Also, does the plugin class need to implement a specific class? It doesn't look that way in the examples, and there doesn't appear to be any way to get the Digester to call a specific method in the plugin class.
I have the feeling I have misunderstood something here.. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Carman Sent: 29 June 2007 11:59 To: Jakarta Commons Users List Subject: Re: Attribute question for Commons Digester Yeah, I didn't notice the "_" (or read the rest of the request). You'll need a custom rule here to convert that value, otherwise SetProperties would work (and you don't need to specify "id"/"id" because it'll match the properties to the attributes if they match exactly). Why the underscore anyway? On 6/29/07, Poulton, Jonathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You mean: > > digester.addObjectCreate("article", Article.class); > digester.addSetProperties("article", "id", "id"); > > Yup. I've tried that. The actual value of the id field in the XML > "_1234" is ignored and "0" is set on the Article id field instead. I > assume that this is because of the underscore in the id field. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of James Carman > Sent: 29 June 2007 11:48 > To: Jakarta Commons Users List > Subject: Re: Attribute question for Commons Digester > > Have you tried an ObjectCreate followed by a SetProperties? > > On 6/29/07, Poulton, Jonathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Surely someone has done this before? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Poulton, Jonathan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 28 June 2007 17:41 > > To: commons-user@jakarta.apache.org > > Subject: Digester problem > > > > Hi there, > > I've tried finding a solution to what I think should be quite a > > simple > > > problem using the Commons Digester, but the tutorials I can find on > > the subject only really cover the basics and aren't of any help. > > > > Given an XML fragment like the following: > > > > <article id="_1234"> > > <text>...</text> > > </article> > > > > I need the Digester to call a method on an Article class, with the > > following signiture: > > > > public void setId(long id); > > > > In other words I just need a Rule that will fire for an XML "id" > > attribute, and remove an underscore from the front of a String > > before converting it to a long, and calling the appropriate method. > > > > I realise that this will require some kind of custom class to chop > > up the String, but the pattern you apply to matching the rule > > ("article/id") appears to refer to a nested id element, rather than > > an > > > id attribute. > > > > I can't seem to find an example of this anywhere. All the custom > > rules > > > examples appear to refer to nested elements. Any suggestions? Have I > > missed something in the API? > > > > Cheers > > > > Jon > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - 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]