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DigesterDefinitionsReader (Tiles 2 2.0.7 API)

org.apache.tiles.definition.digester
Class DigesterDefinitionsReader

Package class diagram package DigesterDefinitionsReader
java.lang.Object
  extended by org.apache.tiles.definition.digester.DigesterDefinitionsReader
All Implemented Interfaces:
DefinitionsReader

public class DigesterDefinitionsReader
extends Object
implements DefinitionsReader

Reads Definition objects from an XML InputStream using Digester.

This DefinitionsReader implementation expects the source to be passed as an InputStream. It parses XML data from the source and builds a Map of Definition objects.

The Digester object can be configured by passing in initialization parameters. Currently the only parameter that is supported is the validating parameter. This value is set to false by default. To enable DTD validation for XML Definition files, give the init method a parameter with a key of org.apache.tiles.definition.digester.DigesterDefinitionsReader.PARSER_VALIDATE and a value of "true".

The Definition objects are stored internally in a Map. The Map is stored as an instance variable rather than a local variable in the read method. This means that instances of this class are not thread-safe and access by multiple threads must be synchronized.

Version:
$Rev: 616890 $ $Date: 2008-01-30 21:16:51 +0100 (Wed, 30 Jan 2008) $

Field Summary
protected  Digester digester
          Digester object used to read Definition data from the source.
static String PARSER_VALIDATE_PARAMETER_NAME
          Digester validation parameter name.
protected  String[] registrations
          The set of public identifiers, and corresponding resource names for the versions of the configuration file DTDs we know about.
protected  boolean validating
          Should we use a validating XML parser to read the configuration file.
 
Constructor Summary
DigesterDefinitionsReader()
          Creates a new instance of DigesterDefinitionsReader.
 
Method Summary
 void addDefinition(Definition definition)
          Adds a new Definition to the internal Map or replaces an existing one.
 void init(Map<String,String> params)
          Initializes the DefinitionsReader object.
 Map<String,Definition> read(Object source)
          Reads Definition objects from a source.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

PARSER_VALIDATE_PARAMETER_NAME

public static final String PARSER_VALIDATE_PARAMETER_NAME
Digester validation parameter name.

See Also:
Constant Field Values

digester

protected Digester digester
Digester object used to read Definition data from the source.


validating

protected boolean validating
Should we use a validating XML parser to read the configuration file. Default is true.


registrations

protected String[] registrations
The set of public identifiers, and corresponding resource names for the versions of the configuration file DTDs we know about. There MUST be an even number of Strings in this list!

Constructor Detail

DigesterDefinitionsReader

public DigesterDefinitionsReader()
Creates a new instance of DigesterDefinitionsReader.

Method Detail

read

public Map<String,Definition> read(Object source)
                            throws DefinitionsFactoryException
Reads Definition objects from a source.

Implementations should publish what type of source object is expected.

Specified by:
read in interface DefinitionsReader
Parameters:
source - The InputStream source from which definitions will be read.
Returns:
a Map of Definition objects read from the source.
Throws:
DefinitionsFactoryException - if the source is invalid or an error occurs when reading definitions.

init

public void init(Map<String,String> params)
          throws DefinitionsFactoryException
Initializes the DefinitionsReader object.

This method must be called before the read(java.lang.Object) method is called.

Specified by:
init in interface DefinitionsReader
Parameters:
params - A map of properties used to set up the reader.
Throws:
DefinitionsFactoryException - if required properties are not passed in or the initialization fails.

addDefinition

public void addDefinition(Definition definition)
Adds a new Definition to the internal Map or replaces an existing one.

Parameters:
definition - The Definition object to be added.


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