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package jakarta.el;
import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
/**
* Provides an API for using Jakarta Expression Language in a stand-alone environment.
*
*
* This class provides a direct and simple interface for
*
* - Evaluating Jakarta Expression Language expressions.
* - Assigning values to beans or setting a bean property.
* - Setting a {@link ValueExpression} to a Jakarta Expression Language variable.
* - Defining a static method as Jakarta Expression Language function.
* - Defining an object instance as Jakarta Expression Language name.
*
*
*
* This API is not a replacement for the APIs in Jakarta Expression Language 2.2. Containers that maintain Jakarta
* Expression Language environments can continue to do so, without using this API.
*
*
* For Jakarta Expression Language users who want to manipulate Jakarta Expression Language environments, like adding
* custom {@link ELResolver}s, {@link ELManager} can be used.
*
*
Scope and Life Cycle
*
* Since it maintains the state of the Jakarta Expression Language environments, ELProcessor
is not thread
* safe. In the simplest case, an instance can be created and destroyed before and after evaluating Jakarta Expression
* Language expressions. A more general usage is to use an instance of ELProcessor
for a session, so that
* the user can configure the Jakarta Expression Language evaluation environment for that session.
*
*
* Automatic Bracketing of Expressions
*
* A note about the Jakarta Expression Language expressions strings used in the class. The strings allowed in the methods
* {@link ELProcessor#getValue}, {@link ELProcessor#setValue}, and {@link ELProcessor#setVariable} are limited to
* non-composite expressions, i.e. expressions of the form ${...} or #{...} only. Also, it is not necessary (in fact not
* allowed) to bracket the expression strings with ${ or #{ and } in these methods: they will be automatically
* bracketed. This reduces the visual cluster, without any lost of functionalities (thanks to the addition of the
* concatenation operator).
*
*
Example
The following code snippet illustrates the use of ELProcessor to define a bean and evaluate its
* property.
*
*
* ELProcessor elp = new ELProcessor();
* elp.defineBean("employee", new Employee("Charlie Brown"));
* String name = elp.eval("employee.name");
*
*
*
*
* @since Jakarta Expression Language 3.0
*/
public class ELProcessor {
private ELManager elManager = new ELManager();
private ExpressionFactory factory = ELManager.getExpressionFactory();
/**
* Return the ELManager used for Jakarta Expression Language processing.
*
* @return The ELManager used for Jakarta Expression Language processing.
*/
public ELManager getELManager() {
return elManager;
}
/**
* Evaluates an Jakarta Expression Language expression.
*
* @param expression The Jakarta Expression Language expression to be evaluated.
* @return The result of the expression evaluation.
*/
public Object eval(String expression) {
return getValue(expression, Object.class);
}
/**
* Evaluates an Jakarta Expression Language expression, and coerces the result to the specified type.
*
* @param expression The Jakarta Expression Language expression to be evaluated.
* @param expectedType Specifies the type that the resultant evaluation will be coerced to.
* @return The result of the expression evaluation.
*/
public Object getValue(String expression, Class> expectedType) {
ValueExpression exp = factory.createValueExpression(elManager.getELContext(), bracket(expression), expectedType);
return exp.getValue(elManager.getELContext());
}
/**
* Sets an expression with a new value. The target expression is evaluated, up to the last property resolution, and the
* resultant (base, property) pair is set to the provided value.
*
* @param expression The target expression
* @param value The new value to set.
*
* @throws PropertyNotFoundException if one of the property resolutions failed because a specified variable or property
* does not exist or is not readable.
* @throws PropertyNotWritableException if the final variable or property resolution failed because the specified
* variable or property is not writable.
* @throws ELException if an exception was thrown while attempting to set the property or variable. The thrown exception
* must be included as the cause property of this exception, if available.
*/
public void setValue(String expression, Object value) {
ValueExpression exp = factory.createValueExpression(elManager.getELContext(), bracket(expression), Object.class);
exp.setValue(elManager.getELContext(), value);
}
/**
* Assign a Jakarta Expression Language expression to a Jakarta Expression Language variable. The expression is parsed,
* but not evaluated, and the parsed expression is mapped to the Jakarta Expression Language variable in the local
* variable map. Any previously assigned expression to the same variable will be replaced. If the expression is
* null
, the variable will be removed.
*
* @param var The name of the variable.
* @param expression The Jakarta Expression Language expression to be assigned to the variable.
*/
public void setVariable(String var, String expression) {
ValueExpression exp = factory.createValueExpression(elManager.getELContext(), bracket(expression), Object.class);
elManager.setVariable(var, exp);
}
/**
* Define a Jakarta Expression Language function in the local function mapper.
