On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 17:51 -0400, Madisetti, Sumesh wrote: > Hi, > > I am having trouble parsing recursive tags with digester version 1.8. > > With the digester def below, I am not able to get to any of the inner > list elements such as person.name=bar3. > > Any help appreciated. > > Thanks > Sumesh > > Xml - > ===== > <list> > <person><name>foo</name></person> > <person><name>bar</name></person> > <list> > <person><name>foo2</name></person> > <person><name>bar2</name></person> > <list> > <person><name>bar3</name></person> > </list> > </list> > <person><name>zap</name></person> > <list></list> > </list> > > > Digester > ======== > <digester-rules> > <pattern value="*/list"> > <object-create-rule classname="java.util.ArrayList"/> > <pattern value="person"> > <object-create-rule classname="TestDig"/> > <set-next-rule methodname="add"/> > </pattern> > </pattern> > </digester-rules>
That looks ok to me (though presumably you also have a rule to set the name attribute for a person which you haven't shown). I suggest turning on debug-level logging for category org.apache.commons.digester, which will show what rules are firing and when. By "cannot get to person.name=bar3", I presume you mean that no corresponding java object has been created during the parse. What objects *do* get created? Regards, Simon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
