Chapter 4. Producing Output Data

You can use the Smooks Javabean Cartridge to create and populate Java objects from your message data. It can be used purely as a Java binding framework for XML, EDI, CSV and so forth. However, Smooks' Java binding capabilities are also the cornerstone of many other capabilities. This is because Smooks makes the Java objects it creates (and to which it binds data) available through the BeanContext class. This class is essentially a Java bean context that is made available to any Smooks visitor implementation via the Smooks ExecutionContext.