying XMLReader implementation.
 java.lang.String getPublicId()
          Return the public identifier of the DTD we are currently parsing under, if any.
 org.xml.sax.XMLReader getReader()
          Deprecated. Use getXMLReader() instead, which can throw a SAXException if the reader cannot be instantiated
 java.lang.Object getRoot()
          When the Digester is being used as a SAXContentHandler, this method allows you to access the root object that has been created after parsing.
 java.lang.String getRuleNamespaceURI()
          Return the namespace URI that will be applied to all subsequently added Rule objects.
 Rules getRules()
          Return the Rules implementation object containing our rules collection and associated matching policy.
 org.apache.commons.logging.Log getSAXLogger()
          Gets the logger used for logging SAX-related information.
 java.lang.String getSchema()
          Return the XML Schema URI used for validating an XML instance.
 java.lang.String getSchemaLanguage()
          Return the XML Schema language used when parsing.
 boolean getUseContextClassLoader()
          Return the boolean as to whether the context classloader should be used.
 boolean getValidating()
          Return the validating parser flag.
 org.xml.sax.XMLReader getXMLReader()
          Return the XMLReader to be used for parsing the input document.
 void ignorableWhitespace(char[] buffer, int start, int len)
          Process notification of ignorable whitespace received from the body of an XML element.
protected  void initialize()
           Provides a hook for lazy initialization of this Digester instance.
 boolean isEmpty(java.lang.String stackName)
          Is the stack with the given name empty?
 void log(java.lang.String message)
          Deprecated. Call getLogger() and use it's logging methods
 void log(java.lang.String message, java.lang.Throwable exception)
          Deprecated. Call getLogger() and use it's logging methods
 void notationDecl(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String publicId, java.lang.String systemId)
          Receive notification of a notation declaration event.
 java.lang.Object parse(java.io.File file)
          Parse the content of the specified file using this Digester.
 java.lang.Object parse(org.xml.sax.InputSource input)
          Parse the content of the specified input source using this Digester.
 java.lang.Object parse(java.io.InputStream input)
          Parse the content of the specified input stream using this Digester.
 java.lang.Object parse(java.io.Reader reader)
          Parse the content of the specified reader using this Digester.
 java.lang.Object parse(java.lang.String uri)
          Parse the content of the specified URI using this Digester.
 java.lang.Object peek()
          Return the top object on the stack without removing it.
 java.lang.Object peek(int n)
          Return the n'th object down the stack, where 0 is the top element and [getCount()-1] is the bottom element.
 java.lang.Object peek(java.lang.String stackName)
          Gets the top object from the stack with the given name.
 java.lang.Object peekParams()
          Return the top object on the parameters stack without removing it.
 java.lang.Object peekParams(int n)
          Return the n'th object down the parameters stack, where 0 is the top element and [getCount()-1] is the bottom element.
 java.lang.Object pop()
          Pop the top object off of the stack, and return it.
 java.lang.Object pop(java.lang.String stackName)
          Pops (gets and removes) the top object from the stack with the given name.
 java.lang.Object popParams()
          Pop the top object off of the parameters stack, and return it.
 void processingInstruction(java.lang.String target, java.lang.String data)
          Process notification of a processing instruction that was encountered.
 void push(java.lang.Object object)
          Push a new object onto the top of the object stack.
 void push(java.lang.String stackName, java.lang.Object value)
          Pushes the given object onto the stack with the given name.
 void pushParams(java.lang.Object object)
          Push a new object onto the top of the parameters stack.
 void register(java.lang.String publicId, java.lang.String entityURL)
          Register the specified DTD URL for the specified public identifier.
 void reset()
           
 org.xml.sax.InputSource resolveEntity(java.lang.String publicId, java.lang.String systemId)
          Resolve the requested external entity.
 void setClassLoader(java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)
          Set the class loader to be used for instantiating application objects when required.
 void setDebug(int debug)
          Deprecated. This method now has no effect at all. Digester uses the apache jakarta comons-logging library; see the documentation for that library for more information.
 void setDocumentLocator(org.xml.sax.Locator locator)
          Sets the document locator associated with our parser.
 void setEntityResolver(org.xml.sax.EntityResolver entityResolver)
          Set the EntityResolver used by SAX when resolving public id and system id.
 void setErrorHandler(org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler errorHandler)
          Set the error handler for this Digester.
 void setFeature(java.lang.String feature, boolean value)
          Sets a flag indicating whether the requested feature is supported by the underlying implementation of org.xml.sax.XMLReader.
 void setLogger(org.apache.commons.logging.Log log)
          Set the current logger for this Digester.
 void setNamespaceAware(boolean namespaceAware)
          Set the "namespace aware" flag for parsers we create.
 void setProperty(java.lang.String property, java.lang.Object value)
          Set the current value of the specified property for the underlying XMLReader implementation.
 void setPublicId(java.lang.String publicId)
          Set the publid id of the current file being parse.
 void setRuleNamespaceURI(java.lang.String ruleNamespaceURI)
          Set the namespace URI that will be applied to all subsequently added Rule objects.
 void setRules(Rules rules)
          Set the Rules implementation object containing our rules collection and associated matching policy.
 void setSAXLogger(org.apache.commons.logging.Log saxLog)
          Sets the logger used for logging SAX-related information.
 void setSchema(java.lang.String schemaLocation)
          Set the XML Schema URI used for validating a XML Instance.
 void setSchemaLanguage(java.lang.String schemaLanguage)
          Set the XML Schema language used when parsing.
 void setUseContextClassLoader(boolean use)
          Determine whether to use the Context ClassLoader (the one found by calling Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()) to resolve/load classes that are defined in various rules.
 void setValidating(boolean validating)
          Set the validating parser flag.
 void skippedEntity(java.lang.String name)
          Process notification of a skipped entity.
 void startDocument()
          Process notification of the beginning of the document being reached.
 void startElement(java.lang.String namespaceURI, java.lang.String localName, java.lang.String qName, org.xml.sax.Attributes list)
          Process notification of the start of an XML element being reached.
 void startPrefixMapping(java.lang.String prefix, java.lang.String namespaceURI)
          Process notification that a namespace prefix is coming in to scope.
 void unparsedEntityDecl(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String publicId, java.lang.String systemId, java.lang.String notation)
          Receive notification of an unparsed entity declaration event.
 void warning(org.xml.sax.SAXParseException exception)
          Forward notification of a parse warning to the application supplied error handler (if any).
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

