hello,
below is a case, where the existing PatternRule would
be usefull
ricardo
myrules.xml:
<digester-rules>
<pattern value="*/MyObject">
<object-create-rule classname="MyObject"/>
<set-generic-property-rule pattern="attr"
name="name" value="value"/>
</pattern>
</digester-rules>
myobject.xml:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<jLab>
<MyObject">
<attr name="att1" value="val1"/>
<attr name="att2" value="val2"/>
</MyObject>
</jLab>
Digester d=new Digester()
DigesterRuleParser drp=new
DigesterRuleParser(d);
d.addFactoryCreate("*/set-generic-property-rule", new
SetGenericPropertyRuleFactory());
//*** would like to write
d.addRule("*/set-generic-property-rule", drp.new
PatternRule("pattern"));
d.addRule("*/set-generic-property-rule", new
XPatternRule("pattern"));
d.addSetNext("*/set-generic-property-rule",
"add", Rule.class.getName());
RuleSet ruleSet = new FromXmlRuleSet(new
Files("myrules").toURL(), drp, d);
d.addRuleSet(ruleSet);
MyObject obj = (MyObject)d.parse(new
File("myobject.xml");
public class SetGenericPropertyRuleFactory extends
AbstractObjectCreationFactory {
public SetGenericPropertyRuleFactory() {
}
public Object createObject(Attributes
attributes) {
String name = attributes.getValue("name");
String value = attributes.getValue("value");
return new GenericPropertyRule( name,
value);
}
}
public class GenericPropertiesRule extends Rule {
//***source copied from SetPropertyRule with some
}
public class XPatternRule {
//***source copied from PatternRule
}
--- robert burrell donkin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +1
>
> i'd be happy to see the nested classed in the
> xmlrules made public if a
> need could be demonstrated.
>
> - robert
>
> On Monday, October 20, 2003, at 10:12 PM, Simon
> Kitching wrote:
>
> > Hi Ricky,
> >
> > You must be referring to
> > xmlrules/DigesterRuleParser.java
> >
> > I'm no expert on the xmlrules package.
> >
> > However it is normal practice for classes created
> solely for the purpose
> > of implementing function X to be declared private.
> >
> > The PatternRule class appears to have been created
> *not* with the
> > intention of providing additional services to
> users of Digester, but
> > solely as an implementation detail of the xmlrules
> functionality. As
> > such, private seems the appropriate scope to me.
> >
> > If you feel that the functionality of the
> PatternRule is useful outside
> > of the xmlrules package, then consideration could
> be given to
> > "promoting" the class to public.
> >
> > Note however that any class or method declared
> public (or protected) is
> > part of the "public interface" to a package, and
> must:
> > (a) be documented much more thoroughly than
> private/package classes
> > (b) be backwards-compatible in future releases
> > (c) be deprecated before removal
> >
> > So a class really should only be public if it
> needs to be.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Simon
> >
> > On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 10:02, Ricky Panaglucci
> wrote:
> >> hello,
> >> why do classes like PatternRule have private
> access?
> >>
> >> now, for adding my own rules which may use
> surrounding
> >> "pattern", i just copied the PatternRule source
> [very
> >> brown imho]
> >>
> >> why not make them protected or public?
> >>
> >>
> >> ricardo
> >>
> >>
>
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