Yep Geir, that was it. My lack of understanding of the jexl syntax was what got me.
Jelly builds just enough on jexl to make it a better choice for me. -- dIon Gillard, Multitask Consulting Work: http://www.multitask.com.au Developers: http://adslgateway.multitask.com.au/developers "Geir Magnusson Jr." To: Jakarta Commons Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <geirm@adeptra cc: .com> Subject: Re: jexl again... 06/13/02 03:06 AM Please respond to "Jakarta Commons Developers List" On 6/12/02 1:06 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The hassle I had with Jexl was using the context to set a variable to a > value to be evaluated later. With Jexl, it meant I couldn't have a string > with the same value as a variable name, i.e. setting 'name' to 'value' > meant if I evaluated 'name' I always got 'value'. Good except that I'm > trying to fit in with ant's property / value naming style. Ah. I think I understand what you mean. Jelly adds the ${foo} decorations to allow the distinction between references and constants, and to not inflict one kind of indicator. So jelly uses ${foo}, but others could do $foo, %foo, <foo>, etc... Jexl accomodates all by not inflicting one way on the user. If you wanted a constant string 'name', then just put single or double quotes around it... 'name' Does that address what you were saying? (I am wondering if I missed your point...) Geir > -- > dIon Gillard, Multitask Consulting > Work: http://www.multitask.com.au > Developers: http://adslgateway.multitask.com.au/developers > > > > > "Geir Magnusson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 06/13/02 12:59 AM > Please respond to "Jakarta Commons Developers List" > > > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > Subject: Re: jexl again... > > > On 6/12/02 11:09 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Cool....I've just started the move to Jelly to handle this. It seems a >> much cleaner implementation...? > > Much cleaner than? Jelly uses Jexl... > >> -- >> dIon Gillard, Multitask Consulting >> Work: http://www.multitask.com.au >> Developers: http://adslgateway.multitask.com.au/developers >> >> >> >> >> "James Strachan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> 06/12/02 08:05 PM >> Please respond to "Jakarta Commons Developers List" >> >> >> To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> cc: >> Subject: Re: jexl again... >> >> >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> 1) Are expressions cacheable? i.e. if I create an expression and > execute >> it >>> once, can I store it away in a Map and reevaluate it, rather than >>> recreating it? >> >> FWIW Jelly creates Expression objects and caches them so that they are >> reused inside a Script. The same Expression instance could be reused in >> multiple threads too. >> >> James >> >> >> _________________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: < mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> For additional commands, e-mail: < mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: < mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> For additional commands, e-mail: < mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> -- Geir Magnusson Jr. Research & Development, Adeptra Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-203-247-1713 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: < mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: < mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