source

protected static IntrospectionUtils.PropertySource[] source

bodyText

protected java.lang.StringBuffer bodyText
The body text of the current element.

bodyTexts

protected ArrayStack bodyTexts
The stack of body text string buffers for surrounding elements.

matches

protected ArrayStack matches
Stack whose elements are List objects, each containing a list of Rule objects as returned from Rules.getMatch(). As each xml element in the input is entered, the matching rules are pushed onto this stack. After the end tag is reached, the matches are popped again. The depth of is stack is therefore exactly the same as the current "nesting" level of the input xml.

Since:
1.6

classLoader

protected java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader
The class loader to use for instantiating application objects. If not specified, the context class loader, or the class loader used to load Digester itself, is used, based on the value of the useContextClassLoader variable.

configured

protected boolean configured
Has this Digester been configured yet.

entityResolver

protected org.xml.sax.EntityResolver entityResolver
The EntityResolver used by the SAX parser. By default it use this class

entityValidator

protected java.util.HashMap entityValidator
The URLs of entityValidator that have been registered, keyed by the public identifier that corresponds.

errorHandler

protected org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler errorHandler
The application-supplied error handler that is notified when parsing warnings, errors, or fatal errors occur.

factory

protected javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory factory
The SAXParserFactory that is created the first time we need it.

JAXP_SCHEMA_LANGUAGE

protected java.lang.String JAXP_SCHEMA_LANGUAGE
Deprecated. This is now managed by ParserFeatureSetterFactory

locator

protected org.xml.sax.Locator locator
The Locator associated with our parser.

match

protected java.lang.String match
The current match pattern for nested element processing.

namespaceAware

protected boolean namespaceAware
Do we want a "namespace aware" parser.

namespaces

protected java.util.HashMap namespaces
Registered namespaces we are currently processing. The key is the namespace prefix that was declared in the document. The value is an ArrayStack of the namespace URIs this prefix has been mapped to -- the top Stack element is the most current one. (This architecture is required because documents can declare nested uses of the same prefix for different Namespace URIs).

params

protected ArrayStack params
The parameters stack being utilized by CallMethodRule and CallParamRule rules.

parser

protected javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser parser
The SAXParser we will use to parse the input stream.

publicId

protected java.lang.String publicId
The public identifier of the DTD we are currently parsing under (if any).

reader

protected org.xml.sax.XMLReader reader
The XMLReader used to parse digester rules.

root

protected java.lang.Object root
The "root" element of the stack (in other words, the last object that was popped.

rules

protected Rules rules
The Rules implementation containing our collection of Rule instances and associated matching policy. If not established before the first rule is added, a default implementation will be provided.

schemaLanguage

protected java.lang.String schemaLanguage
The XML schema language to use for validating an XML instance. By default this value is set to W3C_XML_SCHEMA

schemaLocation

protected java.lang.String schemaLocation
The XML schema to use for validating an XML instance.

stack

protected ArrayStack stack
The object stack being constructed.

useContextClassLoader

protected boolean useContextClassLoader
Do we want to use the Context ClassLoader when loading classes for instantiating new objects. Default is false.

validating

protected boolean validating
Do we want to use a validating parser.

log

protected org.apache.commons.logging.Log log
The Log to which most logging calls will be made.

saxLog

protected org.apache.commons.logging.Log saxLog
The Log to which all SAX event related logging calls will be made.

W3C_XML_SCHEMA

protected static final java.lang.String W3C_XML_SCHEMA
The schema language supported. By default, we use this one.

See Also:
Constant Field Values
Constructor Detail

Digester

public Digester()
Construct a new Digester with default properties.

Digester

public Digester(javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser parser)
Construct a new Digester, allowing a SAXParser to be passed in. This allows Digester to be used in environments which are unfriendly to JAXP1.1 (such as WebLogic 6.0). Thanks for the request to change go to James House (james@interobjective.com). This may help in places where you are able to load JAXP 1.1 classes yourself.

Digester

public Digester(org.xml.sax.XMLReader reader)
Construct a new Digester, allowing an XMLReader to be passed in. This allows Digester to be used in environments which are unfriendly to JAXP1.1 (such as WebLogic 6.0). Note that if you use this option you have to configure namespace and validation support yourself, as these properties only affect the SAXParser and emtpy constructor.

Method Detail

findNamespaceURI

public java.lang.String findNamespaceURI(java.lang.String prefix)
Return the currently mapped namespace URI for the specified prefix, if any; otherwise return null. These mappings come and go dynamically as the document is parsed.

Parameters:
prefix - Prefix to look up

getClassLoader

public java.lang.ClassLoader getClassLoader()
Return the class loader to be used for instantiating application objects when required. This is determined based upon the following rules:

setClassLoader

public void setClassLoader(java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)
Set the class loader to be used for instantiating application objects when required.

