org.apache.maven.jelly
Class MavenExpressionFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.maven.jelly.MavenExpressionFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

ExpressionFactory

public class MavenExpressionFactory

extends java.lang.Object

implements ExpressionFactory

Represents a factory of Jexl expression which fully supports the Expression Language in JSTL and JSP. In addition this ExpressionFactory can also support Ant style variable names, where '.' is used inside variable names.

Version:

$Revision: 517014 $

Author:

James Strachan

Constructor Summary

MavenExpressionFactory()

Method Summary

Expression	createExpression(java.lang.String text)
boolean	isSupportAntVariables()
protected boolean	isValidAntVariableName(java.lang.String text) Determine if a variable name is a valid ant variable name.
void	setSupportAntVariables(boolean supportAntVariables) Sets whether we should allow Ant-style expresssions, using dots as part of variable name

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MavenExpressionFactory

public MavenExpressionFactory()

Method Detail

createExpression

public Expression createExpression(java.lang.String text)
                            throws JellyException

Specified by:

createExpression in interface ExpressionFactory

Throws:

JellyException

See Also:

ExpressionFactory

isSupportAntVariables

public boolean isSupportAntVariables()

Returns:

whether we should allow Ant-style expresssions, using dots as part of variable name

setSupportAntVariables

public void setSupportAntVariables(boolean supportAntVariables)

Sets whether we should allow Ant-style expresssions, using dots as part of variable name

Parameters:

supportAntVariables - true to indicate that ant variable should be supported, otherwise false.

isValidAntVariableName

protected boolean isValidAntVariableName(java.lang.String text)

Determine if a variable name is a valid ant variable name.

Parameters:

text - The text to test.

Returns:

true if the given string is a valid Ant variable name, typically thats alphanumeric text with '.' etc.