org.writersforge.catalan.transform.xml
Class DatumToObject

java.lang.Object
  org.writersforge.catalan.transform.BaseNodeProcessor
      org.writersforge.catalan.transform.xml.DatumToObject

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.writersforge.bellows.traverse.NodeProcessor

public class DatumToObject

extends BaseNodeProcessor

A text processor which converts Datum content into a List of java objects. This processor accepts only Datum input, and produces only String, Number, and Date output.

Author:

jsheets

Constructor Summary

DatumToObject(org.writersforge.bellows.Datum xml)
Creates a new instance of DatumToObject from the XML spec.

DatumToObject(org.writersforge.bellows.ListDatum[] queries)
Creates a new instance of DatumToObject.

Method Summary

java.util.List

processNode(java.lang.Object node) Process a single node.

Methods inherited from class org.writersforge.catalan.transform.BaseNodeProcessor

addLeftover, end, getLeftovers, getNodes, start

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DatumToObject

public DatumToObject(org.writersforge.bellows.Datum xml)

Creates a new instance of DatumToObject from the XML spec.

Parameters:

xml - XML initializing spec

DatumToObject

public DatumToObject(org.writersforge.bellows.ListDatum[] queries)

Creates a new instance of DatumToObject.

Parameters:

queries - an array of XML queries to pass the input data through

Method Detail

processNode

public java.util.List processNode(java.lang.Object node)

Process a single node. The processing action can be any arbitrary task, such as text replacement, data restructuring, or even statistical gathering. The processor should return a processed version of the node; this can be the same object untouched, or the same object modified, or a new set of objects.

Parameters:

node - the node to process

Returns:

a List of processing results (can be empty)