Discussion: Unified Expression Language Functions

[Adrian Crum <ad...@hlmksw.com>]

Now that we have the Unified Expression Language implemented in 
FlexibleStringExpander, we gain the ability to use UEL functions.

On the plus side, UEL functions can make screen widget and mini-language 
code more flexible and more powerful. On the minus side, you have to 
know the functions and what they do (in other words, no auto-completion 
when working in XML).

As an example, I frequently need to know the size of a List, Map, or 
String. With current code, I have to use the bsh: prefix and a short script:

<set field="mapSize" value="${bsh:uiLabelMap.size();}" type="Integer"/>.

Using a UEL function:

<set field="mapSize" value="${util:size(uiLabelMap)}" type="Integer"/>

or to get the length of a String:

<set field="stringSize" value="${util:size(uiLabelMap.CommonParty)}" 
type="Integer"/>.

I don't know if this would be of any use, or if it is desirable. I'm 
just tossing the idea out there for discussion.

-Adrian

Re: Discussion: Unified Expression Language Functions

[Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>]

From: "Adrian Crum" <ad...@hlmksw.com>
>I don't think that will work - UEL doesn't allow direct method calls like that. The JUEL library has an extension that supports it, 
>but I have that disabled.

OK, we will see then, I revert locally for now.

Jacques

> -Adrian
>
> Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>> So the sequel should be ok, please confirm (I will try to post the patch as attachment in another email - for readability - but 
>> I'm afraid it will not get through)
>>
>> Index: applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/invoice/InvoiceServices.xml 
>> ===================================================================
>> --- 
>> applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/invoice/InvoiceServices.xml (revision 727828)
>> +++ applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/invoice/InvoiceServices.xml (working copy)
>> @@ -448,7 +448,7 @@
>>             <else>
>>                 <!-- if new status is paid check if the complete invoice is applied. -->
>>                 <if-compare field="parameters.statusId" operator="equals" value="INVOICE_PAID">
>> -                    <set field="notApplied" type="BigDecimal" 
>> value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.invoice.InvoiceWorker.getInvoiceNotApplied(invoice)}"/> +                    <set 
>> field="notApplied" type="BigDecimal" value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.invoice.InvoiceWorker.getInvoiceNotApplied(invoice)}"/> 
>> <if-compare field="notApplied" operator="not-equals" value="0.00" type="BigDecimal">
>>                         <add-error><fail-message message="Cannot change status to 'paid', invoice ${invoice.invoiceId} has an 
>> unapplied balance of [${notApplied}]"/></add-error>
>>                         <check-errors/>
>> Index: applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/ledger/AcctgTransServices.xml 
>> ===================================================================
>> --- 
>> applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/ledger/AcctgTransServices.xml (revision 727747)
>> +++ applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/ledger/AcctgTransServices.xml (working copy)
>> @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
>>         <!-- check the scheduled posting date, but only if it's set -->
>>         <if-not-empty field="acctgTrans.scheduledPostingDate">
>>             <set field="scheduledPostingDate" from-field="acctgTrans.scheduledPostingDate"/>
>> -            <set field="beforeScheduled" value="${bsh: 
>> org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp().before(scheduledPostingDate)}"/> +            <set field="beforeScheduled" 
>> value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp().before(scheduledPostingDate)}"/> <if-compare field="beforeScheduled" 
>> operator="equals" value="true" type="Boolean">
>>                 <add-error><fail-message message="Not posting GL Accounting Transaction with ID [${parameters.acctgTransId}] 
>> because it's not scheduled to be posted yet.  The scheduled posting date is [${acctgTrans.scheduledPostingDate}]"/></add-error>
>>             </if-compare>
>> @@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
>>                 <get-related-one relation-name="GlAccountClass" value-name="glAccount" to-value-name="glAccountClass"/>
>>                 <get-related-one relation-name="ParentGlAccountClass" value-name="glAccountClass" 
>> to-value-name="parentGlAccountClass"/>
>>                 <!-- test if the account is a DEBIT account -->
>> -                <set field="isDebit" value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.util.UtilAccounting.isDebitAccount(glAccount)}"/> + 
>> <set field="isDebit" value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.util.UtilAccounting.isDebitAccount(glAccount)}"/> <if-compare field="isDebit" 
>> operator="equals" value="true">
>>                         <if-compare field="acctgTransEntry.debitCreditFlag" operator="equals" value="D">
>>                             <set from-field="acctgTransEntry.amount" field="postingAmount"/>
>> @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
>>                         </if-compare>
>>                     <else>
>>                         <!-- otherwise, test if the account is credit -->
>> -                        <set field="isCredit" 
>> value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.util.UtilAccounting.isCreditAccount(glAccount)}"/> +                        <set 
>> field="isCredit" value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.util.UtilAccounting.isCreditAccount(glAccount)}"/> <if-compare field="isCredit" 
>> operator="equals" value="true">
>>                             <if-compare field="acctgTransEntry.debitCreditFlag" operator="equals" value="C">
>>                                 <set from-field="acctgTransEntry.amount" field="postingAmount"/>
>> Index: applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/payment/PaymentServices.xml 
>> ===================================================================
>> --- 
>> applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/payment/PaymentServices.xml (revision 727747)
>> +++ applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/payment/PaymentServices.xml (working copy)
>> @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
>>
>>                     <!-- check if the payment fully applied when set to confirmed-->
>>                     <if-compare field="parameters.statusId" operator="equals" value="PMNT_CONFIRMED">
>> -                        <set field="notYetApplied" 
>> value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(payment)}"/> +                        <set 
>> field="notYetApplied" value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(payment)}"/> <if-compare 
>> field="notYetApplied" operator="greater" value="0.00">
>>                             <add-error><fail-property resource="AccountingUiLabels" 
>> property="AccountingPSNotConfirmedNotFullyApplied"/></add-error>
>>                             <log level="error" message="Cannot change from ${payment.statusId} to ${parameters.statusId}, payment 
>> not fully applied: ${notYetapplied}"/>
>> Index: applications/accounting/webapp/accounting/agreement/AgreementForms.xml
>> ===================================================================
>> --- 
>> applications/accounting/webapp/accounting/agreement/AgreementForms.xml (revision 727747)
>> +++ applications/accounting/webapp/accounting/agreement/AgreementForms.xml (working copy)
>> @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
>>         <field name="partyId"><hidden value="${agreement.partyIdTo}"/></field>
>>         <field name="currencyUomId"><hidden value="${agreementItem.currencyUomId}"/></field>
>>         <field name="availableFromDate" use-when="agreementProductAppl==null">
>> -            <!--<date-time default-value="${bsh: org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp()}"/>-->
>> +            <!--<date-time default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp()}"/>-->
>>             <date-time default-value="${agreement.fromDate}"/>
>>         </field>
>>         <field name="availableFromDate" use-when="agreementProductAppl!=null">
>> Index: applications/accounting/webapp/accounting/payment/PaymentForms.xml
>> ===================================================================
>> --- applications/accounting/webapp/accounting/payment/PaymentForms.xml (revision 727747)
>> +++ applications/accounting/webapp/accounting/payment/PaymentForms.xml (working copy)
>> @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
>>             </service>
>>         </actions>
>>         <row-actions>
>> -            <set field="amountToApply" 
>> value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(delegator,paymentId);}"/> +            <set 
>> field="amountToApply" value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(delegator,paymentId)}"/> 
>> </row-actions>
>>         <field name="paymentId" widget-style="buttontext">
>>             <hyperlink description="${paymentId}" target="paymentOverview?paymentId=${paymentId}"/>
>> @@ -402,7 +402,7 @@
>>             </entity-condition>
>>         </actions>
>>         <row-actions>
>> -            <set field="amountApplied" 
>> value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentAppliedAmount(delegator, paymentApplicationId);}"/>
>> +            <set field="amountApplied" value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentAppliedAmount(delegator, 
>> paymentApplicationId)}"/>
>>         </row-actions>
>>         <auto-fields-entity entity-name="PaymentApplication" default-field-type="display"/>
>>         <field name="paymentApplicationId"><hidden/></field>
>> Index: applications/accounting/widget/BillingAccountForms.xml
>> ===================================================================
>> --- applications/accounting/widget/BillingAccountForms.xml (revision 727747)
>> +++ applications/accounting/widget/BillingAccountForms.xml (working copy)
>> @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
>>         </field>
>>         <!--
>>         <field name="netBalance" title="${uiLabelMap.AccountingBillingNetBalance}" 
>> tooltip="${uiLabelMap.AccountingBillingNetBalanceMessage}">
>> -            <display description="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.BillingAccountWorker.getBillingAccountNetBalance(delegator, 
>> billingAccountId)}" type="currency" currency="${billingAccount.accountCurrencyUomId}"/>
>> +            <display description="${org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.BillingAccountWorker.getBillingAccountNetBalance(delegator, 
>> billingAccountId)}" type="currency" currency="${billingAccount.accountCurrencyUomId}"/>
>>         </field>
>>         -->
>>         <field name="availableBalance" title="${uiLabelMap.AccountingBillingAvailableBalance}" 
>> tooltip="${uiLabelMap.AccountingBillingAvailableBalanceMessage}">
>> Index: applications/accounting/widget/Menus.xml
>> ===================================================================
>> --- applications/accounting/widget/Menus.xml (revision 727747)
>> +++ applications/accounting/widget/Menus.xml (working copy)
>> @@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
>>     <menu name="PaymentSubTabBar" extends="CommonTabBarMenu" extends-resource="component://common/widget/CommonMenus.xml"
>>           menu-container-style="button-bar button-style-2">
>>         <actions>
>> -            <set field="isDisbursement" value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.util.UtilAccounting.isDisbursement(payment)}"/> + 
>> <set field="isDisbursement" value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.util.UtilAccounting.isDisbursement(payment)}"/> </actions>
