I believe you need a FactoryCreate rule. This allows you to instantiate the object of your choice after looking at the attributes. Take a look at ObjectCreationFactory in the Javadoc. You'll have to create your own instance of this object; it's easier if you extend AbstractObjectCreationFactory. I'm afraid I don't know what the XML config looks like for this rule.
K.C. -----Original Message----- From: Maher Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 2:17 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Digester Creational Rule Question Hi, I've looked through all the examples I could find on using the Digester and till now I haven't come across any way or instantiating a specific Bean class depending on an attribute within the pattern of the element I'm matching against. To explain what I'm trying to do consider the scenario below: -------------- I've the following class structure class BaseInput {} class InputTypeX extends BaseInput {} class InputTypeY extends BaseInput {} -------------- and the following XML structure <root> <input type="X"> ... </input> <input type="Y"> ... </input> <input type="X"> ... </input> </root> -------------- What I would like to do is during pattern matching, instantiate the correct bean class depending on the input type. If the input contains the type="X" then I want to instantiate the bean class "InputTypeX" and so on. Is this possible with digester when specifying rules within an XML file? I know one way of doing this would be to rename the <input> element to <input-x> or <input-y> and instantiate the class based on the element name, but I want to try and avoid this if possible. tia, Martin Maher ___________________________________________________________ Webasto Informationssysteme GmbH Department TTI Gautinger Sta�e 23 D-82131 Stockdorf Phone: (+49) (0)89 85794 1851 Fax: (+49) (0)89 899214 1851 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.webasto.de ___________________________________________________________ <<Maher Martin.vcf>>
