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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 T eval(String expression) { @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") T result = (T) getValue(expression, Object.class); return result; } /** * 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 T 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 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 + '}'; } }




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