jvanzyl 01/04/20 09:15:44
Modified: xdocs user-guide.xml
Log:
- adding a note about [..] operator and the ArrayList. just got another
question about it on the turbine list :-)
Revision Changes Path
1.40 +14 -6 jakarta-velocity/xdocs/user-guide.xml
Index: user-guide.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-velocity/xdocs/user-guide.xml,v
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diff -u -r1.39 -r1.40
--- user-guide.xml 2001/03/28 04:05:06 1.39
+++ user-guide.xml 2001/04/20 16:15:39 1.40
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@
<li>Property reference</li>
<li>Method reference</li>
<li>Number literal</li>
- <li>Object array</li>
+ <li>ArrayList</li>
</ul>
</p>
@@ -820,13 +820,21 @@
</p>
<source><![CDATA[
-#set( $monkey = $bill ) ##variable reference
-#set( $monkey.Friend = "monica" ) ##string literal
-#set( $monkey.Blame = $whitehouse.Leak ) ##property reference
-#set( $monkey.Plan = $spindoctor.weave($web) ) ##method reference
+#set( $monkey = $bill ) ## variable reference
+#set( $monkey.Friend = "monica" ) ## string literal
+#set( $monkey.Blame = $whitehouse.Leak ) ## property reference
+#set( $monkey.Plan = $spindoctor.weave($web) ) ## method reference
#set( $monkey.Number = 123 ) ##number literal
-#set( $monkey.Say = ["Not", $my, "fault"] ) ##object array
+#set( $monkey.Say = ["Not", $my, "fault"] ) ## ArrayList
]]></source>
+
+ <p>
+ NOTE: In the last example the elements defined with the
+ [..] operator are accessible using the methods defined
+ in the ArrayList class. So, for example, you could access
+ the first element above using $monkey.Say.get(0).
+ </p>
+
<p>
The RHS can also be a simple arithmetic expression:
