Jeff,
Even if you provide an accessor method to access the static field, will
it really help as I want to then use this accessor method as a key to
the map - which the EL will not allow me to.
#{someManagedBean.addresses[<here goes the accessor method>].city} -
this will not yield anything.
I guess that is a limitation of EL in its present state.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Bischoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:37 PM
> To: MyFaces Discussion
> Subject: Re: accessing static fields and methods via EL
>
> Madhav,
>
> Well generally I make an accessor method in my managed bean when I
need
> to provide EL access to static fields like this. However, I have not
> tried using this in combination with a Map, so I don't know if that
will
> complicate things for you.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jeff Bischoff
> Kenneth L Kurz & Associates, Inc.
>
> Madhav Bhargava wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > As per the documentation EL in its current form does not support
access
> > to static fields and methods. I have a scenario for static field
usage:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I have the following Map:
> >
> > Key - SomeClass.PUBLIC_STATIC_CONSTANT
> >
> > Value - Object
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Let us take an example:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Address class -
> >
> >
> > 2 public static constants are declared:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 1. public static final String PRIMARY_ADDRESS = "primary_address";
> >
> > 2. public static final String SECONDARY_ADDRESS =
"secondary_address";
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > For a person a Map is maintained containing addresses. The key for
this
> > map is either of the constants mentioned above. I could only find
one
> > way to access the city attribute of a primary address:
> >
> > #{someManagedBean.addresses['primary_address'].city} - I had to
provide
> > the value stored against the constant field - which means hard
coding,
> > which in all means I wanted to avoid.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I encountered a sourceforge project which extends the current EL -
> > http://el-functors.sourceforge.net/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Are there plans to make this an integral part of EL?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > madhav
> >
> >
> >
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