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java.lang.Objectjavax.el.Expression
javax.el.ValueExpression
public abstract class ValueExpression
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 method
can be used to parse an expression string and return a concrete instance
of ExpressionFactory#createValueExpressionValueExpression that encapsulates the parsed expression.
The FunctionMapper is used at parse time, not evaluation time,
so one is not needed to evaluate an expression using this class.
However, the ELContext is needed at evaluation time.
The getValue(javax.el.ELContext), setValue(javax.el.ELContext, java.lang.Object), isReadOnly(javax.el.ELContext),
getType(javax.el.ELContext) and getValueReference(javax.el.ELContext)
methods will evaluate the expression each time they are
called. The 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 five methods,
the ELResolver#getValue method is used to resolve all properties
up to but excluding the last one. This provides the base
object. For all methods other than the getValueReference(javax.el.ELContext) method,
at the last resolution, the ValueExpression will
call the corresponding ELResolver#getValue,
ELResolver#setValue, ELResolver#isReadOnly or
ELResolver#getType method, depending on which was called on
the ValueExpression.
For the getValueReference method, the (base, property) is
not resolved by the ELResolver, but an instance of ValueReference
is created to encapsulate this (base ,property), and returned.
See the notes about comparison, serialization and immutability in
the Expression javadocs.
ELResolver,
Expression,
ExpressionFactory,
Serialized Form| Constructor Summary | |
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ValueExpression()
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| Method Summary | |
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abstract java.lang.Class<?> |
getExpectedType()
Returns the type the result of the expression will be coerced to after evaluation. |
abstract java.lang.Class<?> |
getType(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 setValue(javax.el.ELContext, java.lang.Object) method. |
abstract java.lang.Object |
getValue(ELContext context)
Evaluates the expression relative to the provided context, and returns the resulting value. |
ValueReference |
getValueReference(ELContext context)
Returns a ValueReference for this expression instance. |
abstract boolean |
isReadOnly(ELContext context)
Evaluates the expression relative to the provided context, and returns true if a call to setValue(javax.el.ELContext, java.lang.Object) will
always fail. |
abstract void |
setValue(ELContext context,
java.lang.Object value)
Evaluates the expression relative to the provided context, and sets the result to the provided value. |
| Methods inherited from class javax.el.Expression |
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equals, getExpressionString, hashCode, isLiteralText |
| Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
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clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait |
| Constructor Detail |
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public ValueExpression()
| Method Detail |
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public abstract java.lang.Object getValue(ELContext context)
The resulting value is automatically coerced to the type
returned by getExpectedType(), which was
provided to the ExpressionFactory when this
expression was created.
context - The context of this evaluation.
java.lang.NullPointerException - if context is null.
PropertyNotFoundException - if one of the property
resolutions failed because a specified variable or property
does not exist or is not readable.
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 void setValue(ELContext context,
java.lang.Object value)
context - The context of this evaluation.value - The new value to be set.
java.lang.NullPointerException - if context is null.
PropertyNotFoundException - if one of the property
resolutions failed because a specified variable or property
does not exist or is not readable.
PropertyNotWritableException - if the final variable or
property resolution failed because the specified
variable or property is not writable.
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 boolean isReadOnly(ELContext context)
true if a call to setValue(javax.el.ELContext, java.lang.Object) will
always fail.
context - The context of this evaluation.
true if the expression is read-only or
false if not.
java.lang.NullPointerException - if context is null.
PropertyNotFoundException - if one of the property
resolutions failed because a specified variable or property
does not exist or is not readable.
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 nullpublic abstract java.lang.Class<?> getType(ELContext context)
value parameter in a future call
to the setValue(javax.el.ELContext, java.lang.Object) 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.
context - The context of this evaluation.
java.lang.NullPointerException - if context is null.
PropertyNotFoundException - if one of the property
resolutions failed because a specified variable or property
does not exist or is not readable.
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 java.lang.Class<?> getExpectedType()
expectedType passed to the
ExpressionFactory.createValueExpression method
that created this ValueExpression.public ValueReference getValueReference(ELContext context)
ValueReference for this expression instance.
context - the context of this evaluation
ValueReference for this
ValueExpression, or null if this
ValueExpression is not a reference to
a base (null or non-null) and a property.
If the base is null, and the property is a EL variable, return
the ValueReference for the
ValueExpression associated with this EL variable.
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