[jira] Commented: (VELOCITY-538) Cannot add objects as values in Map creation unless last entry is quoted

["Will Glass-Husain (JIRA)" <de...@velocity.apache.org>]

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Will Glass-Husain commented on VELOCITY-538:
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More detail.  The problem is the } character right after the $object.

This doesn't work (parse error)
#set ($map = {"key": $object})

and this does (note the spacing)

#set ($map = {"key": $object    })

> Cannot add objects as values in Map creation unless last entry is quoted
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: VELOCITY-538
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VELOCITY-538
>             Project: Velocity
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Engine
>    Affects Versions: 1.5
>         Environment: Windows XP Service pack 2, Sun JVM 1.5.0.11
>            Reporter: Asmodean
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 1.6
>
>
> When creating a Map using the velocity 1.5 syntax ({key:value,...}) it seems I can only add objects (except Strings) as map values if the last map entry is quoted. The following (where $object is put into context before, of course) will produce a parse exception:
> #set ($map = {"key": $object})
> Where the following will not:
> #set ($map = {"key": $object, "anotherkey":"anothervalue"})
> The "anotherkey": "anothervalue" entry does the trick in the form of "":"" as well, but something is up here. OR this is a map creation "flaw" not documented. Using the following will of course not get the desired result:
> #set ($map = {"key": "$object"})
> since velocity will evaluate the $object reference and use its .toString() (where what you wanted to do was probably to add the actual object).
> Would appreciate comments that could indicate if my thinking here is flawed or if it actually is a bug. 

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