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[ANNOUNCEMENT] Jexl 2.0 released.
The Commons JEXL team is pleased to announce the commons-jexl-2.0 release!
JEXL is an Expression Language supporting most of the constructs in the JSTL
Expression Language,
along with some additional extensions. As a library, it is intended to
facilitate the implementation
of dynamic and scripting features in applications and frameworks.
New Features:
Assignment expression: a = b (and a.b.c = d). Issue: JEXL-27. Thanks to
Weikuo Liaw.
* Assigns a variable (ant-like variable or bean-property)
Ternary operator expression: a ? b : c (and a ?: c). Issue: JEXL-19. Thanks
to Jesse Glick.
* The usual inline conditional shortcut and its 'Elvis' form (a ?: b
evaluates as a ? a : b)
Constructor call expression: new('my.class.name', arguments...)
* Creates a new instance of a class using the most appropriate
constructor according
to the actual arguments
Function namespace: ns:func(arguments...) Issue: JEXL-15. Thanks to Paul
Libbrecht.
* A function namespace allows the use of class or instance methods in
function calls
UnifiedJEXL
* Adds ${...} and #{...} JSP/EL syntax support on top of the JexlEngine
JSR-223 support. Issue: JEXL-63. Thanks to Sebastian Bazley.
* Implement JSR-223 Scripting Engine for JEXL script (need BSF-3.0 on
Java < 6)
Error and exception handling. Issue: JEXL-10, JEXL-11. Thanks to Paul
Libbrecht.
* Configuring the leniency and verbosity of the Jexl engine allows user
control over the
error handling policy
Support Unicode escapes in string literals and quote escaping. Issue:
JEXL-17. Thanks to Nestor Urquiza.
* 'foo\u0020bar\'quux'
Perl-like regular-expression operators. Issue: JEXL-46. Thanks to Alfred
Reibenschuh.
Fixed Bugs:
* Allow single-line comments with // Issue: JEXL-47. Thanks to Sebastian
Bazley.
* Comments don't allow double-quotes Issue: JEXL-44. Thanks to Sebastian
Bazley.
* Call method with varargs Issue: JEXL-25. Thanks to Marek Lewczuk.
* BigDecimal values are treated as Long values which results in loss of
precision Issue: JEXL-32. Thanks to Kedar Dave.
* Remove unnecessary throws Exception from various classes Issue: JEXL-33.
* Div operator does not do integer division Issue: JEXL-50. Thanks to
Sebastian Bazley.
* Inconsistent behaviour of arithmetical operations Issue: JEXL-87. Thanks
to Sebastian Bazley.
* Operator overloading / hooks on operator processing Issue: JEXL-21.
Thanks to AC.
The full list of new features, bug fixes and changes as well as
documentation and examples can be found at the http://
http://commons.apache.org/jexl/ JEXL site .
Have fun!
-Commons JEXL team
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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Jexl 2.0 released.
Posted by Rahul Akolkar <ra...@gmail.com>.
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 1:25 PM, sebb <se...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 05/02/2010, henrib <he...@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>> Relinked readme.
>> Not sure what to do about 1.1: should I hand-modify download_jexl.xml to
>> include 1.1 Source/Binary entries, regen html & copy over in
>> /www/commons.apache.org/jexl ? (1.1 tars/signature being still available in
>> /www/www.apache.org/dist/commons/jexl/{source,binaries}) Would this be
>> enough?
>
> So long as both are available on the download page that's all that
> matters as far as the end-users are concerned.
>
> I don't know how to achieve this with the M2 build. It would be best
> if the change was done in such a way that it would not be lost if the
> site is updated.
>
<snip/>
Edit by hand for now. A simple 'mvn site' won't cause the edits to be
lost thereafter. Once there is a v1.2 of the commons build plugin, we
can do this correctly -- its addressed in COMMONSSITE-48 [1].
Since you will be sending another announcement to the user list, if I
may nitpick on some cosmetic improvements (take what you like):
(a) The line breaks aren't right in the announcement email, so the
text doesn't flow correctly and is a bit hard to read
(b) I prefer bug lists in announcements to be along the lines of the
latter style below (since it aligns the issue keys better):
* Some bug fixed [JEXL-1]
* Some other bug with a much longer description fixed [JEXL-2]
vs.
* [JEXL-1] Some bug fixed
* [JEXL-2] Some other bug with a much longer description fixed
(c) IMO, its better for the subject to say "Apache Commons JEXL 2.0"
(d) An oddity ATM is that the main Commons site has a separate JEXL
download page [2] that is referenced from the 2.0 link on this page
[3].
