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-----
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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: [email protected]
> 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
>
>
>
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