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package org.apache.commons.digester;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
import org.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanUtils;
import org.apache.commons.beanutils.DynaBean;
import org.apache.commons.beanutils.DynaProperty;
import org.apache.commons.beanutils.PropertyUtils;
import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
Rule implementation that sets properties on the object at the top of the
stack, based on child elements with names matching properties on that
object.
Example input that can be processed by this rule:
[widget]
[height]7[/height]
[width]8[/width]
[label]Hello, world[/label]
[/widget]
For each child element of [widget], a corresponding setter method is
located on the object on the top of the digester stack, the body text of
the child element is converted to the type specified for the (sole)
parameter to the setter method, then the setter method is invoked.
This rule supports custom mapping of xml element names to property names. The default mapping for particular elements can be overridden by using SetNestedPropertiesRule(String[] elementNames, String[] propertyNames)
. This allows child elements to be mapped to properties with different names. Certain elements can also be marked to be ignored.
A very similar effect can be achieved using a combination of the
BeanPropertySetterRule
and the ExtendedBaseRules
rules manager; this Rule
, however, works fine with the default
RulesBase
rules manager.
Note that this rule is designed to be used to set only "primitive"
bean properties, eg String, int, boolean. If some of the child xml elements
match ObjectCreateRule rules (ie cause objects to be created) then you must
use one of the more complex constructors to this rule to explicitly skip
processing of that xml element, and define a SetNextRule (or equivalent) to
handle assigning the child object to the appropriate property instead.
Implementation Notes
This class works by creating its own simple Rules implementation. When
begin is invoked on this rule, the digester's current rules object is
replaced by a custom one. When end is invoked for this rule, the original
rules object is restored. The digester rules objects therefore behave in
a stack-like manner.
For each child element encountered, the custom Rules implementation
ensures that a special AnyChildRule instance is included in the matches
returned to the digester, and it is this rule instance that is responsible
for setting the appropriate property on the target object (if such a property
exists). The effect is therefore like a "trailing wildcard pattern". The
custom Rules implementation also returns the matches provided by the
underlying Rules implementation for the same pattern, so other rules
are not "disabled" during processing of a SetNestedPropertiesRule.
TODO: Optimise this class. Currently, each time begin is called,
new AnyChildRules and AnyChildRule objects are created. It should be
possible to cache these in normal use (though watch out for when a rule
instance is invoked re-entrantly!).
Since: 1.6
/**
* <p>Rule implementation that sets properties on the object at the top of the
* stack, based on child elements with names matching properties on that
* object.</p>
*
* <p>Example input that can be processed by this rule:</p>
* <pre>
* [widget]
* [height]7[/height]
* [width]8[/width]
* [label]Hello, world[/label]
* [/widget]
* </pre>
*
* <p>For each child element of [widget], a corresponding setter method is
* located on the object on the top of the digester stack, the body text of
* the child element is converted to the type specified for the (sole)
* parameter to the setter method, then the setter method is invoked.</p>
*
* <p>This rule supports custom mapping of xml element names to property names.
* The default mapping for particular elements can be overridden by using
* {@link #SetNestedPropertiesRule(String[] elementNames,
* String[] propertyNames)}.
* This allows child elements to be mapped to properties with different names.
* Certain elements can also be marked to be ignored.</p>
*
* <p>A very similar effect can be achieved using a combination of the
* <code>BeanPropertySetterRule</code> and the <code>ExtendedBaseRules</code>
* rules manager; this <code>Rule</code>, however, works fine with the default
* <code>RulesBase</code> rules manager.</p>
*
* <p>Note that this rule is designed to be used to set only "primitive"
* bean properties, eg String, int, boolean. If some of the child xml elements
* match ObjectCreateRule rules (ie cause objects to be created) then you must
* use one of the more complex constructors to this rule to explicitly skip
* processing of that xml element, and define a SetNextRule (or equivalent) to
* handle assigning the child object to the appropriate property instead.</p>
*
* <p><b>Implementation Notes</b></p>
*
* <p>This class works by creating its own simple Rules implementation. When
* begin is invoked on this rule, the digester's current rules object is
* replaced by a custom one. When end is invoked for this rule, the original
* rules object is restored. The digester rules objects therefore behave in
* a stack-like manner.</p>
*
* <p>For each child element encountered, the custom Rules implementation
* ensures that a special AnyChildRule instance is included in the matches
* returned to the digester, and it is this rule instance that is responsible
* for setting the appropriate property on the target object (if such a property
* exists). The effect is therefore like a "trailing wildcard pattern". The
* custom Rules implementation also returns the matches provided by the
* underlying Rules implementation for the same pattern, so other rules
* are not "disabled" during processing of a SetNestedPropertiesRule.</p>
*
* <p>TODO: Optimise this class. Currently, each time begin is called,
* new AnyChildRules and AnyChildRule objects are created. It should be
* possible to cache these in normal use (though watch out for when a rule
* instance is invoked re-entrantly!).</p>
*
* @since 1.6
*/
public class SetNestedPropertiesRule extends Rule {
private Log log = null;
private boolean trimData = true;
private boolean allowUnknownChildElements = false;
private HashMap<String, String> elementNames = new HashMap<String, String>();
// ----------------------------------------------------------- Constructors
Base constructor, which maps every child element into a bean property
with the same name as the xml element.
