Dimitri,
<snip>
> > Hmmm. This seems a bit strange to me. It works for Maps (using put
instead
> > of add).
> Sure, a Map is not a Collection.
>
Good point. :)
<snip>
> > So you can see that the Map is mutable. I'm not sure how difficult it is
> to
> > allow for mutable Lists, but if I can't do things like:
> >
> > getValue("list:add($myList, 'hello')") returns: true
> >
> There is a sort-of round about way of getting to a list by reference.
> Create a wrapper for it and pass that wrapper to your own custom extension
> function, which would then add an element to the list.
Yes, that is a possibility.
>
> > I think it might be a show stopper for me. I am almost certainly trying
to
> > use JXPath in a way that was not intended. I am trying to build a 2 way
> data
> > binding mapping structure which I think JXPath is excellent for, but I
> would
> > also like to add some easy micro-scripting, which is maybe not possible
> with
> > JXPath.
> Right, I think you might be stretching JXPath's capabilities. The
> getValue() method is supposed to be a query, that is a request without
side
> effects.
Thought so. However, it would make it a very cool tool indeed if it could be
used like that, no? It seems that JXPath is very close to allowing me to do
this.
>
> > One other thing, can you explain to me why the returned collections
should
> > be immutable? Is it necessary to enforce that behaviour?
> I make the collection immutable simply to get it to throw an exception. If
> the collection is mutable, operations changing it are successful, but
since
> the changes are made to some temporary collection, not the original one
you
> want to change.
I understand that if you are performing a query or a slice or something
(within an XPath) that you must have to create a temporary collection to
hold the result, however I still don't see why, if you are referencing a
whole collection (i.e. $myList), a copy is made before operating on it. I
still don't see the fundemental difference between this:
getValue("map:put($myMap, 'key', 'value')") returns: null
which calls 'put' on my original Map:
and this:
getValue("list:add($myList, 'hello')") returns: true
which calls 'add' on a temporary copy of my original list,
Why do we create a temporary structure just because the target of the
ExtensionFunction is a Collection? Is it just because of the implementation
details, or is it by design?
Sorry for being a pain! :)
BTW - I have hacked a patch that allows XPaths like this:
context.createPathAndSetValue("$myList[-1]", "'hello'");
which now adds to the List. I had to do this because when I tried this:
context.createPathAndSetValue("$myList[last()+1]", "'hello'");
I got an exception:
org.apache.commons.jxpath.JXPathException: Cannot set value for xpath:
$myList[last()+1]
at
org.apache.commons.jxpath.ri.JXPathContextReferenceImpl.setValue(JXPathConte
xtReferenceImpl.java:412)
I would have expected that my Factory would have been invoked in order to
expand the List, but it never got called.
Cheers,
Adam.
>
> > Thanks for your help,
>
> >
> > Adam.
>
> I hope this does not make jxpath completely unusable for you.
>
> - Dmitri
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dmitri Plotnikov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 9:47 PM
> > Subject: Re: [JXPath] Problem adding objects to an ArrayList Variable
> >
> >
> > > Adam,
> > >
> > > JXPath is in fact incapable of doing what you want it to do. Before a
> > > collection is passed to an extension function, it undergoes some
> > > conversions, which make it unmodifiable. JXPath should of course
throw
> > > an exception in this case. I have added that exception and will check
> > > that new code in tonight.
> > >
> > > The rationale for this behavior is that from JXPath's perspective an
> > > extension function cannot take a collection by reference. Arguments of
> > > an extension function are either primitive values or "node sets",
which
> > > are really results of search. JXPath finds all nodes matching the
> > > path, loads them into a list and then passes the list to the function.
> > > Consider for example this:
> > >
> > > context.getValue("size(//foo[bar = 3])")
> > >
> > > From this example it should be clear that the argument of the function
> > > is in fact an unmodifiable collection - results of search.
> > >
> > > We could of course do something special for variables, but then the
> > > extension function's code would have to be aware of the difference
> > > between variables and general node sets. I think we should avoid this
> > > implicit difference.
> > >
> > > What you could do to add a node to the collection is call
> > > createPathAndSetValue() with a path like "$myList[24]".
> > >
> > > Thanks for bringing this issue up - I should document it.
> > >
> > > - Dmitri
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Adam J Chesney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Attached is a small test program that simply defines a Context like
> > > > this:
> > > >
> > > > Object o = new Object ();
> > > > JXPathContext context = JXPathContext.newContext( o );
> > > > context.getVariables().declareVariable("myList", new ArrayList() );
> > > >
> > > > FunctionLibrary library = new FunctionLibrary ();
> > > > library.addFunctions( new ClassFunctions ( List.class, "list" ) );
> > > > context.setFunctions( library );
> > > >
> > > > The output from executing several XPath expressions on it is thus:
> > > >
> > > > getValue("list:size($myList)") returns: 0
> > > >
> > > > getValue("list:add($myList, 'hello')") returns: true
> > > >
> > > > getValue("list:size($myList)") returns: 0
> > > >
> > > > getValue("$myList") returns: []
> > > >
> > > > I would expect the String 'hello' to be added to the list, and
> > > > therefore the second call to size should return 1.
> > > >
> > > > Am I doing something wrong here?
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > Adam
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> > > > > package test;
> > > >
> > > > import org.apache.commons.jxpath.*;
> > > > import java.util.*;
> > > >
> > > > /**
> > > > * <p>Title: </p>
> > > > * <p>Description: </p>
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> > > > public class Test2
> > > > {
> > > >
> > > > public static void main(String[] args)
> > > > {
> > > > try
> > > > {
> > > > Object o = new Object ();
> > > > JXPathContext context = JXPathContext.newContext( o );
> > > > context.getVariables().declareVariable("myList", new ArrayList() );
> > > >
> > > > FunctionLibrary library = new FunctionLibrary ();
> > > > library.addFunctions( new ClassFunctions ( List.class, "list" ) );
> > > > context.setFunctions( library );
> > > >
> > > > getValue (context, "list:size($myList)");
> > > > getValue (context, "list:add($myList, 'hello')");
> > > > getValue (context, "list:size($myList)");
> > > > getValue (context, "$myList");
> > > > }
> > > > catch (Exception e1)
> > > > {
> > > > e1.printStackTrace();
> > > > }
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > public static Object getValue ( JXPathContext context, String
xpath
> > > > )
> > > > {
> > > > Object obj = context.getValue( xpath );
> > > > System.out.println("getValue(\"" + xpath + "\") returns: " +
obj
> > > > );
> > > > return obj;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > }
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