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From: Dmitry Sklyut <Dmitry_Sklyut@orcom.com>
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Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 08:50:00 -0600 
Subject: RE: JXPath question
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I haven't tried doing it that way.
Give it a try.  Let us know

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul McClure [mailto:pmcclure@paychex.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 10:42 AM
To: Jakarta Commons Users List
Subject: Re: JXPath question


Thanks for the reply Dmitry,
    Is it possible to use an extension function in a path, like this:
          getValue("A / B / vt:asOf(C, $today) / D)

My graph would have paths like this:
          A / B / C / D / E / F
                      |
                 C is not a normal Java Bean property - but must be 
accessed as 'getCAsOf(Date)' - which returns a C object that has a D 
property that is a normal Java Bean Property, and so on...

thanks,
Paul

Dmitry Sklyut wrote:

>Take a look at "Custom Extension Functions":
>
>Collections of custom extension functions can be implemented as Functions
>objects or as Java classes, whose methods become extenstion functions. 
>
>Let's say the following class implements various formatting operations: 
>
>                                                                       
> public class Formats {
>    public static String date(Date d, String pattern){
>        return new SimpleDateFormat(pattern).format(d);
>    }
>    ...
> }
>We can register this class with a JXPathContext: 
>
>                                                                       
> context.setFunctions(new ClassFunctions(Formats.class, "format"));
> ...
>
> context.getVariables().declareVariable("today", new Date());
> String today =
>     (String)context.getValue("format:date($today, 'MM/dd/yyyy')");
>You can also register whole packages of Java classes using
PackageFunctions.
>
>
>Also, see FunctionLibrary , which is a class that allows you to register
>multiple sets of extension functions with the same JXPathContext. 
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul McClure [mailto:pmcclure@paychex.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 8:10 AM
>To: commons-user@jakarta.apache.org
>Subject: JXPath question
>
>
>I am using JXPath to access an object graph and it is working well in 
>most cases. My problem is that my graph has some objects that are only 
>valid for a certain period of time. So these properties are accessed by 
>date - for example, a property 'foo' would have the getter 
>getFooAsOf(Date dt). There are many types of objects in the graph, but 
>all of them subclass a common base class. They all follow the naming 
>convention above.
>Has anybody used JXPath for this kind of situation - I have not found a 
>way to add the "ValidTime" properties. I'm looking at a custom 
>JXPathBeanInfo class but not getting very far...
>thanks,
>Paul
>
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