Class SetNextRule

java.lang.Object
org.apache.commons.digester3.Rule
org.apache.commons.digester3.AbstractMethodRule
org.apache.commons.digester3.SetNextRule
public class SetNextRule extends AbstractMethodRule

Rule implementation that calls a method on the (top-1) (parent) object, passing the top object (child) as an argument. It is commonly used to establish parent-child relationships.

This rule now supports more flexible method matching by default. It is possible that this may break (some) code written against release 1.1.1 or earlier. See AbstractMethodRule.isExactMatch() for more details.

Note that while CallMethodRule uses commons-beanutils' data-conversion functionality (ConvertUtils class) to convert parameter values into the appropriate type for the parameter to the called method, this rule does not. Needing to use ConvertUtils functionality when building parent-child relationships is expected to be very rare; however if you do need this then instead of using this rule, create a CallMethodRule specifying targetOffset of 1 in the constructor.

  • Constructor Details

    • SetNextRule

      public SetNextRule(String methodName)
      Construct a "set next" rule with the specified method name. The method's argument type is assumed to be the class of the child object.
      Parameters:
      methodName - Method name of the parent method to call

    • SetNextRule

      public SetNextRule(String methodName, String paramType)
      Construct a "set next" rule with the specified method name.
      Parameters:
      methodName - Method name of the parent method to call
      paramType - Java class name of the parent method's argument (if you wish to use a primitive type, specify the corresonding Java wrapper class instead, such as java.lang.Boolean for a boolean parameter)

    • SetNextRule

      public SetNextRule(String methodName, Class<?> paramType)
      Construct a "set next" rule with the specified method name.
      Parameters:
      methodName - Method name of the parent method to call
      paramType - Java class of the parent method's argument (if you wish to use a primitive type, specify the corresonding Java wrapper class instead, such as java.lang.Boolean for a boolean parameter)

  • Method Details

    • getChild

      protected Object getChild()
      Returns the argument object of method has to be invoked.
      Specified by:
      getChild in class AbstractMethodRule
      Returns:
      the argument object of method has to be invoked.

    • getParent

      protected Object getParent()
      Returns the target object of method has to be invoked.
      Specified by:
      getParent in class AbstractMethodRule
      Returns:
      the target object of method has to be invoked.