Yeah....it will solve part of the problem...but not the whole thing by any means....
Still debating on it... > ---------- > From: Ivelin Ivanov[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 9:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: A Transformer in progress.... > > > Did you look at Jakarta Digester? > http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/digester.html > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lewis, Andrew J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 5:58 PM > Subject: A Transformer in progress.... > > > > > > > > > I'm working on a Transformer that processes specifically text nodes > and > > > using regular expressions, wraps matched portions of a node in a tag. > I'm > > > really just getting started on it - I have the basics working, but > still > > > need to be able to specify the rules in an external file, etc. It has > been > > > an interesting excercise so far, and the intent is to be able to > detect > > > things like dates, currency amounts, and units of measure in a text > node, > > > and mark them for later processing. > > > > > > I am planning on allowing rules to be specified in an external file > > > identified at componenet configuration, or directly in the component > > > configuration. I am also planning on allowing the "replacement" to be > a > > > complete fragement with groups from the matched expression > referencable > > > (and replaced) in etiher attribute values or text nodes. (currently I > > > merely enclose the match in a tag). > > > > > > Before I move on, has anyone else already done something like this? > Does > > > anyone (other than me) think it would be useful? > > > > > > Ok...now to my real question... > > > > > > Does anyone know of existing code that I can use to track and identify > if > > > the current point in the SAX stream matches a simplified XPath > expression? > > > I would really like to apply expression rule set based on an XPath > subset. > > > > > > Any comments or suggestions? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]