[Digester 1.4.1] question

[Martin Leboeuf <ma...@mail.mcgill.ca>]

Hi !

I am using Digester 1.4.1 to parse xml documents. I am defining my rules 
in an xml document instead of programmatically. Based on my 
understanding of the documentation, the method defined in the 
<set-next-rule> element is typically used to insert a completed bean 
into its parent. Therefore, it should be called when the bean is 
completed i.e. when other method calls defined on that bean have been 
performed. Here is an excerpt of my xml rules file:

   <pattern value="batch">
     <object-create-rule classname="my.package.xml.XMLMarker"/>
     <pattern value="snps/snp">
       <object-create-rule classname="my.package.Marker"/>
       <call-method-rule methodname="setLSID" paramcount="1"/>
       <call-param-rule attrname="lsid" paramnumber="0"/>
       <set-next-rule methodname="setMarker"/>

When the setMarker method is called on the XMLMarker object, the setLSID 
method has not yet been called on the Marker object. As I just 
explained, my expectation was that it would have been. What am I 
missing/misunderstanding?

Thanks,

Martin.