-Rahul
[1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMMONSSITE-48
[2] http://commons.apache.org/downloads/download_jexl.cgi
[3] http://commons.apache.org/jexl/releases.html
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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Jexl 2.0 released.
Posted by sebb <se...@gmail.com>.
On 05/02/2010, henrib <he...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> Relinked readme.
> Not sure what to do about 1.1: should I hand-modify download_jexl.xml to
> include 1.1 Source/Binary entries, regen html & copy over in
> /www/commons.apache.org/jexl ? (1.1 tars/signature being still available in
> /www/www.apache.org/dist/commons/jexl/{source,binaries}) Would this be
> enough?
So long as both are available on the download page that's all that
matters as far as the end-users are concerned.
I don't know how to achieve this with the M2 build. It would be best
if the change was done in such a way that it would not be lost if the
site is updated.
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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Jexl 2.0 released.
Posted by henrib <he...@apache.org>.
Relinked readme.
Not sure what to do about 1.1: should I hand-modify download_jexl.xml to
include 1.1 Source/Binary entries, regen html & copy over in
/www/commons.apache.org/jexl ? (1.1 tars/signature being still available in
/www/www.apache.org/dist/commons/jexl/{source,binaries}) Would this be
enough?
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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Jexl 2.0 released.
Posted by sebb <se...@gmail.com>.
On 05/02/2010, henrib <he...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> Fixed readme,
Not quite - you only fixed the one in the top-level directory, the
ones in binary/source need to be updated too. That's normally done by
linking them together, as is done for HEADER.html:
53068016 6 -rw-rw-r-- 1 apbackup commons
1440 Feb 5 15:26 ./README.html
53068015 4 -rw-rw-r-- 1 apbackup commons
464 Sep 2 2007 ./HEADER.html
53068026 4 -rw-rw-r-- 1 apbackup commons
464 Sep 2 2007 ./source/HEADER.html
53068027 6 -rw-rw-r-- 1 apbackup commons
1440 Aug 2 2007 ./source/README.html
53068018 4 -rw-rw-r-- 1 apbackup commons
464 Sep 2 2007 ./binaries/HEADER.html
53068019 6 -rw-rw-r-- 1 apbackup commons
1440 Aug 2 2007 ./binaries/README.html
Note the different link counts for HEADER and README.
> release notes & nightly builds link;
OK.
> Jexl 1.1 is available through archive.
Yes, but that's not the point - JEXL 2.0 and 1.1 are both "current"
releases as they target different JVMs.
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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Jexl 2.0 released.
Posted by henrib <he...@apache.org>.
Fixed readme, release notes & nightly builds link; Jexl 1.1 is available
through archive.
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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Jexl 2.0 released.
Posted by sebb <se...@gmail.com>.
On 05/02/2010, sebb <se...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 05/02/2010, henrib <he...@apache.org> wrote:
> >
> > The Commons JEXL team is pleased to announce the commons-jexl-2.0 release!
> >
>
>
> I rejected the announce to Commons-User because:
>
> The download page on the web-site has not been updated yet.
Just seen the change; however I think 1.1 still needs to be available,
as it is rather different from 2.0
> The RELEASE_NOTES.txt file on the download site is out of date.
> The README.html file is out of date.
>
> These are quite easy to fix, and it should only take a day or so for
> the mirrors to catch up once the web-site has been updated.
>
> Please can you hold off sending any further announcements until these
> items are fixed?
>
> By the way, I'd prefer my name to be omitted from the announcement.
> If people are really interested in tracking who provided those fixes
> they can find out from the JIRA entries.
>
> Thanks.
Also, the page http://commons.apache.org/jexl/releases.html has a link
to nightly builds. These should not be advertised to users, only
developers. The page could probably be dropped, and removed from the
left-hand navigation.
S///
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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Jexl 2.0 released.
Posted by sebb <se...@gmail.com>.
On 05/02/2010, henrib <he...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> The Commons JEXL team is pleased to announce the commons-jexl-2.0 release!
>
I rejected the announce to Commons-User because:
The download page on the web-site has not been updated yet.
The RELEASE_NOTES.txt file on the download site is out of date.
The README.html file is out of date.
These are quite easy to fix, and it should only take a day or so for
the mirrors to catch up once the web-site has been updated.
Please can you hold off sending any further announcements until these
items are fixed?
By the way, I'd prefer my name to be omitted from the announcement.
If people are really interested in tracking who provided those fixes
they can find out from the JIRA entries.
Thanks.
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