>>         <menu-item name="createNew" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonCreateNew}">
>>             <condition>
>> Index: applications/accounting/widget/PaymentScreens.xml
>> ===================================================================
>> --- applications/accounting/widget/PaymentScreens.xml (revision 727747)
>> +++ applications/accounting/widget/PaymentScreens.xml (working copy)
>> @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
>>                 <set field="appliedAmount" type="String" value="${bsh:
>>                     import java.text.NumberFormat;
>> 
>> return(NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(context.get(&quot;locale&quot;)).format(org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentAppliedBd(payment)));}"/> 
>>  -                <set field="notAppliedAmount" type="BigDecimal" 
>> value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(payment)}"/> +                <set 
>> field="notAppliedAmount" type="BigDecimal" 
>> value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(payment)}"/> <set field="notAppliedAmountStr" 
>> type="String" value="${bsh:
>>                     import java.text.NumberFormat;
>> 
>> return(NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(context.get(&quot;locale&quot;)).format(org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(payment)));}"/> 
>> @@ -316,8 +316,8 @@
>>                 <set field="labelTitleProperty" value="PageTitlePaymentOverview"/>
>>                 <set field="paymentId" from-field="parameters.paymentId"/>
>>                 <entity-one entity-name="Payment" value-name="payment"/>
>> -                <set field="appliedAmount" 
>> value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentAppliedBd(payment).toString()}"/> -                <set 
>> field="notAppliedAmount" value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(payment).toString()}"/> + 
>> <set field="appliedAmount" value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentAppliedBd(payment).toString()}"/> + 
>> <set field="notAppliedAmount" value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(payment).toString()}"/> 
>> </actions>
>>             <widgets>
>>                 <decorator-screen name="CommonPaymentDecorator" location="${parameters.mainDecoratorLocation}">
>> Index: applications/accounting/widget/ReportFinancialSummaryScreens.xml
>> ===================================================================
>> --- applications/accounting/widget/ReportFinancialSummaryScreens.xml (revision 727747)
>> +++ applications/accounting/widget/ReportFinancialSummaryScreens.xml (working copy)
>> @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
>>                 <set field="titleProperty" value="PageTitleFinancialSummaryReportOptions"/>
>>                 <set field="headerItem" value="FinancialSummryReports"/>
>>
>> -                <set field="month" from-field="parameters.month" 
>> default-value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowDateString(&quot;MM&quot;)}"/> -                <set field="year" 
>> from-field="parameters.year" default-value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowDateString(&quot;yyyy&quot;)}"/> + 
>> <set field="month" from-field="parameters.month" 
>> default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowDateString(&quot;MM&quot;)}"/> +                <set field="year" 
>> from-field="parameters.year" default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowDateString(&quot;yyyy&quot;)}"/> </actions>
>>             <widgets>
>>                 <decorator-screen name="main-decorator" location="${parameters.mainDecoratorLocation}">
>> @@ -100,8 +100,8 @@
>>             <actions>
>>                 <set field="headerItem" value="FinancialSummryReports"/>
>>
>> -                <set field="month" from-field="parameters.month" type="Integer" 
>> default-value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowDateString(&quot;MM&quot;)}"/> -                <set field="year" 
>> from-field="parameters.year" type="Integer" 
>> default-value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowDateString(&quot;yyyy&quot;)}"/> +                <set field="month" 
>> from-field="parameters.month" type="Integer" default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowDateString(&quot;MM&quot;)}"/> 
>> +                <set field="year" from-field="parameters.year" type="Integer" 
>> default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowDateString(&quot;yyyy&quot;)}"/> <set field="organizationPartyId" 
>> from-field="parameters.organizationPartyId"/>
>>                 <set field="currencyUomId" from-field="parameters.currencyUomId"/>
>>
>> Index: applications/order/webapp/ordermgr/requirement/RequirementForms.xml
>> ===================================================================
>> --- applications/order/webapp/ordermgr/requirement/RequirementForms.xml (revision 727747)
>> +++ applications/order/webapp/ordermgr/requirement/RequirementForms.xml (working copy)
>> @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
>>         </field>
>>         <field name="facilityId"><display/></field>
>>         <field name="partyId" title="${uiLabelMap.ProductSupplier}">
>> -            <display description="${bsh: org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, partyId, false);}"/>
>> +            <display description="${org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, partyId, false)}"/>
>>         </field>
>>         <field name="supplierProductId" title="${uiLabelMap.ProductSupplierProductId}"><display/></field>
>>         <field name="idValue" title="UPCA"><display/></field>
>> @@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
>>             <display-entity entity-name="Product" key-field-name="productId" description="${internalName}"/>
>>         </field>
>>         <field name="partyId" title="${uiLabelMap.ProductSupplier}">
>> -            <display description="${bsh: org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, partyId, false);}"/>
>> +            <display description="${org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, partyId, false)}"/>
>>         </field>
>>         <field name="supplierProductId" title="${uiLabelMap.ProductSupplierProductId}"><display/></field>
>>         <field name="idValue" title="UPCA"><display/></field>
>> @@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
>>     <form name="ApprovedProductRequirementsByVendor" type="list" use-row-submit="true" list-name="requirements" 
>> target="ApprovedProductRequirements" separate-columns="true"
>>         paginate-target="ApprovedProductRequirementsByVendor" odd-row-style="alternate-row" default-table-style="basic-table 
>> hover-bar">
>>         <field name="partyId">
>> -            <display description="${bsh: org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, partyId, false);}"/>
>> +            <display description="${org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, partyId, false)}"/>
>>         </field>
>>         <field name="productId" title="${uiLabelMap.OrderVendorRequirementCount}" widget-area-style="align-text"><display 
>> also-hidden="false"/></field>
>>         <field name="billToCustomerPartyId">
>> Index: applications/order/webapp/ordermgr/return/ReturnForms.xml
>> ===================================================================
>> --- applications/order/webapp/ordermgr/return/ReturnForms.xml (revision 727747)
>> +++ applications/order/webapp/ordermgr/return/ReturnForms.xml (working copy)
>> @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
>>         </field>
>>         <field name="paymentMethodId" use-when="creditCardList!=null&amp;&amp;creditCardList.size()&gt;0">
>>             <drop-down allow-empty="true">
>> -                <list-options key-name="paymentMethodId" list-name="creditCardList" list-entry-name="creditCardPm" 
>> description="${bsh:org.ofbiz.party.contact.ContactHelper.formatCreditCard(creditCardPm.getRelatedOne(&quot;CreditCard&quot;))}"/> 
>> +                <list-options key-name="paymentMethodId" list-name="creditCardList" list-entry-name="creditCardPm" 
>> description="${org.ofbiz.party.contact.ContactHelper.formatCreditCard(creditCardPm.getRelatedOne(&quot;CreditCard&quot;))}"/> 
>> </drop-down>
>>         </field>
>>         <field name="newCreditCard" widget-style="buttontext" 
>> use-when="returnHeader!=null&amp;&amp;returnHeader.getString(&quot;fromPartyId&quot;)!=null"> Index: 
>> applications/product/webapp/catalog/product/ProductForms.xml
>> ===================================================================
>> --- applications/product/webapp/catalog/product/ProductForms.xml (revision 727747)
>> +++ applications/product/webapp/catalog/product/ProductForms.xml (working copy)
>> @@ -701,7 +701,7 @@
>>             </drop-down>
>>         </field>
>>         <field name="availableFromDate" use-when="supplierProduct==null">
>> -            <date-time default-value="${bsh: org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp()}"/>
>> +            <date-time default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp()}"/>
>>         </field>
>>         <field name="availableFromDate" use-when="supplierProduct!=null">
>>             <display/>
>> Index: applications/product/webapp/facility/facility/FacilityForms.xml
>> ===================================================================
>> --- applications/product/webapp/facility/facility/FacilityForms.xml (revision 727747)
>> +++ applications/product/webapp/facility/facility/FacilityForms.xml (working copy)
>> @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
>>         <field name="offsetQOHQty" title="${uiLabelMap.ProductQtyOffsetQOHBelow}"><text/></field>
>>         <field name="offsetATPQty" title="${uiLabelMap.ProductQtyOffsetATPBelow}"><text/></field>
>>         <field name="productsSoldThruTimestamp" title="${uiLabelMap.ProductShowProductsSoldThruTimestamp}">
>> -            <date-time default-value="${bsh: org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp()}"/>
>> +            <date-time default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp()}"/>
>>         </field>
>>         <field name="VIEW_SIZE" entry-name="viewSize" title="${uiLabelMap.ProductShowProductsPerPage}"><text/></field>
>>         <field name="monthsInPastLimit" entry-name="monthsInPastLimit"><text/></field>
>> Index: applications/workeffort/widget/WorkEffortForms.xml
>> ===================================================================
>> --- applications/workeffort/widget/WorkEffortForms.xml (revision 727747)
>> +++ applications/workeffort/widget/WorkEffortForms.xml (working copy)
>> @@ -842,7 +842,7 @@
>>            <hyperlink target="EditWorkEffort?workEffortId=${workEffortId}" also-hidden="false" description="${workEffortId}"/>
>>         </field>
>>         <field name="noteInfo" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonNote}"><display/></field>
>> -        <field name="noteParty" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonBy}"><display 
>> description="${bsh:org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, noteParty, true)} at ${noteDateTime}"/></field>
>> +        <field name="noteParty" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonBy}"><display 
>> description="${org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, noteParty, true)} at ${noteDateTime}"/></field>
>>         <field name="internalNote" title="${uiLabelMap.WorkEffortPrivatePublic}" widget-style="buttontext" 
>> use-when="internalNote.equals(&quot;N&quot;)">
>>             <hyperlink target="updateWorkEffortNote?workEffortId=${workEffortId}&amp;noteId=${noteId}&amp;internalNote=Y" 
>> description="${uiLabelMap.OrderNotesPrivate}" />
>>         </field>
>> Index: framework/example/widget/example/FormWidgetExampleForms.xml
>> ===================================================================
>> --- framework/example/widget/example/FormWidgetExampleForms.xml (revision 727747)