*
* @param prefix The namespace for the function or "" for no namesapce.
* @param function The name of the function. If empty (""), the method name is used as the function name.
* @param className The full Java class name that implements the function.
* @param method The name (specified without parenthesis) or the signature (as in the Java Language Spec) of the static
* method that implements the function. If the name (e.g. "sum") is given, the first declared method in class that
* matches the name is selected. If the signature (e.g. "int sum(int, int)" ) is given, then the declared method with
* the signature is selected.
*
* @throws NullPointerException if any of the arguments is null.
* @throws ClassNotFoundException if the specified class does not exists.
* @throws NoSuchMethodException if the method (with or without the signature) is not a declared method of the class, or
* if the method signature is not valid, or if the method is not a static method.
*/
public void defineFunction(String prefix, String function, String className, String method) throws ClassNotFoundException, NoSuchMethodException {
if (prefix == null || function == null || className == null || method == null) {
throw new NullPointerException("Null argument for defineFunction");
}
Method meth = null;
ClassLoader loader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
if (loader == null) {
loader = getClass().getClassLoader();
}
Class> klass = Class.forName(className, false, loader);
int j = method.indexOf('(');
if (j < 0) {
// Just a name is given
for (Method m : klass.getDeclaredMethods()) {
if (m.getName().equals(method)) {
meth = m;
}
}
if (meth == null) {
throw new NoSuchMethodException("Bad method name: " + method);
}
} else {
// method is the signature
// First get the method name, ignore the return type
int p = method.indexOf(' ');
if (p < 0) {
throw new NoSuchMethodException("Bad method signature: " + method);
}
String methodName = method.substring(p + 1, j).trim();
// Extract parameter types
p = method.indexOf(')', j + 1);
if (p < 0) {
throw new NoSuchMethodException("Bad method signature: " + method);
}
String[] params = method.substring(j + 1, p).split(",");
Class>[] paramTypes = new Class>[params.length];
for (int i = 0; i < params.length; i++) {
paramTypes[i] = toClass(params[i], loader);
}
meth = klass.getDeclaredMethod(methodName, paramTypes);
}
if (!Modifier.isStatic(meth.getModifiers())) {
throw new NoSuchMethodException("The method specified in defineFunction must be static: " + meth);
}
if (function.equals("")) {
function = method;
}
elManager.mapFunction(prefix, function, meth);
}
/**
* Define a Jakarta Expression Language function in the local function mapper.
*
* @param prefix The namespace for the function or "" for no namesapce.
* @param function The name of the function. If empty (""), the method name is used as the function name.
* @param method The java.lang.reflect.Method
instance of the method that implements the function.
*
* @throws NullPointerException if any of the arguments is null.
* @throws NoSuchMethodException if the method is not a static method
*/
public void defineFunction(String prefix, String function, Method method) throws NoSuchMethodException {
if (prefix == null || function == null || method == null) {
throw new NullPointerException("Null argument for defineFunction");
}
if (!Modifier.isStatic(method.getModifiers())) {
throw new NoSuchMethodException("The method specified in defineFunction must be static: " + method);
}
if (function.equals("")) {
function = method.getName();
}
elManager.mapFunction(prefix, function, method);
}
/**
* Define a bean in a local bean repository, hiding other beans of the same name.
*
* @param name The name of the bean
* @param bean The bean instance to be defined. If null
, the name will be removed from the local bean
* repository.
*/
public void defineBean(String name, Object bean) {
elManager.defineBean(name, bean);
}
/**
* Return the Class object associated with the class or interface with the given name.
*/
private static Class> toClass(String type, ClassLoader loader) throws ClassNotFoundException {
Class> c = null;
int i0 = type.indexOf('[');
int dims = 0;
if (i0 > 0) {
// This is an array. Count the dimensions
for (int i = 0; i < type.length(); i++) {
if (type.charAt(i) == '[') {
dims++;
}
}
type = type.substring(0, i0);
}
if ("boolean".equals(type)) {
c = boolean.class;
} else if ("char".equals(type)) {
c = char.class;
} else if ("byte".equals(type)) {
c = byte.class;
} else if ("short".equals(type)) {
c = short.class;
} else if ("int".equals(type)) {
c = int.class;
} else if ("long".equals(type)) {
c = long.class;
} else if ("float".equals(type)) {
c = float.class;
} else if ("double".equals(type)) {
c = double.class;
} else {
c = loader.loadClass(type);
}
if (dims == 0) {
return c;
}
if (dims == 1) {
return java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance(c, 1).getClass();
}
// Array of more than i dimension
return Array.newInstance(c, new int[dims]).getClass();
}
private String bracket(String expression) {
return "${" + expression + '}';
}
}