/**
* Reads the children of an XML element and matches them to properties of a bean.
*
* @param ob The bean to receive the values
* @param element The element the corresponds to the bean
* @throws IOException If there is an error reading the document
*/
public void readObject(Object ob, Element element) throws IOException {
// If the object is null, skip the element
if (ob == null) {
return;
}
try {
BeanInfo info = (BeanInfo) beanCache.get(ob.getClass());
if (info == null) {
// Get the bean info for the object
info = Introspector.getBeanInfo(ob.getClass(), Object.class);
beanCache.put(ob.getClass(), info);
}
// Get the object's properties
PropertyDescriptor[] props = info.getPropertyDescriptors();
// Get the attributes of the node
NamedNodeMap attrs = element.getAttributes();
// Get the children of the XML element
NodeList nodes = element.getChildNodes();
int numNodes = nodes.getLength();
for (int i = 0; i < props.length; i++) {
// Treat indexed properties a little differently
if (props[i] instanceof IndexedPropertyDescriptor) {
readIndexedProperty(ob, (IndexedPropertyDescriptor) props[i], nodes, attrs);
} else {
readProperty(ob, props[i], nodes, attrs);
}
}
} catch (IntrospectionException exc) {
throw new IOException(
"Error getting bean info for " + ob.getClass().getName() + ": " + exc.toString());
}
}