>> +++ framework/example/widget/example/FormWidgetExampleForms.xml (working copy)
>> @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
>>         <field name="field9"
>>                title="Field9: date and time selection field with default value"
>>                tooltip="Same as above, Uses the ${bsh: notation to call an util method to get the now timestamp}">
>> -            <date-time default-value="${bsh: org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp()}"/>
>> +            <date-time default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp()}"/>
>>         </field>
>>         <!-- ***************** -->
>>         <!-- ***   field10  *** -->
>> @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
>>                entry-name="exampleDateField"
>>                title="Field7: date and time display with custom format"
>>                tooltip="This is an example of MM/dd/yyyy format">
>> -            <display description="${bsh:org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.toDateString(exampleDateField, 
>> &quot;MM/dd/yyyy&quot;);}"/>
>> +            <display description="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.toDateString(exampleDateField, &quot;MM/dd/yyyy&quot;)}"/>
>>         </field>
>>         <!-- ***************** -->
>>         <!-- ***   field8  *** -->
>> @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
>>                entry-name="exampleDateField"
>>                title="Field8: date and time display with custom format"
>>                tooltip="This is an example of MMMM, dd, yyyy format">
>> -            <display description="${bsh:org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.toDateString(exampleDateField, &quot;MMMM, dd, 
>> yyyy&quot;);}"/>
>> +            <display description="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.toDateString(exampleDateField, &quot;MMMM, dd, 
>> yyyy&quot;)}"/>
>>         </field>
>>     </form>
>>
>> Index: framework/webtools/webapp/webtools/tempexpr/tempExprForms.xml
>> ===================================================================
>> --- framework/webtools/webapp/webtools/tempexpr/tempExprForms.xml (revision 727747)
>> +++ framework/webtools/webapp/webtools/tempexpr/tempExprForms.xml (working copy)
>> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
>>     <!-- Temporal Expression forms -->
>>     <form name="FindTemporalExpression" target="findTemporalExpression" type="single">
>>         <actions>
>> -            <set field="expressionTypeList" 
>> value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.service.calendar.ExpressionUiHelper.getExpressionTypeList(uiLabelMap);}" type="List"/>
>> +            <set field="expressionTypeList" 
>> value="${org.ofbiz.service.calendar.ExpressionUiHelper.getExpressionTypeList(uiLabelMap)}" type="List"/>
>>         </actions>
>>         <field name="tempExprId" title="${uiLabelMap.TemporalExpressionId}"><text-find/></field>
>> <!--        <field name="tempExprTypeId" title="${uiLabelMap.TemporalExpressionType}">
>> Index: specialpurpose/ebay/widget/EbayForms.xml
>> ===================================================================
>> --- specialpurpose/ebay/widget/EbayForms.xml (revision 727747)
>> +++ specialpurpose/ebay/widget/EbayForms.xml (working copy)
>> @@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
>>                 </entity-options>
>>             </drop-down>
>>         </field>
>> -        <field name="fromDate" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonFromDateTime}"><date-time default-value="${bsh: 
>> org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.getDayStart(org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp())}"/></field> -        <field 
>> name="thruDate" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonThruDateTime}"><date-time default-value="${bsh: 
>> org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.getDayEnd(org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp())}"/></field> +        <field 
>> name="fromDate" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonFromDateTime}"><date-time 
>> default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.getDayStart(org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp())}"/></field> + 
>> <field name="thruDate" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonThruDateTime}"><date-time 
>> default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.getDayEnd(org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp())}"/></field> <field 
>> name="submitButton" title="${uiLabelMap.EbayImportOrdersSearchFromEbay}"><submit button-type="button"/></field>
>>     </form>
>>     <form name="ListOrdersFromEbay" type="multi" use-row-submit="true" list-name="orderList" target="ImportOrderFromEbay"
>> Index: specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/ProjectForms.xml
>> ===================================================================
>> --- specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/ProjectForms.xml (revision 727747)
>> +++ specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/ProjectForms.xml (working copy)
>> @@ -426,7 +426,7 @@
>>             </entity-condition>
>>         </actions>
>>         <field name="workEffortId"><hidden/></field>
>> -        <field name="noteParty" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonBy}"><display 
>> description="${bsh:org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, noteParty, true)} at ${bsh: 
>> org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.timeStampToString(noteDateTime, &quot;dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm&quot;, TimeZone.getDefault(), 
>> context.get(&quot;locale&quot;))}"/></field>
>> +        <field name="noteParty" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonBy}"><display 
>> description="${org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, noteParty, true)} at 
>> ${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.timeStampToString(noteDateTime, &quot;dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm&quot;, TimeZone.getDefault(), 
>> context.get(&quot;locale&quot;))}"/></field>
>>     </form>
>>     <form name="listResourcesTasks" type="list" list-name="tasks" paginate-target="listResourcesTask" 
>> target="updateResourcesTaskAssigment"
>>         odd-row-style="alternate-row" header-row-style="header-row-2" default-table-style="basic-table hover-bar">
>> Index: specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/TaskForms.xml
>> ===================================================================
>> --- specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/TaskForms.xml (revision 727747)
>> +++ specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/TaskForms.xml (working copy)
>> @@ -442,7 +442,7 @@
>>         </actions>
>>         <field name="noteId"><hidden/></field>
>>         <field name="workEffortId"><hidden/></field>
>> -        <field name="noteParty" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonBy}"><display 
>> description="${bsh:org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, noteParty, true)} at ${bsh: 
>> org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.timeStampToString(noteDateTime, &quot;dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm&quot;, TimeZone.getDefault(), 
>> context.get(&quot;locale&quot;))}"/></field>
>> +        <field name="noteParty" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonBy}"><display 
>> description="${org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, noteParty, true)} at 
>> ${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.timeStampToString(noteDateTime, &quot;dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm&quot;, TimeZone.getDefault(), 
>> context.get(&quot;locale&quot;))}"/></field>
>>
>>         <field name="Private/Public" widget-style="buttontext" title="${uiLabelMap.ProjectMgrPrivateOrPublic}" 
>> use-when="internalNote.equals(&quot;N&quot;)">
>>             <hyperlink target="updateTaskNote?workEffortId=${workEffortId}&amp;noteId=${noteId}&amp;internalNote=Y" 
>> description="${uiLabelMap.OrderNotesPrivate}"></hyperlink>
>> Index: specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/TimeSheetForms.xml
>> ===================================================================
>> --- specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/TimeSheetForms.xml (revision 727747)
>> +++ specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/TimeSheetForms.xml (working copy)
>> @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
>>             <hyperlink also-hidden="false" description="${timesheetId}" target="Timesheet?timesheetId=${timesheetId}"/>
>>         </field>
>>         <field name="partyId" title="${uiLabelMap.PartyParty}"><display-entity entity-name="PartyNameView" 
>> description="${firstName} ${middleName} ${lastName} ${groupName}"/></field>
>> -        <field name="actualHours" title="${uiLabelMap.ProjectMgrActualHours}"><display description="${bsh: 
>> org.ofbiz.project.Various.calculateActualHours(delegator, timesheetId);}"/></field>
>> +        <field name="actualHours" title="${uiLabelMap.ProjectMgrActualHours}"><display 
>> description="${org.ofbiz.project.Various.calculateActualHours(delegator, timesheetId)}"/></field>
>>         <field name="statusId" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonStatus}"><display-entity entity-name="StatusItem" 
>> description="${description}"/></field>
>>         <field name="fromDate" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonFromDate}"><display type="date"/></field>
>>         <field name="thruDate" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonThruDate}"><display type="date"/></field>
>>
>>
>> Jacques
>>
>> From: "Adrian Crum" <ad...@hlmksw.com>
>>> Jacques,
>>>
>>> UEL supports ternary operations. So,
>>>
>>> <set field="parameters.debitTotal" value="${bsh:(showDebit? (debitTotal + absolutePostedBalance): (debitTotal))}" 
>>> type="BigDecimal"/>
>>>
>>> becomes
>>>
>>> <set field="parameters.debitTotal" value="${showDebit ? (debitTotal + absolutePostedBalance) : debitTotal}" type="BigDecimal"/>
>>>
>>> Also, the reason for the UEL function name prefix (math: str: util:) is the same reason we have Java package names and XML 
>>> namespaces - to avoid function name clash.
>>>
>>> -Adrian
>>>
>>>
>>> Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>>>> Hi Adrian,
>>>>
>>>> Is {util: syntax also dealing with ternary operator (did not look into details, doing some {bsh: to {util: changes while 
>>>> changing(/adding) type from "Double" to "BigDecimal" as David suggested recently
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Jacques
>>>>
>>>> From: "Adrian Crum" <ad...@hlmksw.com>
>>>>> Now that we have the Unified Expression Language implemented in FlexibleStringExpander, we gain the ability to use UEL 
>>>>> functions.
>>>>>
>>>>> On the plus side, UEL functions can make screen widget and mini-language code more flexible and more powerful. On the minus 
>>>>> side, you have to know the functions and what they do (in other words, no auto-completion when working in XML).
>>>>>
>>>>> As an example, I frequently need to know the size of a List, Map, or String. With current code, I have to use the bsh: prefix 
>>>>> and a short script:
>>>>>
>>>>> <set field="mapSize" value="${bsh:uiLabelMap.size();}" type="Integer"/>.
>>>>>
>>>>> Using a UEL function:
>>>>>
>>>>> <set field="mapSize" value="${util:size(uiLabelMap)}" type="Integer"/>
>>>>>
>>>>> or to get the length of a String:
>>>>>
>>>>> <set field="stringSize" value="${util:size(uiLabelMap.CommonParty)}" type="Integer"/>.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know if this would be of any use, or if it is desirable. I'm just tossing the idea out there for discussion.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Adrian
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
> 