Parameters:
classLoader - The new class loader to use, or null to revert to the standard rules

getCount

public int getCount()
Return the current depth of the element stack.

getCurrentElementName

public java.lang.String getCurrentElementName()
Return the name of the XML element that is currently being processed.

getDebug

public int getDebug()
Deprecated. This method now always returns 0. Digester uses the apache jakarta commons-logging library; see the documentation for that library for more information.

Return the debugging detail level of our currently enabled logger.

setDebug

public void setDebug(int debug)
Deprecated. This method now has no effect at all. Digester uses the apache jakarta comons-logging library; see the documentation for that library for more information.

Set the debugging detail level of our currently enabled logger.

Parameters:
debug - New debugging detail level (0=off, increasing integers for more detail)

getErrorHandler

public org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler getErrorHandler()
Return the error handler for this Digester.

setErrorHandler

public void setErrorHandler(org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler errorHandler)
Set the error handler for this Digester.

Parameters:
errorHandler - The new error handler

getFactory

public javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory getFactory()
Return the SAXParserFactory we will use, creating one if necessary.

getFeature

public boolean getFeature(java.lang.String feature)
                   throws javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException,
                          org.xml.sax.SAXNotRecognizedException,
                          org.xml.sax.SAXNotSupportedException
Returns a flag indicating whether the requested feature is supported by the underlying implementation of org.xml.sax.XMLReader. See for information about the standard SAX2 feature flags.

Parameters:
feature - Name of the feature to inquire about
Throws:
javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException - if a parser configuration error occurs
org.xml.sax.SAXNotRecognizedException - if the property name is not recognized
org.xml.sax.SAXNotSupportedException - if the property name is recognized but not supported

setFeature

public void setFeature(java.lang.String feature,
                       boolean value)
                throws javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException,
                       org.xml.sax.SAXNotRecognizedException,
                       org.xml.sax.SAXNotSupportedException
Sets a flag indicating whether the requested feature is supported by the underlying implementation of org.xml.sax.XMLReader. See for information about the standard SAX2 feature flags. In order to be effective, this method must be called before the getParser() method is called for the first time, either directly or indirectly.

Parameters:
feature - Name of the feature to set the status for
value - The new value for this feature
Throws:
javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException - if a parser configuration error occurs
org.xml.sax.SAXNotRecognizedException - if the property name is not recognized
org.xml.sax.SAXNotSupportedException - if the property name is recognized but not supported

getLogger

public org.apache.commons.logging.Log getLogger()
Return the current Logger associated with this instance of the Digester

setLogger

public void setLogger(org.apache.commons.logging.Log log)
Set the current logger for this Digester.

getSAXLogger

public org.apache.commons.logging.Log getSAXLogger()
Gets the logger used for logging SAX-related information. Note the output is finely grained.

Since:
1.6

setSAXLogger

public void setSAXLogger(org.apache.commons.logging.Log saxLog)
Sets the logger used for logging SAX-related information. Note the output is finely grained.

Parameters:
saxLog - Log, not null
Since:
1.6

getMatch

public java.lang.String getMatch()
Return the current rule match path

getNamespaceAware

public boolean getNamespaceAware()
Return the "namespace aware" flag for parsers we create.

setNamespaceAware

public void setNamespaceAware(boolean namespaceAware)
Set the "namespace aware" flag for parsers we create.

Parameters:
namespaceAware - The new "namespace aware" flag

setPublicId

public void setPublicId(java.lang.String publicId)
Set the publid id of the current file being parse.

Parameters:
publicId - the DTD/Schema public's id.

getPublicId

public java.lang.String getPublicId()
Return the public identifier of the DTD we are currently parsing under, if any.

getRuleNamespaceURI

public java.lang.String getRuleNamespaceURI()
Return the namespace URI that will be applied to all subsequently added Rule objects.

setRuleNamespaceURI

public void setRuleNamespaceURI(java.lang.String ruleNamespaceURI)
Set the namespace URI that will be applied to all subsequently added Rule objects.

Parameters:
ruleNamespaceURI - Namespace URI that must match on all subsequently added rules, or null for matching regardless of the current namespace URI

getParser

public javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser getParser()
Return the SAXParser we will use to parse the input stream. If there is a problem creating the parser, return null.

getProperty

public java.lang.Object getProperty(java.lang.String property)
                             throws org.xml.sax.SAXNotRecognizedException,
                                    org.xml.sax.SAXNotSupportedException
Return the current value of the specified property for the underlying XMLReader implementation. See for information about the standard SAX2 properties.

Parameters:
property - Property name to be retrieved
Throws:
org.xml.sax.SAXNotRecognizedException - if the property name is not recognized
org.xml.sax.SAXNotSupportedException - if the property name is recognized but not supported

setProperty

public void setProperty(java.lang.String property,
                        java.lang.Object value)
                 throws org.xml.sax.SAXNotRecognizedException,
                        org.xml.sax.SAXNotSupportedException
Set the current value of the specified property for the underlying XMLReader implementation. See for information about the standard SAX2 properties.

Parameters:
property - Property name to be set
value - Property value to be set
Throws:
org.xml.sax.SAXNotRecognizedException - if the property name is not recognized
org.xml.sax.SAXNotSupportedException - if the property name is recognized but not supported

getReader

public org.xml.sax.XMLReader getReader()
Deprecated. Use getXMLReader() instead, which can throw a SAXException if the reader cannot be instantiated

By setting the reader in the constructor, you can bypass JAXP and be able to use digester in Weblogic 6.0.

getRules

public Rules getRules()
Return the Rules implementation object containing our rules collection and associated matching policy. If none has been established, a default implementation will be created and returned.

setRules

public void setRules(Rules rules)
Set the Rules implementation object containing our rules collection and associated matching policy.