It is an error if a child xml element exists but the target java
bean has no such property (unless setAllowUnknownChildElements has been
set to true).
/**
* Base constructor, which maps every child element into a bean property
* with the same name as the xml element.
*
* <p>It is an error if a child xml element exists but the target java
* bean has no such property (unless setAllowUnknownChildElements has been
* set to true).</p>
*/
public SetNestedPropertiesRule() {
// nothing to set up
}
Convenience constructor which overrides the default mappings for
just one property.
For details about how this works, see SetNestedPropertiesRule(String[] elementNames, String[] propertyNames)
.
Params: - elementName – is the child xml element to match
- propertyName – is the java bean property to be assigned the value
of the specified xml element. This may be null, in which case the
specified xml element will be ignored.
/**
* <p>Convenience constructor which overrides the default mappings for
* just one property.</p>
*
* <p>For details about how this works, see
* {@link #SetNestedPropertiesRule(String[] elementNames,
* String[] propertyNames)}.</p>
*
* @param elementName is the child xml element to match
* @param propertyName is the java bean property to be assigned the value
* of the specified xml element. This may be null, in which case the
* specified xml element will be ignored.
*/
public SetNestedPropertiesRule(String elementName, String propertyName) {
elementNames.put(elementName, propertyName);
}
Constructor which allows element->property mapping to be overridden.
Two arrays are passed in. One contains xml element names and the
other java bean property names. The element name / property name pairs
are matched by position; in order words, the first string in the element
name array corresponds to the first string in the property name array
and so on.
If a property name is null or the xml element name has no matching
property name due to the arrays being of different lengths then this
indicates that the xml element should be ignored.
Example One
The following constructs a rule that maps the alt-city
element to the city
property and the alt-state
to the state
property. All other child elements are mapped
as usual using exact name matching.
SetNestedPropertiesRule(
new String[] {"alt-city", "alt-state"},
new String[] {"city", "state"});
Example Two
The following constructs a rule that maps the class
xml element to the className
property. The xml element
ignore-me
is not mapped, ie is ignored. All other elements
are mapped as usual using exact name matching.
SetPropertiesRule(
new String[] {"class", "ignore-me"},
new String[] {"className"});
Params: - elementNames – names of elements to map
- propertyNames – names of properties mapped to
/**
* <p>Constructor which allows element->property mapping to be overridden.
* </p>
*
* <p>Two arrays are passed in. One contains xml element names and the
* other java bean property names. The element name / property name pairs
* are matched by position; in order words, the first string in the element
* name array corresponds to the first string in the property name array
* and so on.</p>
*
* <p>If a property name is null or the xml element name has no matching
* property name due to the arrays being of different lengths then this
* indicates that the xml element should be ignored.</p>
*
* <h5>Example One</h5>
* <p> The following constructs a rule that maps the <code>alt-city</code>
* element to the <code>city</code> property and the <code>alt-state</code>
* to the <code>state</code> property. All other child elements are mapped
* as usual using exact name matching.
* <code><pre>
* SetNestedPropertiesRule(
* new String[] {"alt-city", "alt-state"},
* new String[] {"city", "state"});
* </pre></code>
* </p>
*
* <h5>Example Two</h5>
* <p> The following constructs a rule that maps the <code>class</code>
* xml element to the <code>className</code> property. The xml element
* <code>ignore-me</code> is not mapped, ie is ignored. All other elements
* are mapped as usual using exact name matching.
