public ObjectCreateRule(String className) 
{
        this(className, (String) null);
}

Construct an object create rule with the specified class name.

Parameters:

className - Java class name of the object to be created

 public ObjectCreateRule(Class clazz) 
{
        this(clazz.getName(), (String) null);
}

Construct an object create rule with the specified class.

Parameters:

clazz - Java class name of the object to be created

 public ObjectCreateRule(Digester digester,
    String className) 
{
        this(className);
}

Construct an object create rule with the specified class name.

Parameters:

digester - The associated Digester

className - Java class name of the object to be created

 public ObjectCreateRule(Digester digester,
    Class clazz) 
{
        this(clazz);
}

Construct an object create rule with the specified class.

Parameters:

digester - The associated Digester

clazz - Java class name of the object to be created

 public ObjectCreateRule(String className,
    String attributeName) 
{
        this.className = className;
        this.attributeName = attributeName;
}

Construct an object create rule with the specified class name and an optional attribute name containing an override.

Parameters:

className - Java class name of the object to be created

attributeName - Attribute name which, if present, contains an override of the class name to create

 public ObjectCreateRule(String attributeName,
    Class clazz) 
{
        this(clazz.getName(), attributeName);
}

Construct an object create rule with the specified class and an optional attribute name containing an override.

Parameters:

attributeName - Attribute name which, if present, contains an

clazz - Java class name of the object to be created override of the class name to create

 public ObjectCreateRule(Digester digester,
    String className,
    String attributeName) 
{
        this (className, attributeName);
}

Construct an object create rule with the specified class name and an optional attribute name containing an override.

Parameters:

digester - The associated Digester

className - Java class name of the object to be created

attributeName - Attribute name which, if present, contains an override of the class name to create

 public ObjectCreateRule(Digester digester,
    String attributeName,
    Class clazz) 
{
        this(attributeName, clazz);
}

Construct an object create rule with the specified class and an optional attribute name containing an override.

Parameters:

digester - The associated Digester

attributeName - Attribute name which, if present, contains an

clazz - Java class name of the object to be created override of the class name to create

 public  void begin(Attributes attributes) throws Exception 
{
    // --------------------------------------------------------- Public Methods
        // Identify the name of the class to instantiate
        String realClassName = className;
        if (attributeName != null) {
            String value = attributes.getValue(attributeName);
            if (value != null) {
                realClassName = value;
            }
        }
        if (digester.log.isDebugEnabled()) {
            digester.log.debug("[ObjectCreateRule]{" + digester.match +
                    "}New " + realClassName);
        }
        // Instantiate the new object and push it on the context stack
        Class clazz = digester.getClassLoader().loadClass(realClassName);
        Object instance = clazz.newInstance();
        digester.push(instance);
}

Process the beginning of this element.

 public  void end() throws Exception 
{
        Object top = digester.pop();
        if (digester.log.isDebugEnabled()) {
            digester.log.debug("[ObjectCreateRule]{" + digester.match +
                    "} Pop " + top.getClass().getName());
        }
}

Process the end of this element.

 public String toString() 
{
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("ObjectCreateRule[");
        sb.append("className=");
        sb.append(className);
        sb.append(", attributeName=");
        sb.append(attributeName);
        sb.append("]");
        return (sb.toString());
}

Render a printable version of this Rule.