jess.xml
Class JessSAXParser

java.lang.Object
  jess.xml.JessSAXParser

public class JessSAXParser

extends java.lang.Object

A SAX-based parser for JessML. Construct a JessSAXParser with a Rete object as an argument, then pass an InputSource to the parse() method. All the constructs and other code in the file will be installed into the Rete object.

 JessSAXParser parser = new JessSAXParser(engine);
 parser.parse(new org.xml.sax.InputSource(new FileInputStream(filename));
 

(C) 2006 Sandia National Laboratories

See Also:

Rete.batch(java.lang.String)

Constructor Summary

JessSAXParser(Rete sink)
Constructor.

JessSAXParser(Rete sink, java.lang.String topLevelElement)
Constructor.

Method Summary

void	parse(org.xml.sax.InputSource source) Parse a document full of JessML code.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

JessSAXParser

public JessSAXParser(Rete sink,
                     java.lang.String topLevelElement)
              throws JessException

Constructor. This parser object will read JessML code and install the results into the given Rete object. The parsed document must start with the named top level element, one of JessSAXHandler.RULEBASE or JessSAXHandler.FACTLIST.

Parameters:

sink - the Rete object to receive any parsed constructs

topLevelElement - the name of the top-level element to expect

Throws:

JessException - if anything goes wrong

JessSAXParser

public JessSAXParser(Rete sink)
              throws JessException

Constructor. This parser object will read JessML code and install the results into the given Rete object. The parse document must start with a JessSAXHandler.RULEBASE element.

Parameters:

sink - the Rete object to receive any parsed constructs

Throws:

JessException - if anything goes wrong

Method Detail

parse

public void parse(org.xml.sax.InputSource source)
           throws JessException

Parse a document full of JessML code. This should be a well-formed XML document including the <?xml?> entity line. The document root element should be either a <rulebase> element or a <fact-list> element.

Parameters:

source - the input source

Throws:

JessException - if anything goes wrong