* <code><pre>
* SetPropertiesRule(
* new String[] {"class", "ignore-me"},
* new String[] {"className"});
* </pre></code>
* </p>
*
* @param elementNames names of elements to map
* @param propertyNames names of properties mapped to
*/
public SetNestedPropertiesRule(String[] elementNames, String[] propertyNames) {
for (int i=0, size=elementNames.length; i<size; i++) {
String propName = null;
if (i < propertyNames.length) {
propName = propertyNames[i];
}
this.elementNames.put(elementNames[i], propName);
}
}
// --------------------------------------------------------- Public Methods
Invoked when rule is added to digester. /** Invoked when rule is added to digester. */
@Override
public void setDigester(Digester digester) {
super.setDigester(digester);
log = digester.getLogger();
}
When set to true, any text within child elements will have leading
and trailing whitespace removed before assignment to the target
object. The default value for this attribute is true.
/**
* When set to true, any text within child elements will have leading
* and trailing whitespace removed before assignment to the target
* object. The default value for this attribute is true.
*/
public void setTrimData(boolean trimData) {
this.trimData = trimData;
}
See setTrimData
. /** See {@link #setTrimData}. */
public boolean getTrimData() {
return trimData;
}
Determines whether an error is reported when a nested element is
encountered for which there is no corresponding property-setter
method.
When set to false, any child element for which there is no
corresponding object property will cause an error to be reported.
When set to true, any child element for which there is no
corresponding object property will simply be ignored.
The default value of this attribute is false (unknown child elements
are not allowed).
/**
* Determines whether an error is reported when a nested element is
* encountered for which there is no corresponding property-setter
* method.
* <p>
* When set to false, any child element for which there is no
* corresponding object property will cause an error to be reported.
* <p>
* When set to true, any child element for which there is no
* corresponding object property will simply be ignored.
* <p>
* The default value of this attribute is false (unknown child elements
* are not allowed).
*/
public void setAllowUnknownChildElements(boolean allowUnknownChildElements) {
this.allowUnknownChildElements = allowUnknownChildElements;
}
/** See {@link #setAllowUnknownChildElements}. */
public boolean getAllowUnknownChildElements() {
return allowUnknownChildElements;
}
Process the beginning of this element.
Params: - namespace – is the namespace this attribute is in, or null
- name – is the name of the current xml element
- attributes – is the attribute list of this element
/**
* Process the beginning of this element.
*
* @param namespace is the namespace this attribute is in, or null
* @param name is the name of the current xml element
* @param attributes is the attribute list of this element
*/
@Override
public void begin(String namespace, String name, Attributes attributes)
throws Exception {
Rules oldRules = digester.getRules();
AnyChildRule anyChildRule = new AnyChildRule();
anyChildRule.setDigester(digester);
AnyChildRules newRules = new AnyChildRules(anyChildRule);
newRules.init(digester.getMatch()+"/", oldRules);
digester.setRules(newRules);
}
This is only invoked after all child elements have been processed,
so we can remove the custom Rules object that does the
child-element-matching.
/**
* This is only invoked after all child elements have been processed,
* so we can remove the custom Rules object that does the
* child-element-matching.
*/
@Override
public void body(String bodyText) throws Exception {
AnyChildRules newRules = (AnyChildRules) digester.getRules();
digester.setRules(newRules.getOldRules());
}
Add an additional custom xml-element -> property mapping.
This is primarily intended to be used from the xml rules module
(as it is not possible there to pass the necessary parameters to the
constructor for this class). However it is valid to use this method
directly if desired.
/**
* Add an additional custom xml-element -> property mapping.
* <p>
* This is primarily intended to be used from the xml rules module
* (as it is not possible there to pass the necessary parameters to the
* constructor for this class). However it is valid to use this method
* directly if desired.
*/
public void addAlias(String elementName, String propertyName) {
elementNames.put(elementName, propertyName);
}
Render a printable version of this Rule.
/**
* Render a printable version of this Rule.
