[jira] [Commented] (JEXL-229) Introduce new syntax for class literals: Class and Type

["Dmitri Blinov (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Dmitri Blinov commented on JEXL-229:
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I have found another solution to this problem. I have adjusted the {{JexlContext}} class to resolve ant-ish style context properties like for example {{java.lang.Integer}} to the instances of corresponding {{Class<java.lang.Integer>}} so it is now as easy to address {{Class<?>}} objects as to write
{code}if (obj =~ java.util.Map){code}
Furthermore, I have added a property resolver for {{Class<?>}} objects to return static class members, like for example {code}var one = java.math.BigInteger.ONE{code} This also allowed me to access {{Class<?>}} objects for primitive types, since they are referenced via {{TYPE}} static member of corresponding boxed type, like the following {code}java.lang.Integer.TYPE{code} I think I have achieved what I was aiming at, a clean solution without functors and need to use type names as strings. So I think it is better now to close this issue.


> Introduce new syntax for class literals: Class<T> and Type<T>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JEXL-229
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JEXL-229
>             Project: Commons JEXL
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>    Affects Versions: 3.1
>            Reporter: Dmitri Blinov
>            Priority: Minor
>
> For the purpose of type checking in jexl, It whould be convenient to have some simple syntax for referring to class types, like Class<String> or Type<Boolean>. Literal Class<T> should refer to general classes, and literal Type<T> should refer to primitive type classes. For literals Class<T> it could be possible to specify partal class name, which should resolve to classes in basic packages like java.lang and java.util, for example.



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