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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 16:44:05 +1100
From: Dion Gillard <dion.gillard@gmail.com>
To: Jakarta Commons Users List <commons-user@jakarta.apache.org>
Subject: Re: [jexl] how to implement variable replacement in expressions
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Nope, the JEXL syntax hasn't changed.

I'm guessing they:
a) Based their code on something else, possbly Jelly, or
b) Never tested it....

On 11/7/05, sean liu <seanliugm@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks a lot for your helps, Dion.
> I have some confusion about jexl.
> In OReilly book "Jakarta Commons Cookbook", there is a chapter called
> "Templating" in which there is the following code snippets:
>
>   import org.apache.commons.jexl.Expression;
>
> import org.apache.commons.jexl.ExpressionFactory;
>
> import org.apache.commons.jexl.JexlContext;
>
> import org.apache.commons.jexl.JexlHelper;
>
>
>
> Opera opera =3D new Opera( );
> opera.setName("The Magic Flute");
> opera.setComposer("Mozart");
> opera.setYear(1791);
>
>
>
> String expr =3D
>
>     "${opera.name <http://opera.name>} was composed by ${opera.composer} =
in " +
>
>     "${opera.year}.";
>
>
> *Expression e =3D ExpressionFactory.createExpression( expr );*
> *JexlContext jc =3D JexlHelper.createContext( );*
> *jc.getVars( ).put("opera", opera);*
> *String message =3D (String) e.evaluate(jc);*
>
>
> System.out.println( message );
>
> I don't know why these code ssnippets doesn't work.Have the jexl
> expression syntax changed?
>
> On 11/4/05, Dion Gillard <dion.gillard@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 11/3/05, sean liu <seanliugm@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi guys:
> > > I want to use jexl to implement variable replacement in expressions. =
For
> > > example:
> > > expression: "Hello: ${person.name <http://person.name> <
> > http://person.name/>}, your age is ${
> >
> > Try with the following Expression in double quotes:
> > 'Hello ' + person.name <http://person.name> + ' <http:// ' + person.nam=
e<http://person.name>+ '/>, your age is
> > ' + person.age
> >
> >
> > > person.age}!"
> > > public class Person {
> > > private String name;
> > > private int age;
> > > //setters,getters
> > > }
> > > i use the following codes:
> > > Person person =3D new Person();
> > > person.setName(sean);
> > > person.setAge(26);
> > >
> > > Expression e =3D ExpressionFactory.createExpression(expression);
> > >
> > > JexlContext jc =3D JexlHelper.createContext();
> > >
> > > jc.getVars().put("person", person);
> > >
> > > message =3D (String) e.evaluate(jc);
> > >
> > > System.out.println(message);
> > >
> > > It doesn't work.I dont know what's wrong with expression. I have neve=
r
> > used
> > > jexl before, so if anyone can give me some help, thanks a lot!
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
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> > reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live." - George
> > Bernard Shaw
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