*/
@Override
public String toString() {
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("SetNestedPropertiesRule[");
sb.append("allowUnknownChildElements=");
sb.append(allowUnknownChildElements);
sb.append(", trimData=");
sb.append(trimData);
sb.append(", elementNames=");
sb.append(elementNames);
sb.append("]");
return sb.toString();
}
//----------------------------------------- local classes
Private Rules implementation /** Private Rules implementation */
private class AnyChildRules implements Rules {
private String matchPrefix = null;
private Rules decoratedRules = null;
private ArrayList<Rule> rules = new ArrayList<Rule>(1);
private AnyChildRule rule;
public AnyChildRules(AnyChildRule rule) {
this.rule = rule;
rules.add(rule);
}
public Digester getDigester() { return null; }
public void setDigester(Digester digester) {}
public String getNamespaceURI() {return null;}
public void setNamespaceURI(String namespaceURI) {}
public void add(String pattern, Rule rule) {}
public void clear() {}
public List<Rule> match(String matchPath) {
return match(null,matchPath);
}
public List<Rule> match(String namespaceURI, String matchPath) {
List<Rule> match = decoratedRules.match(namespaceURI, matchPath);
if ((matchPath.startsWith(matchPrefix)) &&
(matchPath.indexOf('/', matchPrefix.length()) == -1)) {
// The current element is a direct child of the element
// specified in the init method, so we want to ensure that
// the rule passed to this object's constructor is included
// in the returned list of matching rules.
if ((match == null || match.size()==0)) {
// The "real" rules class doesn't have any matches for
// the specified path, so we return a list containing
// just one rule: the one passed to this object's
// constructor.
return rules;
}
else {
// The "real" rules class has rules that match the current
// node, so we return this list *plus* the rule passed to
// this object's constructor.
//
// It might not be safe to modify the returned list,
// so clone it first.
LinkedList<Rule> newMatch = new LinkedList<Rule>(match);
newMatch.addLast(rule);
return newMatch;
}
}
else {
return match;
}
}
public List<Rule> rules() {
// This is not actually expected to be called during normal
// processing.
//
// There is only one known case where this is called; when a rule
// returned from AnyChildRules.match is invoked and throws a
// SAXException then method Digester.endDocument will be called
// without having "uninstalled" the AnyChildRules ionstance. That
// method attempts to invoke the "finish" method for every Rule
// instance - and thus needs to call rules() on its Rules object,
// which is this one. Actually, java 1.5 and 1.6beta2 have a
// bug in their xml implementation such that endDocument is not
// called after a SAXException, but other parsers (eg Aelfred)
// do call endDocument. Here, we therefore need to return the
// rules registered with the underlying Rules object.
log.debug("AnyChildRules.rules invoked.");
return decoratedRules.rules();
}
public void init(String prefix, Rules rules) {
matchPrefix = prefix;
decoratedRules = rules;
}
public Rules getOldRules() {
return decoratedRules;
}
}
private class AnyChildRule extends Rule {
private String currChildNamespaceURI = null;
private String currChildElementName = null;
@Override
public void begin(String namespaceURI, String name,
Attributes attributes) throws Exception {
currChildNamespaceURI = namespaceURI;
currChildElementName = name;
}
@Override
public void body(String value) throws Exception {
String propName = currChildElementName;
if (elementNames.containsKey(currChildElementName)) {
// overide propName
propName = elementNames.get(currChildElementName);
if (propName == null) {
// user wants us to ignore this element
return;
}
}
boolean debug = log.isDebugEnabled();
if (debug) {
log.debug("[SetNestedPropertiesRule]{" + digester.match +
"} Setting property '" + propName + "' to '" +
value + "'");
}
// Populate the corresponding properties of the top object
Object top = digester.peek();
if (debug) {
if (top != null) {
log.debug("[SetNestedPropertiesRule]{" + digester.match +
"} Set " + top.getClass().getName() +
" properties");
} else {
log.debug("[SetPropertiesRule]{" + digester.match +
"} Set NULL properties");
}
}
if (trimData) {
value = value.trim();
}
if (!allowUnknownChildElements) {
// Force an exception if the property does not exist
// (BeanUtils.setProperty() silently returns in this case)
if (top instanceof DynaBean) {
DynaProperty desc =
((DynaBean) top).getDynaClass().getDynaProperty(propName);
if (desc == null) {
throw new NoSuchMethodException
("Bean has no property named " + propName);
}
} else /* this is a standard JavaBean */ {
PropertyDescriptor desc =
PropertyUtils.getPropertyDescriptor(top, propName);
if (desc == null) {
throw new NoSuchMethodException
("Bean has no property named " + propName);
}
}
}
try
{
BeanUtils.setProperty(top, propName, value);
}
catch(NullPointerException e) {
log.error("NullPointerException: "
+ "top=" + top + ",propName=" + propName + ",value=" + value + "!");
throw e;
}
}
@Override
public void end(String namespace, String name) throws Exception {
currChildElementName = null;
}
}
}