Parameters:
rules - New Rules implementation

getSchema

public java.lang.String getSchema()
Return the XML Schema URI used for validating an XML instance.

setSchema

public void setSchema(java.lang.String schemaLocation)
Set the XML Schema URI used for validating a XML Instance.

Parameters:
schemaLocation - a URI to the schema.

getSchemaLanguage

public java.lang.String getSchemaLanguage()
Return the XML Schema language used when parsing.

setSchemaLanguage

public void setSchemaLanguage(java.lang.String schemaLanguage)
Set the XML Schema language used when parsing. By default, we use W3C.

Parameters:
schemaLanguage - a URI to the schema language.

getUseContextClassLoader

public boolean getUseContextClassLoader()
Return the boolean as to whether the context classloader should be used.

setUseContextClassLoader

public void setUseContextClassLoader(boolean use)
Determine whether to use the Context ClassLoader (the one found by calling Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()) to resolve/load classes that are defined in various rules. If not using Context ClassLoader, then the class-loading defaults to using the calling-class' ClassLoader.

Parameters:
use - determines whether to use Context ClassLoader.

getValidating

public boolean getValidating()
Return the validating parser flag.

setValidating

public void setValidating(boolean validating)
Set the validating parser flag. This must be called before parse() is called the first time.

Parameters:
validating - The new validating parser flag.

getXMLReader

public org.xml.sax.XMLReader getXMLReader()
                                   throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
Return the XMLReader to be used for parsing the input document. FIX ME: there is a bug in JAXP/XERCES that prevent the use of a parser that contains a schema with a DTD.

Throws:
org.xml.sax.SAXException - if no XMLReader can be instantiated

characters

public void characters(char[] buffer,
                       int start,
                       int length)
                throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
Process notification of character data received from the body of an XML element.

Parameters:
buffer - The characters from the XML document
start - Starting offset into the buffer
length - Number of characters from the buffer
Throws:
org.xml.sax.SAXException - if a parsing error is to be reported

endDocument

public void endDocument()
                 throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
Process notification of the end of the document being reached.

Throws:
org.xml.sax.SAXException - if a parsing error is to be reported

endElement

public void endElement(java.lang.String namespaceURI,
                       java.lang.String localName,
                       java.lang.String qName)
                throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
Process notification of the end of an XML element being reached.

Parameters:
namespaceURI - - The Namespace URI, or the empty string if the element has no Namespace URI or if Namespace processing is not being performed.
localName - - The local name (without prefix), or the empty string if Namespace processing is not being performed.
qName - - The qualified XML 1.0 name (with prefix), or the empty string if qualified names are not available.
Throws:
org.xml.sax.SAXException - if a parsing error is to be reported

endPrefixMapping

public void endPrefixMapping(java.lang.String prefix)
                      throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
Process notification that a namespace prefix is going out of scope.

Parameters:
prefix - Prefix that is going out of scope
Throws:
org.xml.sax.SAXException - if a parsing error is to be reported

ignorableWhitespace

public void ignorableWhitespace(char[] buffer,
                                int start,
                                int len)
                         throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
Process notification of ignorable whitespace received from the body of an XML element.

Parameters:
buffer - The characters from the XML document
start - Starting offset into the buffer
len - Number of characters from the buffer
Throws:
org.xml.sax.SAXException - if a parsing error is to be reported

processingInstruction

public void processingInstruction(java.lang.String target,
                                  java.lang.String data)
                           throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
Process notification of a processing instruction that was encountered.

Parameters:
target - The processing instruction target
data - The processing instruction data (if any)
Throws:
org.xml.sax.SAXException - if a parsing error is to be reported

getDocumentLocator

public org.xml.sax.Locator getDocumentLocator()
Gets the document locator associated with our parser.

Returns:
the Locator supplied by the document parser

setDocumentLocator

public void setDocumentLocator(org.xml.sax.Locator locator)
Sets the document locator associated with our parser.

Parameters:
locator - The new locator

skippedEntity

public void skippedEntity(java.lang.String name)
                   throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
Process notification of a skipped entity.

Parameters:
name - Name of the skipped entity
Throws:
org.xml.sax.SAXException - if a parsing error is to be reported

startDocument

public void startDocument()
                   throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
Process notification of the beginning of the document being reached.

Throws:
org.xml.sax.SAXException - if a parsing error is to be reported

startElement

public void startElement(java.lang.String namespaceURI,
                         java.lang.String localName,
                         java.lang.String qName,
                         org.xml.sax.Attributes list)
                  throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
Process notification of the start of an XML element being reached.

Parameters:
namespaceURI - The Namespace URI, or the empty string if the element has no Namespace URI or if Namespace processing is not being performed.
localName - The local name (without prefix), or the empty string if Namespace processing is not being performed.
qName - The qualified name (with prefix), or the empty string if qualified names are not available.\
list - The attributes attached to the element. If there are no attributes, it shall be an empty Attributes object.
Throws:
org.xml.sax.SAXException - if a parsing error is to be reported

startPrefixMapping

public void startPrefixMapping(java.lang.String prefix,
                               java.lang.String namespaceURI)
                        throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
Process notification that a namespace prefix is coming in to scope.

