I left out more detail, especially concerning the situation where the Play bean contains a property that happens to be a Character bean.
Please also see the very well written online docs with Betwixt: http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/betwixt/guide/binding.html If you notice any glaring omissions please feel free to this community know. Tim On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Juan Alvarado wrote: > Tim: > > Thanks for the help and the sample code. I really appreciate it. This > will help us get up and running really fast. > > Take care, > > On Dec 22, 2003, at 8:23 PM, Tim O'Brien wrote: > > > Juan, the Digester is pretty straightforward, I'd recommend using the > > XML rules sets. > > > > As far as Object -> XML, try using Betwixt. It is very straightfoward. > > > > Assume you have a Play JavaBean with a genre, year, language, and > > author properties. > > > > Create a file named "Play.betwixt", and make sure that it resides in > > the classpath as a sibling to Play.class. > > > > <info primitiveTypes="element"> > > <element name="play"> > > <attribute name="genre" property="genre"/> > > <attribute name="year" property="year"/> > > <attribute name="language" property="language"/> > > <addDefaults/> > > </element> > > </info> > > > > *** Then you can use the code below to write out an XML file. > > > > Play play = new Play(); > > play.setGenre( "blah" ); > > play.setYear( 1232 ); > > play.setLanguage( "Danish" ); > > play.setAuthor( "Ali G."); > > > > BeanWriter beanWriter = new BeanWriter(); > > beanWriter.enablePrettyPrint(); > > beanWriter.write(play); > > System.out.println(beanWriter.toString()); > > > > *** This will spit out something like this: > > > > <play genre="blah" year="1232" language="Danish"> > > <author>Ali G.</author> > > </play> > > > > So, in other words, using Betwixt is as easy as creating a series of > > .betwixt files that you place in the Classpath. > > > > Good Luck. > > > > > > Juan Alvarado wrote: > > > >> Hello: > >> > >> I am relatively new to xml parsing and I just started using the > >> commons-digester tools and it seems like it might fit my needs. > >> > >> First let me apologize to all you seasoned pros in the field of XML > >> in the event that my question seems too simple or if I am just not > >> using the right terminology. > >> > >> My question is as follows. > >> > >> The particular XML that I am working with and in need to parse is > >> composed as follows: > >> > >> <?xml version="1.0"?> > >> <IDTDebitInterface> > >> <UserInfo> > >> <username>Juan</username> > >> <password>Alvarado</password> > >> </UserInfo> > >> <DebitRequests ReportSuccesses="true"> > >> <DebitRequest id="1" type="misctrans"> > >> <account>123</account> > >> <amount>10</amount> > >> <transtype>vendordebit</transtype> > >> <note>Test</note> > >> <balancetozero>n</balancetozero> > >> </DebitRequest> > >> </DebitRequests> > >> </IDTDebitInterface> > >> > >> As you can see, the node <DebitRequests ReportSuccesses="true"> > >> contains an attribute ReportSuccesses="true". I need to be able to > >> grab that value so that it can be populated into my corresponding > >> bean. Additionally there might be times when there is more than one > >> attribute in a given node and obviously I would need to get those > >> values also. Could someone please tell me if this is possible and if > >> so, how to accomplish this. > >> > >> NEXT QUESTION: > >> > >> My application not only has to parse this XML stream, but we also > >> have to create this XML from in certain situations. We might for > >> example receive a request through the web with the necessary > >> parameters and values needed to construct the XML and then pass on to > >> the next layer. Can anyone tell me if the digester framework can > >> handle this and if so, I'd appreciate some sample code. > >> > >> Thanks in advance. > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- ---------------------- Tim O'Brien Evanston, IL (847) 863-7045 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