Re: Discussion: Unified Expression Language Functions

[Adrian Crum <ad...@hlmksw.com>]

I don't think that will work - UEL doesn't allow direct method calls 
like that. The JUEL library has an extension that supports it, but I 
have that disabled.

-Adrian

Jacques Le Roux wrote:
> So the sequel should be ok, please confirm (I will try to post the patch 
> as attachment in another email - for readability - but I'm afraid it 
> will not get through)
> 
> Index: 
> applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/invoice/InvoiceServices.xml 
> 
> ===================================================================
> --- 
> applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/invoice/InvoiceServices.xml 
> (revision 727828)
> +++ 
> applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/invoice/InvoiceServices.xml 
> (working copy)
> @@ -448,7 +448,7 @@
>             <else>
>                 <!-- if new status is paid check if the complete invoice 
> is applied. -->
>                 <if-compare field="parameters.statusId" 
> operator="equals" value="INVOICE_PAID">
> -                    <set field="notApplied" type="BigDecimal" 
> value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.invoice.InvoiceWorker.getInvoiceNotApplied(invoice)}"/> 
> 
> +                    <set field="notApplied" type="BigDecimal" 
> value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.invoice.InvoiceWorker.getInvoiceNotApplied(invoice)}"/> 
> 
>                     <if-compare field="notApplied" operator="not-equals" 
> value="0.00" type="BigDecimal">
>                         <add-error><fail-message message="Cannot change 
> status to 'paid', invoice ${invoice.invoiceId} has an unapplied balance 
> of [${notApplied}]"/></add-error>
>                         <check-errors/>
> Index: 
> applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/ledger/AcctgTransServices.xml 
> 
> ===================================================================
> --- 
> applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/ledger/AcctgTransServices.xml 
> (revision 727747)
> +++ 
> applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/ledger/AcctgTransServices.xml 
> (working copy)
> @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
>         <!-- check the scheduled posting date, but only if it's set -->
>         <if-not-empty field="acctgTrans.scheduledPostingDate">
>             <set field="scheduledPostingDate" 
> from-field="acctgTrans.scheduledPostingDate"/>
> -            <set field="beforeScheduled" value="${bsh: 
> org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp().before(scheduledPostingDate)}"/> 
> 
> +            <set field="beforeScheduled" 
> value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp().before(scheduledPostingDate)}"/> 
> 
>             <if-compare field="beforeScheduled" operator="equals" 
> value="true" type="Boolean">
>                 <add-error><fail-message message="Not posting GL 
> Accounting Transaction with ID [${parameters.acctgTransId}] because it's 
> not scheduled to be posted yet.  The scheduled posting date is 
> [${acctgTrans.scheduledPostingDate}]"/></add-error>
>             </if-compare>
> @@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
>                 <get-related-one relation-name="GlAccountClass" 
> value-name="glAccount" to-value-name="glAccountClass"/>
>                 <get-related-one relation-name="ParentGlAccountClass" 
> value-name="glAccountClass" to-value-name="parentGlAccountClass"/>
>                 <!-- test if the account is a DEBIT account -->
> -                <set field="isDebit" 
> value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.util.UtilAccounting.isDebitAccount(glAccount)}"/> 
> 
> +                <set field="isDebit" 
> value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.util.UtilAccounting.isDebitAccount(glAccount)}"/> 
> 
>                 <if-compare field="isDebit" operator="equals" value="true">
>                         <if-compare 
> field="acctgTransEntry.debitCreditFlag" operator="equals" value="D">
>                             <set from-field="acctgTransEntry.amount" 
> field="postingAmount"/>
> @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
>                         </if-compare>
>                     <else>
>                         <!-- otherwise, test if the account is credit -->
> -                        <set field="isCredit" 
> value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.util.UtilAccounting.isCreditAccount(glAccount)}"/> 
> 
> +                        <set field="isCredit" 
> value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.util.UtilAccounting.isCreditAccount(glAccount)}"/> 
> 
>                         <if-compare field="isCredit" operator="equals" 
> value="true">
>                             <if-compare 
> field="acctgTransEntry.debitCreditFlag" operator="equals" value="C">
>                                 <set from-field="acctgTransEntry.amount" 
> field="postingAmount"/>
> Index: 
> applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/payment/PaymentServices.xml 
> 
> ===================================================================
> --- 
> applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/payment/PaymentServices.xml 
> (revision 727747)
> +++ 
> applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/payment/PaymentServices.xml 
> (working copy)
> @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
> 
>                     <!-- check if the payment fully applied when set to 
> confirmed-->
>                     <if-compare field="parameters.statusId" 
> operator="equals" value="PMNT_CONFIRMED">
> -                        <set field="notYetApplied" 
> value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(payment)}"/> 
> 
> +                        <set field="notYetApplied" 
> value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(payment)}"/> 
> 
>                         <if-compare field="notYetApplied" 
> operator="greater" value="0.00">
>                             <add-error><fail-property 
> resource="AccountingUiLabels" 
> property="AccountingPSNotConfirmedNotFullyApplied"/></add-error>
>                             <log level="error" message="Cannot change 
> from ${payment.statusId} to ${parameters.statusId}, payment not fully 
> applied: ${notYetapplied}"/>
> Index: 
> applications/accounting/webapp/accounting/agreement/AgreementForms.xml
> ===================================================================
> --- 
> applications/accounting/webapp/accounting/agreement/AgreementForms.xml 
> (revision 727747)
> +++ 
> applications/accounting/webapp/accounting/agreement/AgreementForms.xml 
> (working copy)
> @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
>         <field name="partyId"><hidden 
> value="${agreement.partyIdTo}"/></field>
>         <field name="currencyUomId"><hidden 
> value="${agreementItem.currencyUomId}"/></field>
>         <field name="availableFromDate" 
> use-when="agreementProductAppl==null">
> -            <!--<date-time default-value="${bsh: 
> org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp()}"/>-->
> +            <!--<date-time 
> default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp()}"/>-->
>             <date-time default-value="${agreement.fromDate}"/>
>         </field>
>         <field name="availableFromDate" 
> use-when="agreementProductAppl!=null">
> Index: applications/accounting/webapp/accounting/payment/PaymentForms.xml
> ===================================================================
> --- applications/accounting/webapp/accounting/payment/PaymentForms.xml 
> (revision 727747)
> +++ applications/accounting/webapp/accounting/payment/PaymentForms.xml 
> (working copy)
> @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
>             </service>
>         </actions>
>         <row-actions>
> -            <set field="amountToApply" 
> value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(delegator,paymentId);}"/> 
> 
> +            <set field="amountToApply" 
> value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(delegator,paymentId)}"/> 
> 
>         </row-actions>
>         <field name="paymentId" widget-style="buttontext">
>             <hyperlink description="${paymentId}" 
> target="paymentOverview?paymentId=${paymentId}"/>
> @@ -402,7 +402,7 @@
>             </entity-condition>
>         </actions>
>         <row-actions>
> -            <set field="amountApplied" 
> value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentAppliedAmount(delegator, 
> paymentApplicationId);}"/>
> +            <set field="amountApplied" 
> value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentAppliedAmount(delegator, 
> paymentApplicationId)}"/>
>         </row-actions>
>         <auto-fields-entity entity-name="PaymentApplication" 
> default-field-type="display"/>
>         <field name="paymentApplicationId"><hidden/></field>
> Index: applications/accounting/widget/BillingAccountForms.xml
> ===================================================================
> --- applications/accounting/widget/BillingAccountForms.xml (revision 
> 727747)
> +++ applications/accounting/widget/BillingAccountForms.xml (working copy)
> @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
>         </field>
>         <!--
>         <field name="netBalance" 
> title="${uiLabelMap.AccountingBillingNetBalance}" 
> tooltip="${uiLabelMap.AccountingBillingNetBalanceMessage}">
> -            <display 
> description="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.BillingAccountWorker.getBillingAccountNetBalance(delegator, 
> billingAccountId)}" type="currency" 
> currency="${billingAccount.accountCurrencyUomId}"/>
> +            <display 
> description="${org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.BillingAccountWorker.getBillingAccountNetBalance(delegator, 
> billingAccountId)}" type="currency" 
> currency="${billingAccount.accountCurrencyUomId}"/>
>         </field>
>         -->
>         <field name="availableBalance" 
> title="${uiLabelMap.AccountingBillingAvailableBalance}" 
> tooltip="${uiLabelMap.AccountingBillingAvailableBalanceMessage}">
> Index: applications/accounting/widget/Menus.xml
> ===================================================================
> --- applications/accounting/widget/Menus.xml (revision 727747)
> +++ applications/accounting/widget/Menus.xml (working copy)
> @@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
>     <menu name="PaymentSubTabBar" extends="CommonTabBarMenu" 
> extends-resource="component://common/widget/CommonMenus.xml"
>           menu-container-style="button-bar button-style-2">
>         <actions>
> -            <set field="isDisbursement" 
> value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.util.UtilAccounting.isDisbursement(payment)}"/> 
> 
> +            <set field="isDisbursement" 
> value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.util.UtilAccounting.isDisbursement(payment)}"/> 
> 
>         </actions>
>         <menu-item name="createNew" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonCreateNew}">
>             <condition>
> Index: applications/accounting/widget/PaymentScreens.xml
> ===================================================================
> --- applications/accounting/widget/PaymentScreens.xml (revision 727747)
> +++ applications/accounting/widget/PaymentScreens.xml (working copy)
> @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
>                 <set field="appliedAmount" type="String" value="${bsh:
>                     import java.text.NumberFormat;
>                     