Parameters:
prefix - Prefix that is being declared
namespaceURI - Corresponding namespace URI being mapped to
Throws:
org.xml.sax.SAXException - if a parsing error is to be reported

notationDecl

public void notationDecl(java.lang.String name,
                         java.lang.String publicId,
                         java.lang.String systemId)
Receive notification of a notation declaration event.

Parameters:
name - The notation name
publicId - The public identifier (if any)
systemId - The system identifier (if any)

unparsedEntityDecl

public void unparsedEntityDecl(java.lang.String name,
                               java.lang.String publicId,
                               java.lang.String systemId,
                               java.lang.String notation)
Receive notification of an unparsed entity declaration event.

Parameters:
name - The unparsed entity name
publicId - The public identifier (if any)
systemId - The system identifier (if any)
notation - The name of the associated notation

setEntityResolver

public void setEntityResolver(org.xml.sax.EntityResolver entityResolver)
Set the EntityResolver used by SAX when resolving public id and system id. This must be called before the first call to parse().

Parameters:
entityResolver - a class that implement the EntityResolver interface.

getEntityResolver

public org.xml.sax.EntityResolver getEntityResolver()
Return the Entity Resolver used by the SAX parser.

Returns:
Return the Entity Resolver used by the SAX parser.

resolveEntity

public org.xml.sax.InputSource resolveEntity(java.lang.String publicId,
                                             java.lang.String systemId)
                                      throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
Resolve the requested external entity.

Parameters:
publicId - The public identifier of the entity being referenced
systemId - The system identifier of the entity being referenced
Throws:
org.xml.sax.SAXException - if a parsing exception occurs

error

public void error(org.xml.sax.SAXParseException exception)
           throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
Forward notification of a parsing error to the application supplied error handler (if any).

Parameters:
exception - The error information
Throws:
org.xml.sax.SAXException - if a parsing exception occurs

fatalError

public void fatalError(org.xml.sax.SAXParseException exception)
                throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
Forward notification of a fatal parsing error to the application supplied error handler (if any).

Parameters:
exception - The fatal error information
Throws:
org.xml.sax.SAXException - if a parsing exception occurs

warning

public void warning(org.xml.sax.SAXParseException exception)
             throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
Forward notification of a parse warning to the application supplied error handler (if any).

Parameters:
exception - The warning information
Throws:
org.xml.sax.SAXException - if a parsing exception occurs

log

public void log(java.lang.String message)
Deprecated. Call getLogger() and use it's logging methods

Log a message to our associated logger.

Parameters:
message - The message to be logged

log

public void log(java.lang.String message,
                java.lang.Throwable exception)
Deprecated. Call getLogger() and use it's logging methods

Log a message and exception to our associated logger.

Parameters:
message - The message to be logged

parse

public java.lang.Object parse(java.io.File file)
                       throws java.io.IOException,
                              org.xml.sax.SAXException
Parse the content of the specified file using this Digester. Returns the root element from the object stack (if any).

Parameters:
file - File containing the XML data to be parsed
Throws:
java.io.IOException - if an input/output error occurs
org.xml.sax.SAXException - if a parsing exception occurs

parse

public java.lang.Object parse(org.xml.sax.InputSource input)
                       throws java.io.IOException,
                              org.xml.sax.SAXException
Parse the content of the specified input source using this Digester. Returns the root element from the object stack (if any).

Parameters:
input - Input source containing the XML data to be parsed
Throws:
java.io.IOException - if an input/output error occurs
org.xml.sax.SAXException - if a parsing exception occurs

parse

public java.lang.Object parse(java.io.InputStream input)
                       throws java.io.IOException,
                              org.xml.sax.SAXException
Parse the content of the specified input stream using this Digester. Returns the root element from the object stack (if any).

Parameters:
input - Input stream containing the XML data to be parsed
Throws:
java.io.IOException - if an input/output error occurs
org.xml.sax.SAXException - if a parsing exception occurs

parse

public java.lang.Object parse(java.io.Reader reader)
                       throws java.io.IOException,
                              org.xml.sax.SAXException
Parse the content of the specified reader using this Digester. Returns the root element from the object stack (if any).

Parameters:
reader - Reader containing the XML data to be parsed
Throws:
java.io.IOException - if an input/output error occurs
org.xml.sax.SAXException - if a parsing exception occurs

parse

public java.lang.Object parse(java.lang.String uri)
                       throws java.io.IOException,
                              org.xml.sax.SAXException
Parse the content of the specified URI using this Digester. Returns the root element from the object stack (if any).

Parameters:
uri - URI containing the XML data to be parsed
Throws:
java.io.IOException - if an input/output error occurs
org.xml.sax.SAXException - if a parsing exception occurs

register

public void register(java.lang.String publicId,
                     java.lang.String entityURL)

Register the specified DTD URL for the specified public identifier. This must be called before the first call to parse().

Digester contains an internal EntityResolver implementation. This maps PUBLICID's to URLs (from which the resource will be loaded). A common use case for this method is to register local URLs (possibly computed at runtime by a classloader) for DTDs. This allows the performance advantage of using a local version without having to ensure every SYSTEM URI on every processed xml document is local. This implementation provides only basic functionality. If more sophisticated features are required, using setEntityResolver(org.xml.sax.EntityResolver) to set a custom resolver is recommended.

Note: This method will have no effect when a custom EntityResolver has been set. (Setting a custom EntityResolver overrides the internal implementation.)

Parameters:
publicId - Public identifier of the DTD to be resolved
entityURL - The URL to use for reading this DTD

addRule

public void addRule(java.lang.String pattern,
                    Rule rule)

Register a new Rule matching the specified pattern. This method sets the Digester property on the rule.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
rule - Rule to be registered

addRuleSet

public void addRuleSet(RuleSet ruleSet)
Register a set of Rule instances defined in a RuleSet.

