new-instance-bean handler

This handler allows the craetion of a new business object and assign default attribute values. The value of the bean attributes is specified using multiple instances of the bean-attribute tag

Attribute	Usage
className	Name of the business object class
if	EL expression that must be evaluated to true prior to handler action
unless	EL expression that must be evaluated to false prior to handler action
bean-attribute/name	Name of the attribute
bean-attribute/value	EL expression with the value to assign

With the following example would create a new city within a country:

<datanode name="country">
    ...
    <finder name="cities" type="city" >
        <collection-finder collection="${instance.cities}">
        <new-instance-bean  className="City">
            <bean-attribute name="countryAbbreviation" value="${instance.abbreviation}"/>
        </new-instance-bean>
    </finder>
    ...
</datanode>