> return(NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(context.get(&quot;locale&quot;)).format(org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentAppliedBd(payment)));}"/> 
> 
> -                <set field="notAppliedAmount" type="BigDecimal" 
> value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(payment)}"/> 
> 
> +                <set field="notAppliedAmount" type="BigDecimal" 
> value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(payment)}"/> 
> 
>                 <set field="notAppliedAmountStr" type="String" 
> value="${bsh:
>                     import java.text.NumberFormat;
>                     
> return(NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(context.get(&quot;locale&quot;)).format(org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(payment)));}"/> 
> 
> @@ -316,8 +316,8 @@
>                 <set field="labelTitleProperty" 
> value="PageTitlePaymentOverview"/>
>                 <set field="paymentId" from-field="parameters.paymentId"/>
>                 <entity-one entity-name="Payment" value-name="payment"/>
> -                <set field="appliedAmount" 
> value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentAppliedBd(payment).toString()}"/> 
> 
> -                <set field="notAppliedAmount" 
> value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(payment).toString()}"/> 
> 
> +                <set field="appliedAmount" 
> value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentAppliedBd(payment).toString()}"/> 
> 
> +                <set field="notAppliedAmount" 
> value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(payment).toString()}"/> 
> 
>             </actions>
>             <widgets>
>                 <decorator-screen name="CommonPaymentDecorator" 
> location="${parameters.mainDecoratorLocation}">
> Index: applications/accounting/widget/ReportFinancialSummaryScreens.xml
> ===================================================================
> --- applications/accounting/widget/ReportFinancialSummaryScreens.xml 
> (revision 727747)
> +++ applications/accounting/widget/ReportFinancialSummaryScreens.xml 
> (working copy)
> @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
>                 <set field="titleProperty" 
> value="PageTitleFinancialSummaryReportOptions"/>
>                 <set field="headerItem" value="FinancialSummryReports"/>
> 
> -                <set field="month" from-field="parameters.month" 
> default-value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowDateString(&quot;MM&quot;)}"/> 
> 
> -                <set field="year" from-field="parameters.year" 
> default-value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowDateString(&quot;yyyy&quot;)}"/> 
> 
> +                <set field="month" from-field="parameters.month" 
> default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowDateString(&quot;MM&quot;)}"/> 
> 
> +                <set field="year" from-field="parameters.year" 
> default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowDateString(&quot;yyyy&quot;)}"/> 
> 
>             </actions>
>             <widgets>
>                 <decorator-screen name="main-decorator" 
> location="${parameters.mainDecoratorLocation}">
> @@ -100,8 +100,8 @@
>             <actions>
>                 <set field="headerItem" value="FinancialSummryReports"/>
> 
> -                <set field="month" from-field="parameters.month" 
> type="Integer" 
> default-value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowDateString(&quot;MM&quot;)}"/> 
> 
> -                <set field="year" from-field="parameters.year" 
> type="Integer" 
> default-value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowDateString(&quot;yyyy&quot;)}"/> 
> 
> +                <set field="month" from-field="parameters.month" 
> type="Integer" 
> default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowDateString(&quot;MM&quot;)}"/> 
> 
> +                <set field="year" from-field="parameters.year" 
> type="Integer" 
> default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowDateString(&quot;yyyy&quot;)}"/> 
> 
>                 <set field="organizationPartyId" 
> from-field="parameters.organizationPartyId"/>
>                 <set field="currencyUomId" 
> from-field="parameters.currencyUomId"/>
> 
> Index: applications/order/webapp/ordermgr/requirement/RequirementForms.xml
> ===================================================================
> --- applications/order/webapp/ordermgr/requirement/RequirementForms.xml 
> (revision 727747)
> +++ applications/order/webapp/ordermgr/requirement/RequirementForms.xml 
> (working copy)
> @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
>         </field>
>         <field name="facilityId"><display/></field>
>         <field name="partyId" title="${uiLabelMap.ProductSupplier}">
> -            <display description="${bsh: 
> org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, partyId, 
> false);}"/>
> +            <display 
> description="${org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, 
> partyId, false)}"/>
>         </field>
>         <field name="supplierProductId" 
> title="${uiLabelMap.ProductSupplierProductId}"><display/></field>
>         <field name="idValue" title="UPCA"><display/></field>
> @@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
>             <display-entity entity-name="Product" 
> key-field-name="productId" description="${internalName}"/>
>         </field>
>         <field name="partyId" title="${uiLabelMap.ProductSupplier}">
> -            <display description="${bsh: 
> org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, partyId, 
> false);}"/>
> +            <display 
> description="${org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, 
> partyId, false)}"/>
>         </field>
>         <field name="supplierProductId" 
> title="${uiLabelMap.ProductSupplierProductId}"><display/></field>
>         <field name="idValue" title="UPCA"><display/></field>
> @@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
>     <form name="ApprovedProductRequirementsByVendor" type="list" 
> use-row-submit="true" list-name="requirements" 
> target="ApprovedProductRequirements" separate-columns="true"
>         paginate-target="ApprovedProductRequirementsByVendor" 
> odd-row-style="alternate-row" default-table-style="basic-table hover-bar">
>         <field name="partyId">
> -            <display description="${bsh: 
> org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, partyId, 
> false);}"/>
> +            <display 
> description="${org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, 
> partyId, false)}"/>
>         </field>
>         <field name="productId" 
> title="${uiLabelMap.OrderVendorRequirementCount}" 
> widget-area-style="align-text"><display also-hidden="false"/></field>
>         <field name="billToCustomerPartyId">
> Index: applications/order/webapp/ordermgr/return/ReturnForms.xml
> ===================================================================
> --- applications/order/webapp/ordermgr/return/ReturnForms.xml (revision 
> 727747)
> +++ applications/order/webapp/ordermgr/return/ReturnForms.xml (working 
> copy)
> @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
>         </field>
>         <field name="paymentMethodId" 
> use-when="creditCardList!=null&amp;&amp;creditCardList.size()&gt;0">
>             <drop-down allow-empty="true">
> -                <list-options key-name="paymentMethodId" 
> list-name="creditCardList" list-entry-name="creditCardPm" 
> description="${bsh:org.ofbiz.party.contact.ContactHelper.formatCreditCard(creditCardPm.getRelatedOne(&quot;CreditCard&quot;))}"/> 
> 
> +                <list-options key-name="paymentMethodId" 
> list-name="creditCardList" list-entry-name="creditCardPm" 
> description="${org.ofbiz.party.contact.ContactHelper.formatCreditCard(creditCardPm.getRelatedOne(&quot;CreditCard&quot;))}"/> 
> 
>             </drop-down>
>         </field>
>         <field name="newCreditCard" widget-style="buttontext" 
> use-when="returnHeader!=null&amp;&amp;returnHeader.getString(&quot;fromPartyId&quot;)!=null"> 
> 
> Index: applications/product/webapp/catalog/product/ProductForms.xml
> ===================================================================
> --- applications/product/webapp/catalog/product/ProductForms.xml 
> (revision 727747)
> +++ applications/product/webapp/catalog/product/ProductForms.xml 
> (working copy)
> @@ -701,7 +701,7 @@
>             </drop-down>
>         </field>
>         <field name="availableFromDate" use-when="supplierProduct==null">
> -            <date-time default-value="${bsh: 
> org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp()}"/>
> +            <date-time 
> default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp()}"/>
>         </field>
>         <field name="availableFromDate" use-when="supplierProduct!=null">
>             <display/>
> Index: applications/product/webapp/facility/facility/FacilityForms.xml
> ===================================================================
> --- applications/product/webapp/facility/facility/FacilityForms.xml 
> (revision 727747)
> +++ applications/product/webapp/facility/facility/FacilityForms.xml 
> (working copy)
> @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
>         <field name="offsetQOHQty" 
> title="${uiLabelMap.ProductQtyOffsetQOHBelow}"><text/></field>
>         <field name="offsetATPQty" 
> title="${uiLabelMap.ProductQtyOffsetATPBelow}"><text/></field>
>         <field name="productsSoldThruTimestamp" 
> title="${uiLabelMap.ProductShowProductsSoldThruTimestamp}">
> -            <date-time default-value="${bsh: 
> org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp()}"/>
> +            <date-time 
> default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp()}"/>
>         </field>
>         <field name="VIEW_SIZE" entry-name="viewSize" 
> title="${uiLabelMap.ProductShowProductsPerPage}"><text/></field>
>         <field name="monthsInPastLimit" 
> entry-name="monthsInPastLimit"><text/></field>
> Index: applications/workeffort/widget/WorkEffortForms.xml
> ===================================================================
> --- applications/workeffort/widget/WorkEffortForms.xml (revision 727747)
> +++ applications/workeffort/widget/WorkEffortForms.xml (working copy)
> @@ -842,7 +842,7 @@
>            <hyperlink 
> target="EditWorkEffort?workEffortId=${workEffortId}" also-hidden="false" 
> description="${workEffortId}"/>
>         </field>
>         <field name="noteInfo" 
> title="${uiLabelMap.CommonNote}"><display/></field>
> -        <field name="noteParty" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonBy}"><display 
> description="${bsh:org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, 
> noteParty, true)} at ${noteDateTime}"/></field>
> +        <field name="noteParty" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonBy}"><display 
> description="${org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, 
> noteParty, true)} at ${noteDateTime}"/></field>
>         <field name="internalNote" 
> title="${uiLabelMap.WorkEffortPrivatePublic}" widget-style="buttontext" 
> use-when="internalNote.equals(&quot;N&quot;)">
>             <hyperlink 
> target="updateWorkEffortNote?workEffortId=${workEffortId}&amp;noteId=${noteId}&amp;internalNote=Y" 
> description="${uiLabelMap.OrderNotesPrivate}" />
>         </field>
> Index: framework/example/widget/example/FormWidgetExampleForms.xml
> ===================================================================
> --- framework/example/widget/example/FormWidgetExampleForms.xml 
> (revision 727747)
> +++ framework/example/widget/example/FormWidgetExampleForms.xml (working 
