SetNextRule (Apache Tomcat 11.0.23 API Documentation)
Description: declaration: package: org.apache.tomcat.util.digester, class: SetNextRule

# Class SetNextRule

java.lang.Object
org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Rule
org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetNextRule

public class SetNextRule extends Rule
Rule implementation that calls a method on the (top-1) (parent) object, passing the top object (child) as an argument. It is commonly used to establish parent-child relationships.

- ## Field Summary

  Fields
  Modifier and Type
  Field
  Description
  `protected String`
  `methodName`
  The method name to call on the parent object.
  `protected String`
  `paramType`
  The Java class name of the parameter type expected by the method.

  ### Fields inherited from class Rule

  `digester, namespaceURI, sm`

- ## Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Constructor
  Description
  `SetNextRule(String methodName, String paramType)`
  Construct a "set next" rule with the specified method name.

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `void`
  `end(String namespace, String name)`
  Process the end of this element.
  `String`
  `toString()`
  Render a printable version of this Rule.

  ### Methods inherited from class Rule

  `begin, body, finish, getDigester, getNamespaceURI, setDigester, setNamespaceURI`

  ### Methods inherited from class Object

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

- ## Field Details

  - ### methodName

    protected String methodName
    The method name to call on the parent object.

  - ### paramType

    protected String paramType
    The Java class name of the parameter type expected by the method.

- ## Constructor Details

  - ### SetNextRule

    public SetNextRule(String methodName, String paramType)
    Construct a "set next" rule with the specified method name.
    Parameters:
      `methodName` - Method name of the parent method to call
      `paramType` - Java class of the parent method's argument (if you wish to use a primitive type, specify the corresponding Java wrapper class instead, such as `java.lang.Boolean` for a `boolean` parameter)

- ## Method Details

  - ### end

    public void end(String namespace, String name) throws Exception
    Process the end of this element.
    Overrides:
      `end` in class `Rule`
    Parameters:
      `namespace` - the namespace URI of the matching element, or an empty string if the parser is not namespace aware or the element has no namespace
      `name` - the local name if the parser is namespace aware, or just the element name otherwise
    Throws:
      `Exception` - if an error occurs while processing the event

  - ### toString

    public String toString()
    Render a printable version of this Rule.
    Overrides:
      `toString` in class `Object`