On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at = 9:42 PM, Zoran Avtarovski <zoran@sparecreative.com> wrote:

Z.

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Some answers...

String substitution is still there. =A0Use this: ${...}

The expression language is OGNL - OGNL is included basically as is in
iBATIS3. =A0iBATIS will make all bean properties available in the OGNL
context, and also the parameter object itself (as "_parameter"). = =A0So
you can do <if test=3D"foo !=3D null"> =A0or <if test=3D= "_parameter.foo" !=3D
null">.

Jeff Butler

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 7:22 PM, Zoran
Avtarovski<= zoran@sparecreative.com> wrote:
> First off, fantastic effort guys. This looks like a unbelievable relea= se.
> The improvements over the previous version are just incredible. I=92m<= br> > especially a fan of the new collection tag.
>
> I=92ve been reading over the user guide and I have a couple of questio= ns :
>
> In V2 and prior $value$ resulted in a string substitution while #value= # used
> prepared statements and safe escaping. Is there still a string substit= ution
> option? I know it=92s not recommended, but we do have cases where we n= eed it.
>
> With regards to he expression language support in the dynamic sql tags= , is
> OGNL being used to evaluate the test fields or a variation of EL? The = reason
> I ask is that EL supports tests like NOT EMPTY while OGNL doesn=92t. S= o =93value
> !=3D null=94 isn=92t the same as =93NOT EMPTY value=94. Also the struc= ture of the
> conditional tags follows the JSTL convention of choose, when, otherwis= e and
> not the more contemporary if, elseif, else. I guess the point I=92m tr= ying to
> make is that in a world where using multiple frameworks (struts, jsf, = etc)
> is the norm, it might be a good idea that some of the conventions used= in
> IB3 follow what=92s been done in more established projects. For exampl= e if
> OGNL is used than I=92d prefer to use if, elseif, else as that=92s whe= re my mind
> is and if I=92m using EL then I go to the choose, when, otherwise. It = may be
> just me, and I=92m happy to concede that, but I find these little thin= gs
> really make a difference.
>
> Finally a question about Spring integration. One of the great selling = points
> for iBatis has always been its tight spring integration. Is there any = work
> going on at their end to integrate IB3 or is this something that we, t= he
> iBatis community, should be stepping up for?
>
> Again, a great release and I can=92t wait to try it.
>
> Z.

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