commons-digester

How do I represent an XML file as a Java object using commons-digester?

Following on from my recent question regarding parsing XML files in Java I have decided to use the commons-digester library. I am now familiar with this process and now want to create a Java class representing the XML file, so that when a user instantiates a new object of that class, all of the data from the XML file will be available. ...

When and why would you use Apache commons-digester?

Out of all the libraries for inputing and outputting xml with java, in which circumstances is commons-digester the tool of choice? ...

Is there a way to get apache-digester to intern strings for certain attributes?

I am a big fan of using apache-digester to load XML files into my object model. I am dealing with large files that contain many duplicates (event logs), and would therefore like to String.intern() the strings for specific attributes (the ones that frequently repeat). Since Apache-Digester reads the whole file before relinquishing contr...

IN java, how a commons-Digester process an input XML file?

I am new to java and I came across a statement in a java project which says: Digester digester = DigesterLoader.createDigester(getClass() .getClassLoader().getResource("rules.xml")); rules.xml file contains various patterns and every pattern has different attributes like classname ,methodname and some another properties. i goog...

Parse into HashMap using Commons Digester

I need to parse xml into a HashMap where the 'key' is the concatenation of two elements attributes. The xml looks like : <map> <parent key='p1'><child key='c1'> value1</child></parent> <parent key='p2'><child key='c2'> value1</child></parent> </map> In the 1st entry of map, I want to put 'p1.c1'as the map key while 'value1' as the...

SAXParseException: 'Attribute "" bound to namespace "null" was already specified for element "metric"'

At work, we have just migrated an old web-app from struts 1.1 to 1.2.9 (hopefully first steps to moving to 1.3), but we are now having problems with the commons digester. Struts 1.2.9 uses commons-digester 1.6. When we try to parse one of our XML files we get the exception: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Attribute "" bound to namespace...

How do I parse an xml file with commons Digester and have it populate a java.util.Date object?

Sample XML. <person> <name>Joe Dirt</name> <ssn>123-45-6789</ssn> <dob>07/04/1981</dob> </person> Sample Java Class public class Person(){ private String name; private String ssn; private java.util.Date dob; ..... } Sample Digester rules <?xml version="1.0"?> <digester-rules> <pattern value="message"> <object-c...

Using commons digester how do I parse a single xml entry into multiple fields in an object?

How do I map "Joe Smith" to first name "Joe" last name "Smith"? I already have code to split up the name, I'm not sure how to make that work with the Digester though. <guestlist> <guest> <name>Joe Smith</name> </guest> </guestlist> public class Guest(){ private String firstName; private String lastName; ... } ...

Getting a specific value from xml using Digester and XSLT transform to filter out

I am processing an xml file using apache.commons.digester The xml is, for instance, structured as < Files > < File Name="ABC.EXE" Version="1.0" Size="3954174" > < File Name="XYZ.EXE" Version="2.0" Size="11833856" > < File Name="RST.exe" Version="3.0" Size="32768" > < Files > I want to avoid looping through after the Digester parse...

apache Digester: Unexspected NoSuchMethodException on addSetNestedProperties

Hi, I have a problem using Digester and I hope you can help me. I have the following Bean: public class MyEntry { private String entityID; public String getEntityID() { return this.entityID; } public void setEntityID(final String entityID) { this.entityID = entityID; } } And the following XML structure: <entries> <entry> ...

Digester: Extracting node name for a map<tagname, value>

My question is close to this one: Digester: Extracting node name Even with the answer, I can't find out. Here is my xml file (from smartgwt RestDataSource POST): <data> <isc_OID_14> <attribute1>value1</attribute1> <attribute2>value2</attribute2> </isc_OID_14> </data> I would like to create, with Commons Digester, the fol...

"No such accessible method: setFields() on object: java.util.ArrayList" when using Apache Digester

I'm currently trying to consume a list of strings from some XML using Apache Digester, as described in the How do I add literal elements to a List object? section of the FAQ. I'm hitting the following error: [DEBUG] Digester - [SetNextRule]{job/editorial/articlegroup/article} Call java.util.ArrayList.setFields([This, This, is, is, a, ...

Does .Net have an analog of Java Apache Digester?

Hello, Could you please say me is there analog of Apache Digester but for .net? Thanks. ...

can anyone tell me whats the use of having digestor-rules.xml.

I know it is used for parsing xml data and converting them into objects.Does that make any sense in using this in an enterprise application. Please help me . ...

How to preserve whitespace Digester

Does anyone know if it's possible to get the Apache Commons Digester to preserve leading and trailing whitespace in text nodes? Cheers, Matt ...

rule conditioned by attribute value

Hi stackers, I would like to parse an XML which sometimes have an attribute, sometimes not: <tagName constructor="AdvancedCriteria" /> or <tagName /> I added a rule to flag the attribute presence: digester.addRule("*/tagName", new Rule() { @Override public void begin(String namespace, String name, Attributes attributes) t...

how to not log Digester?

hey guys, i'm new to this forum. at first glance this community looks awesome. I have an easy question. I am logging with log4j and am new to tomcat. I have found the file where the log rules are set, filename: server.log4j-console.properties i use for it to not log all digester in BATCH.debug.log here is the code in server.log4j-consol...

Wildcard in Digester XML rules

Hi, I've seen different threads that discuss the kind of issue I have. Here are few: http://www.mailinglistarchive.com/[email protected]/msg05061.html, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2165168/digester-extracting-node-name). Yet, I still can't find a solution to this issue. Here is my XML data: <rows> <row> ...