Listing 2. Digester-based XML parser for the imaginary address book
import org.apache.commons.digester.Digester;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* Parses the contents of address-book XML file. The name of the file to
* parse must be specified as the first command line argument.
*/
public class AddressBookParser
{
/**
* Prints the contact information to standard output.
*
* @param contact the <code>Contact</code> to print out
*/
public void addContact(Contact contact)
{
System.out.println("TYPE: " + contact.getType());
System.out.println("NAME: " + contact.getName());
System.out.println(" ADDRESS: " + contact.getAddress());
System.out.println(" CITY: " + contact.getCity());
System.out.println(" PROVINCE: " + contact.getProvince());
System.out.println(" POSTALCODE: " + contact.getPostalcode());
System.out.println(" COUNTRY: " + contact.getCountry());
System.out.println(" TELEPHONE: " + contact.getTelephone());
}
/**
* Configures Digester rules and actions, parses the XML file specified
* as the first argument.
*
* @param args command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, SAXException
{
// instantiate Digester and disable XML validation
Digester digester = new Digester();
digester.setValidating(false);
// instantiate AddressBookParser class
digester.addObjectCreate("address-book", AddressBookParser.class );
// instantiate Contact class
digester.addObjectCreate("address-book/contact", Contact.class );
// set type property of Contact instance when 'type' attribute is found
digester.addSetProperties("address-book/contact", "type", "type" );
// set different properties of Contact instance using specified methods
digester.addCallMethod("address-book/contact/name", "setName", 0);
digester.addCallMethod("address-book/contact/address", "setAddress", 0);
digester.addCallMethod("address-book/contact/city", "setCity", 0);
digester.addCallMethod("address-book/contact/province", "setProvince", 0);
digester.addCallMethod("address-book/contact/postalcode", "setPostalcode", 0);
digester.addCallMethod("address-book/contact/country", "setCountry", 0);
digester.addCallMethod("address-book/contact/telephone", "setTelephone", 0);
// call 'addContact' method when the next 'address-book/contact' pattern is seen
digester.addSetNext("address-book/contact", "addContact" );
// now that rules and actions are configured, start the parsing process
AddressBookParser abp = (AddressBookParser) digester.parse(new File(args[0]));
}
/**
* JavaBean class that holds properties of each Contact entry.
* It is important that this class be public and static, in order for
* Digester to be able to instantiate it.
*/
public static class Contact
{
private String type;
private String name;
private String address;
private String city;
private String province;
private String postalcode;
private String country;
private String telephone;
public void setType(String newType)
{
type = newType;
}
public String getType()
{
return type;
}
public void setName(String newName)
{
name = newName;
}
public String getName()
{
return name;
}
public void setAddress(String newAddress)
{
address = newAddress;
}
public String getAddress()
{
return address;
}
public void setCity(String newCity)
{
city = newCity;
}
public String getCity()
{
return city;
}
public void setProvince(String newProvince)
{
province = newProvince;
}
public String getProvince()
{
return province;
}
public void setPostalcode(String newPostalcode)
{
postalcode = newPostalcode;
}
public String getPostalcode()
{
return postalcode;
}
public void setCountry(String newCountry)
{
country = newCountry;
}
public String getCountry()
{
return country;
}
public void setTelephone(String newTelephone)
{
telephone = newTelephone;
}
public String getTelephone()
{
return telephone;
}
}
}
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