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package org.apache.tapestry.parse;

import org.apache.commons.beanutils.MethodUtils;
import org.xml.sax.Attributes;

/**
 *  Connects a child object to a parent object using a named method.  The method
 *  takes two parameters: the name of the child object and the child object itself.
 *  The child object name is taken from an attribute.
 *
 *  @author Howard Lewis Ship
 *  @version $Id: ConnectChildRule.java 243791 2004-02-19 17:38:13Z hlship $
 *  @since 3.0
 *
 **/

public class ConnectChildRule extends AbstractSpecificationRule
{
    private String _methodName;
    private String _attributeName;

    private String _attributeValue;

    public ConnectChildRule(String methodName, String attributeName)
    {
        _methodName = methodName;
        _attributeName = attributeName;
    }

    public void begin(String namespace, String name, Attributes attributes) throws Exception
    {
        _attributeValue = getValue(attributes, _attributeName);

        // Check for null?
    }

    /**
     *  Performs the add.  This is done in <code>end()</code> to ensure
     *  that the child object (on top of the stack) is fully initialized.
     * 
     **/

    public void end(String namespace, String name) throws Exception
    {
        Object child = digester.peek();
        Object parent = digester.peek(1);

        MethodUtils.invokeMethod(parent, _methodName, new Object[] { _attributeValue, child });

        _attributeValue = null;
    }

}
