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The Apache Commons Digester package lets you configure an XML to Java
object mapping module which triggers certain actions called rules whenever
a particular pattern of nested XML elements is recognized.
package org.apache.commons.digester3;
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import java.util.List;
import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
/**
* Public interface defining a collection of Rule instances (and corresponding matching patterns) plus an implementation
* of a matching policy that selects the rules that match a particular pattern of nested elements discovered during
* parsing.
*/
public interface Rules
{
// ------------------------------------------------------------- Properties
/**
* Return the Digester instance with which this Rules instance is associated.
*
* @return the Digester instance with which this Rules instance is associated
*/
Digester getDigester();
/**
* Set the Digester instance with which this Rules instance is associated.
*
* @param digester The newly associated Digester instance
*/
void setDigester( Digester digester );
/**
* Return the namespace URI that will be applied to all subsequently added Rule
objects.
*
* @return the namespace URI that will be applied to all subsequently added Rule
objects.
*/
String getNamespaceURI();
/**
* Set the namespace URI that will be applied to all subsequently added Rule
objects.
*
* @param namespaceURI Namespace URI that must match on all subsequently added rules, or null
for
* matching regardless of the current namespace URI
*/
void setNamespaceURI( String namespaceURI );
// --------------------------------------------------------- Public Methods
/**
* Register a new Rule instance matching the specified pattern.
*
* @param pattern Nesting pattern to be matched for this Rule
* @param rule Rule instance to be registered
*/
void add( String pattern, Rule rule );
/**
* Clear all existing Rule instance registrations.
*/
void clear();
/**
* Return a List of all registered Rule instances that match the specified nesting pattern, or a zero-length List if
* there are no matches. If more than one Rule instance matches, they must be returned in the order
* originally registered through the add()
method.
*
* @param namespaceURI Namespace URI for which to select matching rules, or null
to match regardless of
* namespace URI
* @param pattern Nesting pattern to be matched
* @param name the local name if the parser is namespace aware, or just the element name otherwise
* @param attributes The attribute list of the current matching element
* @return a List of all registered Rule instances that match the specified nesting pattern
*/
List match( String namespaceURI, String pattern, String name, Attributes attributes );
/**
* Return a List of all registered Rule instances, or a zero-length List if there are no registered Rule instances.
* If more than one Rule instance has been registered, they must be returned in the order
* originally registered through the add()
method.
*
* @return a List of all registered Rule instances
*/
List rules();
}