org.apache.struts.digester
Class SetNextRule

java.lang.Object
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public class SetNextRule

extends Rule

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.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2001/09/17 20:06:45 $

Author:

Craig McClanahan

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String	methodName The method name to call on the parent object.
protected java.lang.String	paramType The Java class name of the parameter type expected by the method.

Fields inherited from class org.apache.struts.digester.Rule

digester

Constructor Summary

SetNextRule(Digester digester, java.lang.String methodName)
Construct a "set next" rule with the specified method name.

SetNextRule(Digester digester, java.lang.String methodName, java.lang.String paramType)
Construct a "set next" rule with the specified method name.

Method Summary

void	end() Process the end of this element.
void	finish() Clean up after parsing is complete.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.struts.digester.Rule

begin, body

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

, clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, registerNatives, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

methodName

protected java.lang.String methodName

The method name to call on the parent object.

paramType

protected java.lang.String paramType

The Java class name of the parameter type expected by the method.

Constructor Detail

SetNextRule

public SetNextRule(Digester digester,
                   java.lang.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:

digester - The associated Digester

methodName - Method name of the parent method to call

SetNextRule

public SetNextRule(Digester digester,
                   java.lang.String methodName,
                   java.lang.String paramType)

Construct a "set next" rule with the specified method name.

Parameters:

digester - The associated Digester

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 Detail

end

public void end()
         throws java.lang.Exception

Process the end of this element.

Overrides:

end in class Rule

finish

public void finish()
            throws java.lang.Exception

Clean up after parsing is complete.

Overrides:

finish in class Rule