Parameters:
ruleSet - The RuleSet instance to configure from

addCallMethod

public void addCallMethod(java.lang.String pattern,
                          java.lang.String methodName)
Add an "call method" rule for a method which accepts no arguments.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
methodName - Method name to be called
See Also:
CallMethodRule

addCallMethod

public void addCallMethod(java.lang.String pattern,
                          java.lang.String methodName,
                          int paramCount)
Add an "call method" rule for the specified parameters.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
methodName - Method name to be called
paramCount - Number of expected parameters (or zero for a single parameter from the body of this element)
See Also:
CallMethodRule

addCallMethod

public void addCallMethod(java.lang.String pattern,
                          java.lang.String methodName,
                          int paramCount,
                          java.lang.String[] paramTypes)
Add an "call method" rule for the specified parameters. If paramCount is set to zero the rule will use the body of the matched element as the single argument of the method, unless paramTypes is null or empty, in this case the rule will call the specified method with no arguments.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
methodName - Method name to be called
paramCount - Number of expected parameters (or zero for a single parameter from the body of this element)
paramTypes - Set of Java class names for the types of the expected parameters (if you wish to use a primitive type, specify the corresonding Java wrapper class instead, such as java.lang.Boolean for a boolean parameter)
See Also:
CallMethodRule

addCallMethod

public void addCallMethod(java.lang.String pattern,
                          java.lang.String methodName,
                          int paramCount,
                          java.lang.Class[] paramTypes)
Add an "call method" rule for the specified parameters. If paramCount is set to zero the rule will use the body of the matched element as the single argument of the method, unless paramTypes is null or empty, in this case the rule will call the specified method with no arguments.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
methodName - Method name to be called
paramCount - Number of expected parameters (or zero for a single parameter from the body of this element)
paramTypes - The Java class names of the arguments (if you wish to use a primitive type, specify the corresonding Java wrapper class instead, such as java.lang.Boolean for a boolean parameter)
See Also:
CallMethodRule

addCallParam

public void addCallParam(java.lang.String pattern,
                         int paramIndex)
Add a "call parameter" rule for the specified parameters.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
paramIndex - Zero-relative parameter index to set (from the body of this element)
See Also:
CallParamRule

addCallParam

public void addCallParam(java.lang.String pattern,
                         int paramIndex,
                         java.lang.String attributeName)
Add a "call parameter" rule for the specified parameters.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
paramIndex - Zero-relative parameter index to set (from the specified attribute)
attributeName - Attribute whose value is used as the parameter value
See Also:
CallParamRule

addCallParam

public void addCallParam(java.lang.String pattern,
                         int paramIndex,
                         boolean fromStack)
Add a "call parameter" rule. This will either take a parameter from the stack or from the current element body text.

Parameters:
paramIndex - The zero-relative parameter number
fromStack - Should the call parameter be taken from the top of the stack?
See Also:
CallParamRule

addCallParam

public void addCallParam(java.lang.String pattern,
                         int paramIndex,
                         int stackIndex)
Add a "call parameter" rule that sets a parameter from the stack. This takes a parameter from the given position on the stack.

Parameters:
paramIndex - The zero-relative parameter number
stackIndex - set the call parameter to the stackIndex'th object down the stack, where 0 is the top of the stack, 1 the next element down and so on
See Also:
CallMethodRule

addCallParamPath

public void addCallParamPath(java.lang.String pattern,
                             int paramIndex)
Add a "call parameter" rule that sets a parameter from the current Digester matching path. This is sometimes useful when using rules that support wildcards.

Parameters:
pattern - the pattern that this rule should match
paramIndex - The zero-relative parameter number
See Also:
CallMethodRule

addObjectParam

public void addObjectParam(java.lang.String pattern,
                           int paramIndex,
                           java.lang.Object paramObj)
Add a "call parameter" rule that sets a parameter from a caller-provided object. This can be used to pass constants such as strings to methods; it can also be used to pass mutable objects, providing ways for objects to do things like "register" themselves with some shared object.

Note that when attempting to locate a matching method to invoke, the true type of the paramObj is used, so that despite the paramObj being passed in here as type Object, the target method can declare its parameters as being the true type of the object (or some ancestor type, according to the usual type-conversion rules).

Parameters:
paramIndex - The zero-relative parameter number
paramObj - Any arbitrary object to be passed to the target method.
Since:
1.6
See Also:
CallMethodRule

addFactoryCreate

public void addFactoryCreate(java.lang.String pattern,
                             java.lang.String className)
Add a "factory create" rule for the specified parameters. Exceptions thrown during the object creation process will be propagated.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
className - Java class name of the object creation factory class
See Also:
FactoryCreateRule

addFactoryCreate

public void addFactoryCreate(java.lang.String pattern,
                             java.lang.Class clazz)
Add a "factory create" rule for the specified parameters. Exceptions thrown during the object creation process will be propagated.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
clazz - Java class of the object creation factory class
See Also:
FactoryCreateRule

addFactoryCreate

public void addFactoryCreate(java.lang.String pattern,
                             java.lang.String className,
                             java.lang.String attributeName)
Add a "factory create" rule for the specified parameters. Exceptions thrown during the object creation process will be propagated.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
className - Java class name of the object creation factory class
attributeName - Attribute name which, if present, overrides the value specified by className
See Also:
FactoryCreateRule

addFactoryCreate

public void addFactoryCreate(java.lang.String pattern,
                             java.lang.Class clazz,
                             java.lang.String attributeName)
Add a "factory create" rule for the specified parameters. Exceptions thrown during the object creation process will be propagated.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
clazz - Java class of the object creation factory class
attributeName - Attribute name which, if present, overrides the value specified by className
See Also:
FactoryCreateRule

