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I want to retrieve Map object using common digester


I have a xml as below.

<list>
    <map>
    <map name="CLAIM_TICKET_1">
    <val name="CLAIM_TICKET_Groups">Kalyan</val>
    <val name="Testing">Ram</val>
    </map>
    <map name="CLAIM_TICKET_2">
    <val name="CLAIM_TICKET_Groups">Raju</val>
    <val name="Testing">Varma</val>
    </map>
    </list>

I trying to retrieve that as Map object using digester.

I want output as:

As list of Map objects.

{CLAIM_TICKET_1={CLAIM_TICKET_Groups=Kalyan,Testing=Ram},
CLAIM_TICKET_2={CLAIM_TICKET_Groups=Raju,Testing=Varma}}

My Code shows error:

String Xpath = "map/map";

digester.addObjectCreate(Xpath, HashMap.class);
    digester.addCallMethod(Xpath , "put", 2);
    digester.addCallParam(Xpath, 0, "name");        

    digester.addObjectCreate(Xpath, HashMap.class);
    digester.addCallMethod(Xpath+"/val" , "put", 2);
    digester.addCallParam(Xpath+"/val", 0, "name");        
    digester.addCallParam(Xpath+"/val", 1);

    digester.addSetNext(Xpath+"/val", "put"); 

Solution

  •     String Xpath = "map/map";
    //For every occurence of list/map add map object to list object
        digester.addObjectCreate("list/map", ArrayList.class);
    
        digester.addObjectCreate(Xpath, HashMap.class);
        digester.addCallMethod(Xpath+"/val" , "put", 2);
        digester.addCallParam(Xpath+"/val", 0, "name");        
        digester.addCallParam(Xpath+"/val", 1);
    
    digester.addSetNext("list/map", "add"); 
    
    
    It works fine.