> copy)
> @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
>         <field name="field9"
>                title="Field9: date and time selection field with default 
> value"
>                tooltip="Same as above, Uses the ${bsh: notation to call 
> an util method to get the now timestamp}">
> -            <date-time default-value="${bsh: 
> org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp()}"/>
> +            <date-time 
> default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp()}"/>
>         </field>
>         <!-- ***************** -->
>         <!-- ***   field10  *** -->
> @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
>                entry-name="exampleDateField"
>                title="Field7: date and time display with custom format"
>                tooltip="This is an example of MM/dd/yyyy format">
> -            <display 
> description="${bsh:org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.toDateString(exampleDateField, 
> &quot;MM/dd/yyyy&quot;);}"/>
> +            <display 
> description="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.toDateString(exampleDateField, 
> &quot;MM/dd/yyyy&quot;)}"/>
>         </field>
>         <!-- ***************** -->
>         <!-- ***   field8  *** -->
> @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
>                entry-name="exampleDateField"
>                title="Field8: date and time display with custom format"
>                tooltip="This is an example of MMMM, dd, yyyy format">
> -            <display 
> description="${bsh:org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.toDateString(exampleDateField, 
> &quot;MMMM, dd, yyyy&quot;);}"/>
> +            <display 
> description="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.toDateString(exampleDateField, 
> &quot;MMMM, dd, yyyy&quot;)}"/>
>         </field>
>     </form>
> 
> Index: framework/webtools/webapp/webtools/tempexpr/tempExprForms.xml
> ===================================================================
> --- framework/webtools/webapp/webtools/tempexpr/tempExprForms.xml 
> (revision 727747)
> +++ framework/webtools/webapp/webtools/tempexpr/tempExprForms.xml 
> (working copy)
> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
>     <!-- Temporal Expression forms -->
>     <form name="FindTemporalExpression" target="findTemporalExpression" 
> type="single">
>         <actions>
> -            <set field="expressionTypeList" 
> value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.service.calendar.ExpressionUiHelper.getExpressionTypeList(uiLabelMap);}" 
> type="List"/>
> +            <set field="expressionTypeList" 
> value="${org.ofbiz.service.calendar.ExpressionUiHelper.getExpressionTypeList(uiLabelMap)}" 
> type="List"/>
>         </actions>
>         <field name="tempExprId" 
> title="${uiLabelMap.TemporalExpressionId}"><text-find/></field>
> <!--        <field name="tempExprTypeId" 
> title="${uiLabelMap.TemporalExpressionType}">
> Index: specialpurpose/ebay/widget/EbayForms.xml
> ===================================================================
> --- specialpurpose/ebay/widget/EbayForms.xml (revision 727747)
> +++ specialpurpose/ebay/widget/EbayForms.xml (working copy)
> @@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
>                 </entity-options>
>             </drop-down>
>         </field>
> -        <field name="fromDate" 
> title="${uiLabelMap.CommonFromDateTime}"><date-time 
> default-value="${bsh: 
> org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.getDayStart(org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp())}"/></field> 
> 
> -        <field name="thruDate" 
> title="${uiLabelMap.CommonThruDateTime}"><date-time 
> default-value="${bsh: 
> org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.getDayEnd(org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp())}"/></field> 
> 
> +        <field name="fromDate" 
> title="${uiLabelMap.CommonFromDateTime}"><date-time 
> default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.getDayStart(org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp())}"/></field> 
> 
> +        <field name="thruDate" 
> title="${uiLabelMap.CommonThruDateTime}"><date-time 
> default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.getDayEnd(org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp())}"/></field> 
> 
>         <field name="submitButton" 
> title="${uiLabelMap.EbayImportOrdersSearchFromEbay}"><submit 
> button-type="button"/></field>
>     </form>
>     <form name="ListOrdersFromEbay" type="multi" use-row-submit="true" 
> list-name="orderList" target="ImportOrderFromEbay"
> Index: specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/ProjectForms.xml
> ===================================================================
> --- specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/ProjectForms.xml (revision 
> 727747)
> +++ specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/ProjectForms.xml (working copy)
> @@ -426,7 +426,7 @@
>             </entity-condition>
>         </actions>
>         <field name="workEffortId"><hidden/></field>
> -        <field name="noteParty" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonBy}"><display 
> description="${bsh:org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, 
> noteParty, true)} at ${bsh: 
> org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.timeStampToString(noteDateTime, 
> &quot;dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm&quot;, TimeZone.getDefault(), 
> context.get(&quot;locale&quot;))}"/></field>
> +        <field name="noteParty" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonBy}"><display 
> description="${org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, 
> noteParty, true)} at 
> ${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.timeStampToString(noteDateTime, 
> &quot;dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm&quot;, TimeZone.getDefault(), 
> context.get(&quot;locale&quot;))}"/></field>
>     </form>
>     <form name="listResourcesTasks" type="list" list-name="tasks" 
> paginate-target="listResourcesTask" target="updateResourcesTaskAssigment"
>         odd-row-style="alternate-row" header-row-style="header-row-2" 
> default-table-style="basic-table hover-bar">
> Index: specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/TaskForms.xml
> ===================================================================
> --- specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/TaskForms.xml (revision 727747)
> +++ specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/TaskForms.xml (working copy)
> @@ -442,7 +442,7 @@
>         </actions>
>         <field name="noteId"><hidden/></field>
>         <field name="workEffortId"><hidden/></field>
> -        <field name="noteParty" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonBy}"><display 
> description="${bsh:org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, 
> noteParty, true)} at ${bsh: 
> org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.timeStampToString(noteDateTime, 
> &quot;dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm&quot;, TimeZone.getDefault(), 
> context.get(&quot;locale&quot;))}"/></field>
> +        <field name="noteParty" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonBy}"><display 
> description="${org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, 
> noteParty, true)} at 
> ${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.timeStampToString(noteDateTime, 
> &quot;dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm&quot;, TimeZone.getDefault(), 
> context.get(&quot;locale&quot;))}"/></field>
> 
>         <field name="Private/Public" widget-style="buttontext" 
> title="${uiLabelMap.ProjectMgrPrivateOrPublic}" 
> use-when="internalNote.equals(&quot;N&quot;)">
>             <hyperlink 
> target="updateTaskNote?workEffortId=${workEffortId}&amp;noteId=${noteId}&amp;internalNote=Y" 
> description="${uiLabelMap.OrderNotesPrivate}"></hyperlink>
> Index: specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/TimeSheetForms.xml
> ===================================================================
> --- specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/TimeSheetForms.xml (revision 
> 727747)
> +++ specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/TimeSheetForms.xml (working 
> copy)
> @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
>             <hyperlink also-hidden="false" description="${timesheetId}" 
> target="Timesheet?timesheetId=${timesheetId}"/>
>         </field>
>         <field name="partyId" 
> title="${uiLabelMap.PartyParty}"><display-entity 
> entity-name="PartyNameView" description="${firstName} ${middleName} 
> ${lastName} ${groupName}"/></field>
> -        <field name="actualHours" 
> title="${uiLabelMap.ProjectMgrActualHours}"><display description="${bsh: 
> org.ofbiz.project.Various.calculateActualHours(delegator, 
> timesheetId);}"/></field>
> +        <field name="actualHours" 
> title="${uiLabelMap.ProjectMgrActualHours}"><display 
> description="${org.ofbiz.project.Various.calculateActualHours(delegator, 
> timesheetId)}"/></field>
>         <field name="statusId" 
> title="${uiLabelMap.CommonStatus}"><display-entity 
> entity-name="StatusItem" description="${description}"/></field>
>         <field name="fromDate" 
> title="${uiLabelMap.CommonFromDate}"><display type="date"/></field>
>         <field name="thruDate" 
> title="${uiLabelMap.CommonThruDate}"><display type="date"/></field>
> 
> 
> Jacques
> 
> From: "Adrian Crum" <ad...@hlmksw.com>
>> Jacques,
>>
>> UEL supports ternary operations. So,
>>
>> <set field="parameters.debitTotal" value="${bsh:(showDebit? 
>> (debitTotal + absolutePostedBalance): (debitTotal))}" type="BigDecimal"/>
>>
>> becomes
>>
>> <set field="parameters.debitTotal" value="${showDebit ? (debitTotal + 
>> absolutePostedBalance) : debitTotal}" type="BigDecimal"/>
>>
>> Also, the reason for the UEL function name prefix (math: str: util:) 
>> is the same reason we have Java package names and XML namespaces - to 
>> avoid function name clash.
>>
>> -Adrian
>>
>>
>> Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>>> Hi Adrian,
>>>
>>> Is {util: syntax also dealing with ternary operator (did not look 
>>> into details, doing some {bsh: to {util: changes while 
>>> changing(/adding) type from "Double" to "BigDecimal" as David 
>>> suggested recently
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Jacques
>>>
>>> From: "Adrian Crum" <ad...@hlmksw.com>
>>>> Now that we have the Unified Expression Language implemented in 
>>>> FlexibleStringExpander, we gain the ability to use UEL functions.
>>>>
>>>> On the plus side, UEL functions can make screen widget and 
>>>> mini-language code more flexible and more powerful. On the minus 
>>>> side, you have to know the functions and what they do (in other 
>>>> words, no auto-completion when working in XML).
>>>>
>>>> As an example, I frequently need to know the size of a List, Map, or 
>>>> String. With current code, I have to use the bsh: prefix and a short 
>>>> script:
>>>>
>>>> <set field="mapSize" value="${bsh:uiLabelMap.size();}" 
>>>> type="Integer"/>.
>>>>
>>>> Using a UEL function:
>>>>
>>>> <set field="mapSize" value="${util:size(uiLabelMap)}" type="Integer"/>
>>>>
>>>> or to get the length of a String:
>>>>
>>>> <set field="stringSize" value="${util:size(uiLabelMap.CommonParty)}" 
>>>> type="Integer"/>.
>>>>
>>>> I don't know if this would be of any use, or if it is desirable. I'm 
>>>> just tossing the idea out there for discussion.
>>>>
>>>> -Adrian
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
> 
> 

