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package javax.el;
/**
* An Expression that can get or set a value.
*
* In previous incarnations of this API, expressions could only be
* read. ValueExpression objects can now be used both to
* retrieve a value and to set a value. Expressions that can have a value
* set on them are referred to as l-value expressions. Those that
* cannot are referred to as r-value expressions. Not all r-value expressions
* can be used as l-value expressions (e.g. "${1+1}" or
* "${firstName} ${lastName}"). See the EL Specification for
* details. Expressions that cannot be used as l-values must always
* return true from isReadOnly().
*
* The {@link ExpressionFactory#createValueExpression} method
* can be used to parse an expression string and return a concrete instance
* of ValueExpression that encapsulates the parsed expression.
* The {@link FunctionMapper} is used at parse time, not evaluation time,
* so one is not needed to evaluate an expression using this class.
* However, the {@link ELContext} is needed at evaluation time.
*
* The {@link #getValue}, {@link #setValue}, {@link #isReadOnly} and
* {@link #getType} methods will evaluate the expression each time they are
* called. The {@link ELResolver} in the ELContext is used to
* resolve the top-level variables and to determine the behavior of the
* . and [] operators. For any of the four methods,
* the {@link ELResolver#getValue} method is used to resolve all properties
* up to but excluding the last one. This provides the base
* object. At the last resolution, the ValueExpression will
* call the corresponding {@link ELResolver#getValue},
* {@link ELResolver#setValue}, {@link ELResolver#isReadOnly} or
* {@link ELResolver#getType} method, depending on which was called on
* the ValueExpression.
*
*
* See the notes about comparison, serialization and immutability in
* the {@link Expression} javadocs.
*
* @see ELResolver
* @see Expression
* @see ExpressionFactory
* @since JSP 2.1
*/
public abstract class ValueExpression
extends Expression
{
/**
* Evaluates the expression relative to the provided context, and
* returns the resulting value.
*
*
The resulting value is automatically coerced to the type
* returned by getExpectedType(), which was
* provided to the ExpressionFactory when this
* expression was created.
*
* @param context The context of this evaluation.
* @return The result of the expression evaluation.
* @throws NullPointerException if context is null.
* @throws PropertyNotFoundException if one of the property
* resolutions failed because a specified variable or property
* does not exist or is not readable.
* @throws ELException if an exception was thrown while performing
* property or variable resolution. The thrown exception
* must be included as the cause property of this exception, if
* available.
*/
public abstract Object getValue(ELContext context);
/**
* Evaluates the expression relative to the provided context, and
* sets the result to the provided value.
*
* @param context The context of this evaluation.
* @param value The new value to be set.
* @throws NullPointerException if context is null.
* @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 abstract void setValue(ELContext context, Object value);
/**
* Evaluates the expression relative to the provided context, and
* returns true if a call to {@link #setValue} will
* always fail.
*
* @param context The context of this evaluation.
* @return true if the expression is read-only or
* false if not.
* @throws NullPointerException if context is null.
* @throws PropertyNotFoundException if one of the property
* resolutions failed because a specified variable or property
* does not exist or is not readable.
* @throws ELException if an exception was thrown while performing
* property or variable resolution. The thrown exception
* must be included as the cause property of this exception, if
* available.
* * @throws NullPointerException if context is null
*/
public abstract boolean isReadOnly(ELContext context);
/**
* Evaluates the expression relative to the provided context, and
* returns the most general type that is acceptable for an object to be
* passed as the value parameter in a future call
* to the {@link #setValue} method.
*
* This is not always the same as getValue().getClass().
* For example, in the case of an expression that references an
* array element, the getType method will return the
* element type of the array, which might be a superclass of the type
* of the actual element that is currently in the specified
* array element.
*
* @param context The context of this evaluation.
* @return the most general acceptable type; otherwise undefined.
* @throws NullPointerException if context is null.
* @throws PropertyNotFoundException if one of the property
* resolutions failed because a specified variable or property
* does not exist or is not readable.
* @throws ELException if an exception was thrown while performing
* property or variable resolution. The thrown exception
* must be included as the cause property of this exception, if
* available.
*/
public abstract Class getType(ELContext context);
/**
* Returns the type the result of the expression will be coerced to
* after evaluation.
*
* @return the expectedType passed to the
* ExpressionFactory.createValueExpression method
* that created this ValueExpression.
*/
public abstract Class getExpectedType();
}