addFactoryCreate

public void addFactoryCreate(java.lang.String pattern,
                             ObjectCreationFactory creationFactory)
Add a "factory create" rule for the specified parameters. Exceptions thrown during the object creation process will be propagated.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
creationFactory - Previously instantiated ObjectCreationFactory to be utilized
See Also:
FactoryCreateRule

addFactoryCreate

public void addFactoryCreate(java.lang.String pattern,
                             java.lang.String className,
                             boolean ignoreCreateExceptions)
Add a "factory create" rule for the specified parameters.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
className - Java class name of the object creation factory class
ignoreCreateExceptions - when true any exceptions thrown during object creation will be ignored.
See Also:
FactoryCreateRule

addFactoryCreate

public void addFactoryCreate(java.lang.String pattern,
                             java.lang.Class clazz,
                             boolean ignoreCreateExceptions)
Add a "factory create" rule for the specified parameters.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
clazz - Java class of the object creation factory class
ignoreCreateExceptions - when true any exceptions thrown during object creation will be ignored.
See Also:
FactoryCreateRule

addFactoryCreate

public void addFactoryCreate(java.lang.String pattern,
                             java.lang.String className,
                             java.lang.String attributeName,
                             boolean ignoreCreateExceptions)
Add a "factory create" rule for the specified parameters.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
className - Java class name of the object creation factory class
attributeName - Attribute name which, if present, overrides the value specified by className
ignoreCreateExceptions - when true any exceptions thrown during object creation will be ignored.
See Also:
FactoryCreateRule

addFactoryCreate

public void addFactoryCreate(java.lang.String pattern,
                             java.lang.Class clazz,
                             java.lang.String attributeName,
                             boolean ignoreCreateExceptions)
Add a "factory create" rule for the specified parameters.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
clazz - Java class of the object creation factory class
attributeName - Attribute name which, if present, overrides the value specified by className
ignoreCreateExceptions - when true any exceptions thrown during object creation will be ignored.
See Also:
FactoryCreateRule

addFactoryCreate

public void addFactoryCreate(java.lang.String pattern,
                             ObjectCreationFactory creationFactory,
                             boolean ignoreCreateExceptions)
Add a "factory create" rule for the specified parameters.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
creationFactory - Previously instantiated ObjectCreationFactory to be utilized
ignoreCreateExceptions - when true any exceptions thrown during object creation will be ignored.
See Also:
FactoryCreateRule

addObjectCreate

public void addObjectCreate(java.lang.String pattern,
                            java.lang.String className)
Add an "object create" rule for the specified parameters.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
className - Java class name to be created
See Also:
ObjectCreateRule

addObjectCreate

public void addObjectCreate(java.lang.String pattern,
                            java.lang.Class clazz)
Add an "object create" rule for the specified parameters.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
clazz - Java class to be created
See Also:
ObjectCreateRule

addObjectCreate

public void addObjectCreate(java.lang.String pattern,
                            java.lang.String className,
                            java.lang.String attributeName)
Add an "object create" rule for the specified parameters.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
className - Default Java class name to be created
attributeName - Attribute name that optionally overrides the default Java class name to be created
See Also:
ObjectCreateRule

addObjectCreate

public void addObjectCreate(java.lang.String pattern,
                            java.lang.String attributeName,
                            java.lang.Class clazz)
Add an "object create" rule for the specified parameters.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
attributeName - Attribute name that optionally overrides
clazz - Default Java class to be created the default Java class name to be created
See Also:
ObjectCreateRule

addSetNext

public void addSetNext(java.lang.String pattern,
                       java.lang.String methodName)
Add a "set next" rule for the specified parameters.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
methodName - Method name to call on the parent element
See Also:
SetNextRule

addSetNext

public void addSetNext(java.lang.String pattern,
                       java.lang.String methodName,
                       java.lang.String paramType)
Add a "set next" rule for the specified parameters.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
methodName - Method name to call on the parent element
paramType - Java class name of the expected parameter type (if you wish to use a primitive type, specify the corresonding Java wrapper class instead, such as java.lang.Boolean for a boolean parameter)
See Also:
SetNextRule

addSetRoot

public void addSetRoot(java.lang.String pattern,
                       java.lang.String methodName)
Add SetRootRule with the specified parameters.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
methodName - Method name to call on the root object
See Also:
SetRootRule

addSetRoot

public void addSetRoot(java.lang.String pattern,
                       java.lang.String methodName,
                       java.lang.String paramType)
Add SetRootRule with the specified parameters.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
methodName - Method name to call on the root object
paramType - Java class name of the expected parameter type
See Also:
SetRootRule

addSetProperties

public void addSetProperties(java.lang.String pattern)
Add a "set properties" rule for the specified parameters.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
See Also:
SetPropertiesRule

addSetProperties

public void addSetProperties(java.lang.String pattern,
                             java.lang.String attributeName,
                             java.lang.String propertyName)
Add a "set properties" rule with a single overridden parameter. See SetPropertiesRule.SetPropertiesRule(String attributeName, String propertyName)

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
attributeName - map this attribute
propertyName - to this property
See Also:
SetPropertiesRule

addSetProperties

public void addSetProperties(java.lang.String pattern,
                             java.lang.String[] attributeNames,
                             java.lang.String[] propertyNames)
Add a "set properties" rule with overridden parameters. See SetPropertiesRule.SetPropertiesRule(String [] attributeNames, String [] propertyNames)

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
attributeNames - names of attributes with custom mappings
propertyNames - property names these attributes map to
See Also:
SetPropertiesRule

addSetProperty

public void addSetProperty(java.lang.String pattern,
                           java.lang.String name,
                           java.lang.String value)
Add a "set property" rule for the specified parameters.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
name - Attribute name containing the property name to be set
value - Attribute name containing the property value to set
See Also:
SetPropertyRule

addSetTop

public void addSetTop(java.lang.String pattern,
                      java.lang.String methodName)
Add a "set top" rule for the specified parameters.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
methodName - Method name to call on the parent element
See Also:
SetTopRule

addSetTop

public void addSetTop(java.lang.String pattern,
                      java.lang.String methodName,
                      java.lang.String paramType)
Add a "set top" rule for the specified parameters.