Re: Discussion: Unified Expression Language Functions

[Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>]

So the sequel should be ok, please confirm (I will try to post the patch as attachment in another email - for readability - but I'm 
afraid it will not get through)

Index: applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/invoice/InvoiceServices.xml
===================================================================
--- applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/invoice/InvoiceServices.xml (revision 727828)
+++ applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/invoice/InvoiceServices.xml (working copy)
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@
             <else>
                 <!-- if new status is paid check if the complete invoice is applied. -->
                 <if-compare field="parameters.statusId" operator="equals" value="INVOICE_PAID">
-                    <set field="notApplied" type="BigDecimal" 
value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.invoice.InvoiceWorker.getInvoiceNotApplied(invoice)}"/>
+                    <set field="notApplied" type="BigDecimal" 
value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.invoice.InvoiceWorker.getInvoiceNotApplied(invoice)}"/>
                     <if-compare field="notApplied" operator="not-equals" value="0.00" type="BigDecimal">
                         <add-error><fail-message message="Cannot change status to 'paid', invoice ${invoice.invoiceId} has an 
unapplied balance of [${notApplied}]"/></add-error>
                         <check-errors/>
Index: applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/ledger/AcctgTransServices.xml
===================================================================
--- applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/ledger/AcctgTransServices.xml (revision 727747)
+++ applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/ledger/AcctgTransServices.xml (working copy)
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
         <!-- check the scheduled posting date, but only if it's set -->
         <if-not-empty field="acctgTrans.scheduledPostingDate">
             <set field="scheduledPostingDate" from-field="acctgTrans.scheduledPostingDate"/>
-            <set field="beforeScheduled" value="${bsh: 
org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp().before(scheduledPostingDate)}"/>
+            <set field="beforeScheduled" value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp().before(scheduledPostingDate)}"/>
             <if-compare field="beforeScheduled" operator="equals" value="true" type="Boolean">
                 <add-error><fail-message message="Not posting GL Accounting Transaction with ID [${parameters.acctgTransId}] 
because it's not scheduled to be posted yet.  The scheduled posting date is [${acctgTrans.scheduledPostingDate}]"/></add-error>
             </if-compare>
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
                 <get-related-one relation-name="GlAccountClass" value-name="glAccount" to-value-name="glAccountClass"/>
                 <get-related-one relation-name="ParentGlAccountClass" value-name="glAccountClass" 
to-value-name="parentGlAccountClass"/>
                 <!-- test if the account is a DEBIT account -->
-                <set field="isDebit" value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.util.UtilAccounting.isDebitAccount(glAccount)}"/>
+                <set field="isDebit" value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.util.UtilAccounting.isDebitAccount(glAccount)}"/>
                 <if-compare field="isDebit" operator="equals" value="true">
                         <if-compare field="acctgTransEntry.debitCreditFlag" operator="equals" value="D">
                             <set from-field="acctgTransEntry.amount" field="postingAmount"/>
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
                         </if-compare>
                     <else>
                         <!-- otherwise, test if the account is credit -->
-                        <set field="isCredit" value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.util.UtilAccounting.isCreditAccount(glAccount)}"/>
+                        <set field="isCredit" value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.util.UtilAccounting.isCreditAccount(glAccount)}"/>
                         <if-compare field="isCredit" operator="equals" value="true">
                             <if-compare field="acctgTransEntry.debitCreditFlag" operator="equals" value="C">
                                 <set from-field="acctgTransEntry.amount" field="postingAmount"/>
Index: applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/payment/PaymentServices.xml
===================================================================
--- applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/payment/PaymentServices.xml (revision 727747)
+++ applications/accounting/script/org/ofbiz/accounting/payment/PaymentServices.xml (working copy)
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@

                     <!-- check if the payment fully applied when set to confirmed-->
                     <if-compare field="parameters.statusId" operator="equals" value="PMNT_CONFIRMED">
-                        <set field="notYetApplied" 
value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(payment)}"/>
+                        <set field="notYetApplied" 
value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(payment)}"/>
                         <if-compare field="notYetApplied" operator="greater" value="0.00">
                             <add-error><fail-property resource="AccountingUiLabels" 
property="AccountingPSNotConfirmedNotFullyApplied"/></add-error>
                             <log level="error" message="Cannot change from ${payment.statusId} to ${parameters.statusId}, payment 
not fully applied: ${notYetapplied}"/>
Index: applications/accounting/webapp/accounting/agreement/AgreementForms.xml
===================================================================
--- applications/accounting/webapp/accounting/agreement/AgreementForms.xml (revision 727747)
+++ applications/accounting/webapp/accounting/agreement/AgreementForms.xml (working copy)
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
         <field name="partyId"><hidden value="${agreement.partyIdTo}"/></field>
         <field name="currencyUomId"><hidden value="${agreementItem.currencyUomId}"/></field>
         <field name="availableFromDate" use-when="agreementProductAppl==null">
-            <!--<date-time default-value="${bsh: org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp()}"/>-->
+            <!--<date-time default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp()}"/>-->
             <date-time default-value="${agreement.fromDate}"/>
         </field>
         <field name="availableFromDate" use-when="agreementProductAppl!=null">
Index: applications/accounting/webapp/accounting/payment/PaymentForms.xml
===================================================================
--- applications/accounting/webapp/accounting/payment/PaymentForms.xml (revision 727747)
+++ applications/accounting/webapp/accounting/payment/PaymentForms.xml (working copy)
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
             </service>
         </actions>
         <row-actions>
-            <set field="amountToApply" 
value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(delegator,paymentId);}"/>
+            <set field="amountToApply" 
value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(delegator,paymentId)}"/>
         </row-actions>
         <field name="paymentId" widget-style="buttontext">
             <hyperlink description="${paymentId}" target="paymentOverview?paymentId=${paymentId}"/>
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@
             </entity-condition>
         </actions>
         <row-actions>
-            <set field="amountApplied" value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentAppliedAmount(delegator, 
paymentApplicationId);}"/>
+            <set field="amountApplied" value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentAppliedAmount(delegator, 
paymentApplicationId)}"/>
         </row-actions>
         <auto-fields-entity entity-name="PaymentApplication" default-field-type="display"/>
         <field name="paymentApplicationId"><hidden/></field>
Index: applications/accounting/widget/BillingAccountForms.xml
===================================================================
--- applications/accounting/widget/BillingAccountForms.xml (revision 727747)
+++ applications/accounting/widget/BillingAccountForms.xml (working copy)
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
         </field>
         <!--
         <field name="netBalance" title="${uiLabelMap.AccountingBillingNetBalance}" 
tooltip="${uiLabelMap.AccountingBillingNetBalanceMessage}">
-            <display description="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.BillingAccountWorker.getBillingAccountNetBalance(delegator, 
billingAccountId)}" type="currency" currency="${billingAccount.accountCurrencyUomId}"/>
+            <display description="${org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.BillingAccountWorker.getBillingAccountNetBalance(delegator, 
billingAccountId)}" type="currency" currency="${billingAccount.accountCurrencyUomId}"/>
         </field>
         -->
         <field name="availableBalance" title="${uiLabelMap.AccountingBillingAvailableBalance}" 
tooltip="${uiLabelMap.AccountingBillingAvailableBalanceMessage}">
Index: applications/accounting/widget/Menus.xml
===================================================================
--- applications/accounting/widget/Menus.xml (revision 727747)
+++ applications/accounting/widget/Menus.xml (working copy)
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
     <menu name="PaymentSubTabBar" extends="CommonTabBarMenu" extends-resource="component://common/widget/CommonMenus.xml"
           menu-container-style="button-bar button-style-2">
         <actions>
-            <set field="isDisbursement" value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.util.UtilAccounting.isDisbursement(payment)}"/>
+            <set field="isDisbursement" value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.util.UtilAccounting.isDisbursement(payment)}"/>
         </actions>
         <menu-item name="createNew" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonCreateNew}">
             <condition>
Index: applications/accounting/widget/PaymentScreens.xml
===================================================================
--- applications/accounting/widget/PaymentScreens.xml (revision 727747)
+++ applications/accounting/widget/PaymentScreens.xml (working copy)
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
                 <set field="appliedAmount" type="String" value="${bsh:
                     import java.text.NumberFormat;
                     return(NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(context.get(&quot;locale&quot;)).format(org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentAppliedBd(payment)));}"/>
-                <set field="notAppliedAmount" type="BigDecimal" 
value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(payment)}"/>
+                <set field="notAppliedAmount" type="BigDecimal" 
value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(payment)}"/>
                 <set field="notAppliedAmountStr" type="String" value="${bsh:
                     import java.text.NumberFormat;
                     return(NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(context.get(&quot;locale&quot;)).format(org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(payment)));}"/>
@@ -316,8 +316,8 @@
                 <set field="labelTitleProperty" value="PageTitlePaymentOverview"/>
                 <set field="paymentId" from-field="parameters.paymentId"/>
                 <entity-one entity-name="Payment" value-name="payment"/>
-                <set field="appliedAmount" 
value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentAppliedBd(payment).toString()}"/>
-                <set field="notAppliedAmount" 
value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(payment).toString()}"/>
+                <set field="appliedAmount" 
value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentAppliedBd(payment).toString()}"/>
+                <set field="notAppliedAmount" 
value="${org.ofbiz.accounting.payment.PaymentWorker.getPaymentNotAppliedBd(payment).toString()}"/>
             </actions>
             <widgets>
                 <decorator-screen name="CommonPaymentDecorator" location="${parameters.mainDecoratorLocation}">
Index: applications/accounting/widget/ReportFinancialSummaryScreens.xml
===================================================================
--- applications/accounting/widget/ReportFinancialSummaryScreens.xml (revision 727747)
+++ applications/accounting/widget/ReportFinancialSummaryScreens.xml (working copy)
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
                 <set field="titleProperty" value="PageTitleFinancialSummaryReportOptions"/>
                 <set field="headerItem" value="FinancialSummryReports"/>

