Thanks. Sorry I didn't send an update. I did eventually figure that
out. That's good enough for our needs; we're implementing using this
now.
-Stephen
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 19:39:04 +0100, Oliver Heger
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes, it's true that empty elements don't appear in the list.
>
> I am not sure if I fully understand your problem. Am I right that your
> XML file looks something like
>
> ...
> <element attr="xxx"/>
> <element attr="yyy">
> Some content
> </element>
> <element attr="zzz"/>
> ...
>
> i.e. the attribute is always defined, but the content may or may not?
>
> If this is the case you could count the elements using the getMaxIndex()
> method of HierarchicalConfiguration specifying the attribute key. This
> should look roughly like that:
>
> int count = config.getMaxIndex("[EMAIL PROTECTED]");
> for(int i = 0; i <= count; i++) {
> String elemContent = config.getString("element(" + i + ")");
> if(elemContent != null) { ... }
> }
>
> I did not test that, but the principle should work.
>
> HTH
> Oliver
>
> Stephen Duncan wrote:
>
> >In writing my test, it seems my interpretation of the problem is
> >incorrect. Sorry. What actually happens is that my elements are not
> >counted if they are empty. Since getList is supposed to be the string
> >content of the element, this makes sense, I guess.
> >
> >My configuration xml file is a lot like the log4j xml configuration
> >file: frequently, all the data is in the attributes of an element, and
> >there is content to the element. Is there a way to get the number of
> >such elements, so that I can then loop and address each by index?
> >
> >-Stephen Duncan Jr
> >
> >
> >On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 15:52:18 +0100, Oliver Heger
> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Any chance that you provide a test case which demonstrates this
> >>behavior? Best way is to open an error report in our bug tracking system
> >>bugzilla (http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/) and attach your test code.
> >>This makes it easier for us to reproduce the problem.
> >>
> >>I will have a look at it. Btw, which version of [configuration] do you use?
> >>
> >>Oliver
> >>
> >>Stephen Duncan wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>I'm using the hierarchicalXml configuration.
> >>>
> >>>I have an element that will appear in my congifuration one or more
> >>>times. If there are two or more, config.getList() returns the list as
> >>>I expect. However, if there's only of these elements, then I get an
> >>>empty list.
> >>>
> >>>Is there a way to fix this/get around this? If not, what's the best
> >>>practice to deal with this? Check for size 0 and do a simple retrieve
> >>>instead?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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