Hi, you can also take a look at BeanMaker from IBM's alphaworks. vishu > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Nicolson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 4:08 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: XML mapping to objects - Model 2 architecture for config > file. > > hi Kevin > > Pending the release of the Java XML Binding > implementation you could use DXML from ObjectSpace > > http://www.objectspace.com/downloads/ > > regards > Jim Nicolson > > -----Original Message----- > From: A mailing list about Java Server Pages specification and reference > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kevin Duffey > Sent: Tuesday, 23 May 2000 05:48 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: XML mapping to objects - Model 2 architecture for config file. > > > This may be a bit inappropriate for this group, but it follows on the > heels > of me implementing the Model 2 architecture we all have been discussing so > much. I have a working Model 2, but, I want to read in my xml config file. > I > am using the sun/xml parser because we use it in a couple of places on our > site. However, my first stab at reading in the XML into a DOM object, > while > its being read in, trying to get each element and its value (not > attribute) > has proven to be a pain in the butt. > > So, my question is, is there any way I can just create a class and have > the > XML parser map the right elements (by name) and place the values after > those > tags directly into an instance of an object? It would also need to be able > to add items to a vector, or table of some sort. For example, my config > file > looks like so: > > <config> > <action> > <name>Login</name> > <class>com.bm.ui.actions.Login</class> > <result name="Successful" page="/inside/home.jsp" /> > <result name="Error" page="/outside/login_error.jsp" /> > </action> > > <action> > <name>Enroll</name> > <class>com.bm.ui.actions.Enroll</class> > <result name="Successful" page="/common/login_ok.jsp" /> > <result name="BadLogin" page="/common/enroll.jsp" /> > <result name="Error" page="/outside/enroll_error.jsp" /> > </action> > </config> > > So, if I have class like: > > public class ActionObject > { > private String actionName = ""; > private String actionClass = ""; > private Hashmap results = new Hashmap(); > > public ActionObject() > { > } > > ... and so on ... > } > > Is there a way to automatically get the XML document to map the <name>, > <class> and <result name/page> tags and attributes and their values > directly > to an instance of the object..so that I can do something like: > > ... read XML document in... > ActionObject ao = new ActionObject(XmlDoc); > while( ao.hasMoreActions() ) > { > Object o = ao.nextAction(); > mytable.add( o ); > } > > > In sum, the few lines above would simply use my ContollerServlet > (ServletContext) hashtable object that stores each action, to cycle > through > my own class (ActionObject) which when created was populated automatically > (perhaps through reflection of xml to the object) with the xml config > data, > and now I am just looping through and adding it to the hash table. > OFcourse..if ao contains the entire config tree..there is no need to do > another table..this is all hypothetical..for the use to hopefully explain > what I am trying to do. > > Thanks for anyone that can help. > > ========================================================================== > = > To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff > JSP-INTEREST". > Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: > > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html > http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.html > http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=JSP > http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=Servlets > > ========================================================================== > = > To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff > JSP-INTEREST". > Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: > > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html > http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.html > http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=JSP > http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=Servlets =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.html http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=JSP http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=Servlets