Parameters:
pattern - Element matching pattern
methodName - Method name to call on the parent element
paramType - Java class name of the expected parameter type (if you wish to use a primitive type, specify the corresonding Java wrapper class instead, such as java.lang.Boolean for a boolean parameter)
See Also:
SetTopRule

clear

public void clear()
Clear the current contents of the object stack.

Calling this method might allow another document of the same type to be correctly parsed. However this method was not intended for this purpose. In general, a separate Digester object should be created for each document to be parsed.

reset

public void reset()

peek

public java.lang.Object peek()
Return the top object on the stack without removing it. If there are no objects on the stack, return null.

peek

public java.lang.Object peek(int n)
Return the n'th object down the stack, where 0 is the top element and [getCount()-1] is the bottom element. If the specified index is out of range, return null.

Parameters:
n - Index of the desired element, where 0 is the top of the stack, 1 is the next element down, and so on.

pop

public java.lang.Object pop()
Pop the top object off of the stack, and return it. If there are no objects on the stack, return null.

push

public void push(java.lang.Object object)
Push a new object onto the top of the object stack.

Parameters:
object - The new object

push

public void push(java.lang.String stackName,
                 java.lang.Object value)
Pushes the given object onto the stack with the given name. If no stack already exists with the given name then one will be created.

Parameters:
stackName - the name of the stack onto which the object should be pushed
value - the Object to be pushed onto the named stack.
Since:
1.6

pop

public java.lang.Object pop(java.lang.String stackName)

Pops (gets and removes) the top object from the stack with the given name.

Note: a stack is considered empty if no objects have been pushed onto it yet.

Parameters:
stackName - the name of the stack from which the top value is to be popped
Returns:
the top Object on the stack or or null if the stack is either empty or has not been created yet
Throws:
java.util.EmptyStackException - if the named stack is empty
Since:
1.6

peek

public java.lang.Object peek(java.lang.String stackName)

Gets the top object from the stack with the given name. This method does not remove the object from the stack.

Note: a stack is considered empty if no objects have been pushed onto it yet.

Parameters:
stackName - the name of the stack to be peeked
Returns:
the top Object on the stack or null if the stack is either empty or has not been created yet
Throws:
java.util.EmptyStackException - if the named stack is empty
Since:
1.6

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty(java.lang.String stackName)

Is the stack with the given name empty?

Note: a stack is considered empty if no objects have been pushed onto it yet.

Parameters:
stackName - the name of the stack whose emptiness should be evaluated
Returns:
true if the given stack if empty
Since:
1.6

getRoot

public java.lang.Object getRoot()
When the Digester is being used as a SAXContentHandler, this method allows you to access the root object that has been created after parsing.

Returns:
the root object that has been created after parsing or null if the digester has not parsed any XML yet.

configure

protected void configure()

Provide a hook for lazy configuration of this Digester instance. The default implementation does nothing, but subclasses can override as needed.

Note This method may be called more than once. Once only initialization code should be placed in initialize() or the code should take responsibility by checking and setting the configured flag.

initialize

protected void initialize()

Provides a hook for lazy initialization of this Digester instance. The default implementation does nothing, but subclasses can override as needed. Digester (by default) only calls this method once.

Note This method will be called by configure() only when the configured flag is false. Subclasses that override configure or who set configured may find that this method may be called more than once.

Since:
1.6

peekParams

public java.lang.Object peekParams()

Return the top object on the parameters stack without removing it. If there are no objects on the stack, return null.

The parameters stack is used to store CallMethodRule parameters. See params.

peekParams

public java.lang.Object peekParams(int n)

Return the n'th object down the parameters stack, where 0 is the top element and [getCount()-1] is the bottom element. If the specified index is out of range, return null.

The parameters stack is used to store CallMethodRule parameters. See params.

Parameters:
n - Index of the desired element, where 0 is the top of the stack, 1 is the next element down, and so on.

popParams

public java.lang.Object popParams()

Pop the top object off of the parameters stack, and return it. If there are no objects on the stack, return null.

The parameters stack is used to store CallMethodRule parameters. See params.

pushParams

public void pushParams(java.lang.Object object)

Push a new object onto the top of the parameters stack.

The parameters stack is used to store CallMethodRule parameters. See params.

Parameters:
object - The new object

createSAXException

public org.xml.sax.SAXException createSAXException(java.lang.String message,
                                                   java.lang.Exception e)
Create a SAX exception which also understands about the location in the digester file where the exception occurs

Returns:
the new exception

createSAXException

public org.xml.sax.SAXException createSAXException(java.lang.Exception e)
Create a SAX exception which also understands about the location in the digester file where the exception occurs

Returns:
the new exception

createSAXException

public org.xml.sax.SAXException createSAXException(java.lang.String message)
Create a SAX exception which also understands about the location in the digester file where the exception occurs

Returns:
the new exception
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