Smooks can be used to:
- Perform a wide range of Data Transforms - XML to XML, CSV to XML, EDI to XML, XML to EDI, XML to CSV, Java to XML, Java to EDI, Java to CSV, Java to Java, XML to Java, EDI to Java etc.
- Populate a Java Object Model from a data source (CSV, EDI, XML, Java etc). Populated object models can be used as a transformation result itself, or can be used by (e.g.) Templating resources for generating XML or other character based results. Also supports Virtual Object Models (Maps and Lists of typed data), which can be used by EL and Templating functionality.
- Process huge messages (GBs) - Split, Transform and Route message fragments to JMS, File, Database etc destinations.
- Enrich a message with data from a Database, or other Datasources.
- Perform Extract Transform Load (ETL) operations by leveraging Smooks' Transformation, Routing and Persistence functionality.
Smooks supports both DOM and SAX processing models, but adds a more "code friendly" layer on top of them. It allows you to plug in your own "ContentHandler" implementations (written in Java or Groovy), or reuse the many existing handlers.
Smooks is an ideal fit as part of an overall Integration Solution.

Specialised analysis or transformation capabilities can be built on top of Smooks Core through the creation of a Smooks Cartridge.
Smooks Cartridges (Reusable Content Handlers)
The basic functionality of Smooks Core can be extended through the creation of what we call a "Smooks Cartridge". A Cartridge is simply a Java archive (jar) containing reusable Content Handlers (Visitor Logic). A Smooks Cartridge should provide "ready to use" support for a specific type of XML analysis or transformation.Name |
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Enables population of Java Object Model from data embedded in |
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Enables fragment-level templating using different templating solutions |
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Enables routing of message fragments (including populated object models) |
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Enables fragment-level Transformation/Analysis using different |
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Smooks Cartridge that converts an EDI message data stream |
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Smooks Cartridge that converts a Comma Separated Value (CSV) |
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JSON |
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Smooks Cartridge that converts a JSON formatted |
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Contains miscellaneous resources for performing common analysis/transformation tasks |
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Plugs Smooks into the J2EE Servlet Container. This allows Smooks to be |
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Makes Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) information easily available to web content |
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Calc |
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Smooks Cartridge that can do simple calculation tasks. |
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Hide/Show CommentsNov 14, 2008
John L Kurtz
Is there a wiki? I have some questions about this great software, the most pertinent is how do I turn off logging?