Method Detail

• getDigester

  Digester getDigester()

  Return the Digester instance with which this Rules instance is associated.

• setDigester

  void setDigester(Digester digester)

  Set the Digester instance with which this Rules instance is associated.

  Parameters:

  digester - The newly associated Digester instance

• getNamespaceURI

  String getNamespaceURI()

  Return the namespace URI that will be applied to all subsequently added Rule objects.

• setNamespaceURI

  void setNamespaceURI(String namespaceURI)

  Set the namespace URI that will be applied to all subsequently added Rule objects.

  Parameters:

  namespaceURI - Namespace URI that must match on all subsequently added rules, or null for matching regardless of the current namespace URI

• add

  void add(String pattern,
         Rule rule)

  Register a new Rule instance matching the specified pattern.

  Parameters:

  pattern - Nesting pattern to be matched for this Rule

  rule - Rule instance to be registered

• clear

  void clear()

  Clear all existing Rule instance registrations.

• match

  List<Rule> match(String namespaceURI,
                 String pattern)

  Return a List of all registered Rule instances that match the specified nesting pattern, or a zero-length List if there are no matches. If more than one Rule instance matches, they must be returned in the order originally registered through the add() method.

  Parameters:

  namespaceURI - Namespace URI for which to select matching rules, or null to match regardless of namespace URI

  pattern - Nesting pattern to be matched

• rules

  List<Rule> rules()

  Return a List of all registered Rule instances, or a zero-length List if there are no registered Rule instances. If more than one Rule instance has been registered, they must be returned in the order originally registered through the add() method.