org.springframework.context.expression
Class StandardBeanExpressionResolver

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.context.expression.StandardBeanExpressionResolver

All Implemented Interfaces:

BeanExpressionResolver

public class StandardBeanExpressionResolver
extends Object
implements BeanExpressionResolver

Standard implementation of the BeanExpressionResolver interface, parsing and evaluating Spring EL using Spring's expression module.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

ExpressionParser, SpelExpressionParser, StandardEvaluationContext

Field Summary

static String	DEFAULT_EXPRESSION_PREFIX Default expression prefix: "#{"
static String	DEFAULT_EXPRESSION_SUFFIX Default expression suffix: "}"

Constructor Summary

StandardBeanExpressionResolver()

Method Summary

protected void	customizeEvaluationContext(StandardEvaluationContext evalContext) Template method for customizing the expression evaluation context.
Object	evaluate(String value, BeanExpressionContext evalContext) Evaluate the given value as an expression, if applicable; return the value as-is otherwise.
void	setExpressionParser(ExpressionParser expressionParser) Specify the EL parser to use for expression parsing.
void	setExpressionPrefix(String expressionPrefix) Set the prefix that an expression string starts with.
void	setExpressionSuffix(String expressionSuffix) Set the suffix that an expression string ends with.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

DEFAULT_EXPRESSION_PREFIX

public static final String DEFAULT_EXPRESSION_PREFIX

Default expression prefix: "#{"

See Also:

Constant Field Values

DEFAULT_EXPRESSION_SUFFIX

public static final String DEFAULT_EXPRESSION_SUFFIX

Default expression suffix: "}"

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

StandardBeanExpressionResolver

public StandardBeanExpressionResolver()

Method Detail

setExpressionPrefix

public void setExpressionPrefix(String expressionPrefix)

Set the prefix that an expression string starts with. The default is "#{".

See Also:

DEFAULT_EXPRESSION_PREFIX

setExpressionSuffix

public void setExpressionSuffix(String expressionSuffix)

Set the suffix that an expression string ends with. The default is "}".

See Also:

DEFAULT_EXPRESSION_SUFFIX

setExpressionParser

public void setExpressionParser(ExpressionParser expressionParser)

Specify the EL parser to use for expression parsing.

Default is a SpelExpressionParser, compatible with standard Unified EL style expression syntax.

evaluate

public Object evaluate(String value,
                       BeanExpressionContext evalContext)
                throws BeansException

Description copied from interface: BeanExpressionResolver

Evaluate the given value as an expression, if applicable; return the value as-is otherwise.

Specified by:

evaluate in interface BeanExpressionResolver

Parameters:

value - the value to check

evalContext - the evaluation context

Returns:

the resolved value (potentially the given value as-is)

Throws:

BeansException - if evaluation failed

customizeEvaluationContext

protected void customizeEvaluationContext(StandardEvaluationContext evalContext)

Template method for customizing the expression evaluation context.

The default implementation is empty.