Stefan wrote:
> When are these changes due out ?
I believe both JSP 2.0 and JSTL 1.1 are scheduled for release Q1 2003.
Hans
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> Subject: Re: Beefing up JSTL EL in JSP 2
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>>Shawn Bayern wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, James Cook wrote:
>>>[...]
>>>
>>>>Will this new, improved EL support reflection-like function calls, and
>>>>will we be able to:
>>>>
>>>>${mybean.customer(${page.range} * 2)}
>>>
>>>
>>>Yes, though the syntax will work differently from what you have
>>>assumed; it will instead look like
>>>
>>> ${mybean.customer(pageScope.range * 2)}
>>>
>>>Note 'pageScope' instead of 'page' (this stays the same between JSTL 1.0
>>>and JSTL 1.1 / JSP 2.0), and the fact that "${}" still refers to an
>>
> entire
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>>>expression, not a single variable reference.
>>
>>Shawn is rarely wrong, but here actually missed one detail: JSP 2.0 adds
>>_functions_ to the EL, but not _methods_ as is used in this example.
>>A function is a method on a specific class, declared in the TLD. It can
>>then be used in an EL expression like this:
>>
>> ${mylib:customer(mybean, pageScope.range * 2)}
>>
>>Hans
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