Affects Version/s: 1.5
Fix Version/s: None
Operating System: other
I am trying to define my rules in a xml file, read it once and reuse them
throughout the application. I experienced the following problems by doing so:
I defined my rules in a rule-file and created a RulesSet with the
org.apache.commons.digester.xmlrules.FromXmlRuleSet. However when i reused this
RuleSet for the second Digester call:
Digester digester = new Digester()
(where rsh.getRuleSet() returns the one instance of the RuleSet), the call
addRuleSet failed with a
"java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: No such accessible method: add() on object:
This is logical because there is no such method in ObjectCreateRule.
If i create a new RuleSet for each digester it works fine.
I did some debugging and i found out that when you add a RuleSet to a Digester
the Digester performs a [ruleSet.addRuleInstances(this);] Is it true that this
call adds all the standard rules to the RulesSet again so they are now devined
double in the RuleSet?
What is the proper way to define your rules in a xml file and create Rules from
that file. In http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-commons/Digester/FAQ 1.3 is stated
that one can reuse a RulesBase safely, but how can a RulesBase be created from
a xml file? Does the FAQ 1.3 not apply to a RulesSet?