4.31. Extracting a List Object with MVEL

<smooks-resource-list
   xmlns="http://www.milyn.org/xsd/smooks-1.1.xsd"
   xmlns:jb="http://www.milyn.org/xsd/smooks/javabean-1.4.xsd">
 
    <jb:bean
        beanId="order"
        class="some.package.Order"
        createOnElement="order"
    >
        <!-- ... bindings -->
    </jb:bean>
 
    <!-- 
           The factory attribute uses MVEL to access the order 
           object in the bean context and calls its getOrderLines() 
           method to get the List. This list is then added to the bean 
           context under the beanId 'orderLines' 
    -->
    <jb:bean
        BeanId="orderLines"
        class="java.util.List"
        factory="mvel:order.getOrderLines()" 
        createOnElement="order"
    >
        <jb:wiring BeanIdRef="orderLine" />
    </jb:bean>
 
    <jb:bean
        BeanId="orderLine"
        class="java.util.List"
        createOnElement="order-line"
    >
        <!-- ... bindings -->
    </jb:bean>
 
</smooks-resource-list>

<smooks-resource-list
   xmlns="http://www.milyn.org/xsd/smooks-1.1.xsd"
   xmlns:jb="http://www.milyn.org/xsd/smooks/javabean-1.4.xsd">
 
    <jb:bean
        beanId="order"
        class="some.package.Order"
        createOnElement="order"
    >
        <!-- ... bindings -->
    </jb:bean>
 
    <!-- 
           The factory attribute uses MVEL to access the order 
           object in the bean context and calls its getOrderLines() 
           method to get the List. This list is then added to the bean 
           context under the beanId 'orderLines' 
    -->
    <jb:bean
        BeanId="orderLines"
        class="java.util.List"
        factory="mvel:order.getOrderLines()" 
        createOnElement="order"
    >
        <jb:wiring BeanIdRef="orderLine" />
    </jb:bean>
 
    <jb:bean
        BeanId="orderLine"
        class="java.util.List"
        createOnElement="order-line"
    >
        <!-- ... bindings -->
    </jb:bean>
 
</smooks-resource-list>