-                <set field="month" from-field="parameters.month" 
default-value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowDateString(&quot;MM&quot;)}"/>
-                <set field="year" from-field="parameters.year" 
default-value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowDateString(&quot;yyyy&quot;)}"/>
+                <set field="month" from-field="parameters.month" 
default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowDateString(&quot;MM&quot;)}"/>
+                <set field="year" from-field="parameters.year" 
default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowDateString(&quot;yyyy&quot;)}"/>
             </actions>
             <widgets>
                 <decorator-screen name="main-decorator" location="${parameters.mainDecoratorLocation}">
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@
             <actions>
                 <set field="headerItem" value="FinancialSummryReports"/>

-                <set field="month" from-field="parameters.month" type="Integer" 
default-value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowDateString(&quot;MM&quot;)}"/>
-                <set field="year" from-field="parameters.year" type="Integer" 
default-value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowDateString(&quot;yyyy&quot;)}"/>
+                <set field="month" from-field="parameters.month" type="Integer" 
default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowDateString(&quot;MM&quot;)}"/>
+                <set field="year" from-field="parameters.year" type="Integer" 
default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowDateString(&quot;yyyy&quot;)}"/>
                 <set field="organizationPartyId" from-field="parameters.organizationPartyId"/>
                 <set field="currencyUomId" from-field="parameters.currencyUomId"/>

Index: applications/order/webapp/ordermgr/requirement/RequirementForms.xml
===================================================================
--- applications/order/webapp/ordermgr/requirement/RequirementForms.xml (revision 727747)
+++ applications/order/webapp/ordermgr/requirement/RequirementForms.xml (working copy)
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
         </field>
         <field name="facilityId"><display/></field>
         <field name="partyId" title="${uiLabelMap.ProductSupplier}">
-            <display description="${bsh: org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, partyId, false);}"/>
+            <display description="${org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, partyId, false)}"/>
         </field>
         <field name="supplierProductId" title="${uiLabelMap.ProductSupplierProductId}"><display/></field>
         <field name="idValue" title="UPCA"><display/></field>
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
             <display-entity entity-name="Product" key-field-name="productId" description="${internalName}"/>
         </field>
         <field name="partyId" title="${uiLabelMap.ProductSupplier}">
-            <display description="${bsh: org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, partyId, false);}"/>
+            <display description="${org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, partyId, false)}"/>
         </field>
         <field name="supplierProductId" title="${uiLabelMap.ProductSupplierProductId}"><display/></field>
         <field name="idValue" title="UPCA"><display/></field>
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
     <form name="ApprovedProductRequirementsByVendor" type="list" use-row-submit="true" list-name="requirements" 
target="ApprovedProductRequirements" separate-columns="true"
         paginate-target="ApprovedProductRequirementsByVendor" odd-row-style="alternate-row" default-table-style="basic-table 
hover-bar">
         <field name="partyId">
-            <display description="${bsh: org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, partyId, false);}"/>
+            <display description="${org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, partyId, false)}"/>
         </field>
         <field name="productId" title="${uiLabelMap.OrderVendorRequirementCount}" widget-area-style="align-text"><display 
also-hidden="false"/></field>
         <field name="billToCustomerPartyId">
Index: applications/order/webapp/ordermgr/return/ReturnForms.xml
===================================================================
--- applications/order/webapp/ordermgr/return/ReturnForms.xml (revision 727747)
+++ applications/order/webapp/ordermgr/return/ReturnForms.xml (working copy)
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
         </field>
         <field name="paymentMethodId" use-when="creditCardList!=null&amp;&amp;creditCardList.size()&gt;0">
             <drop-down allow-empty="true">
-                <list-options key-name="paymentMethodId" list-name="creditCardList" list-entry-name="creditCardPm" 
description="${bsh:org.ofbiz.party.contact.ContactHelper.formatCreditCard(creditCardPm.getRelatedOne(&quot;CreditCard&quot;))}"/>
+                <list-options key-name="paymentMethodId" list-name="creditCardList" list-entry-name="creditCardPm" 
description="${org.ofbiz.party.contact.ContactHelper.formatCreditCard(creditCardPm.getRelatedOne(&quot;CreditCard&quot;))}"/>
             </drop-down>
         </field>
         <field name="newCreditCard" widget-style="buttontext" 
use-when="returnHeader!=null&amp;&amp;returnHeader.getString(&quot;fromPartyId&quot;)!=null">
Index: applications/product/webapp/catalog/product/ProductForms.xml
===================================================================
--- applications/product/webapp/catalog/product/ProductForms.xml (revision 727747)
+++ applications/product/webapp/catalog/product/ProductForms.xml (working copy)
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@
             </drop-down>
         </field>
         <field name="availableFromDate" use-when="supplierProduct==null">
-            <date-time default-value="${bsh: org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp()}"/>
+            <date-time default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp()}"/>
         </field>
         <field name="availableFromDate" use-when="supplierProduct!=null">
             <display/>
Index: applications/product/webapp/facility/facility/FacilityForms.xml
===================================================================
--- applications/product/webapp/facility/facility/FacilityForms.xml (revision 727747)
+++ applications/product/webapp/facility/facility/FacilityForms.xml (working copy)
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
         <field name="offsetQOHQty" title="${uiLabelMap.ProductQtyOffsetQOHBelow}"><text/></field>
         <field name="offsetATPQty" title="${uiLabelMap.ProductQtyOffsetATPBelow}"><text/></field>
         <field name="productsSoldThruTimestamp" title="${uiLabelMap.ProductShowProductsSoldThruTimestamp}">
-            <date-time default-value="${bsh: org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp()}"/>
+            <date-time default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp()}"/>
         </field>
         <field name="VIEW_SIZE" entry-name="viewSize" title="${uiLabelMap.ProductShowProductsPerPage}"><text/></field>
         <field name="monthsInPastLimit" entry-name="monthsInPastLimit"><text/></field>
Index: applications/workeffort/widget/WorkEffortForms.xml
===================================================================
--- applications/workeffort/widget/WorkEffortForms.xml (revision 727747)
+++ applications/workeffort/widget/WorkEffortForms.xml (working copy)
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@
            <hyperlink target="EditWorkEffort?workEffortId=${workEffortId}" also-hidden="false" description="${workEffortId}"/>
         </field>
         <field name="noteInfo" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonNote}"><display/></field>
-        <field name="noteParty" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonBy}"><display 
description="${bsh:org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, noteParty, true)} at ${noteDateTime}"/></field>
+        <field name="noteParty" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonBy}"><display 
description="${org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, noteParty, true)} at ${noteDateTime}"/></field>
         <field name="internalNote" title="${uiLabelMap.WorkEffortPrivatePublic}" widget-style="buttontext" 
use-when="internalNote.equals(&quot;N&quot;)">
             <hyperlink target="updateWorkEffortNote?workEffortId=${workEffortId}&amp;noteId=${noteId}&amp;internalNote=Y" 
description="${uiLabelMap.OrderNotesPrivate}" />
         </field>
Index: framework/example/widget/example/FormWidgetExampleForms.xml
===================================================================
--- framework/example/widget/example/FormWidgetExampleForms.xml (revision 727747)
+++ framework/example/widget/example/FormWidgetExampleForms.xml (working copy)
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <field name="field9"
                title="Field9: date and time selection field with default value"
                tooltip="Same as above, Uses the ${bsh: notation to call an util method to get the now timestamp}">
-            <date-time default-value="${bsh: org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp()}"/>
+            <date-time default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp()}"/>
         </field>
         <!-- ***************** -->
         <!-- ***   field10  *** -->
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
                entry-name="exampleDateField"
                title="Field7: date and time display with custom format"
                tooltip="This is an example of MM/dd/yyyy format">
-            <display description="${bsh:org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.toDateString(exampleDateField, 
&quot;MM/dd/yyyy&quot;);}"/>
+            <display description="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.toDateString(exampleDateField, &quot;MM/dd/yyyy&quot;)}"/>
         </field>
         <!-- ***************** -->
         <!-- ***   field8  *** -->
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
                entry-name="exampleDateField"
                title="Field8: date and time display with custom format"
                tooltip="This is an example of MMMM, dd, yyyy format">
-            <display description="${bsh:org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.toDateString(exampleDateField, &quot;MMMM, dd, 
yyyy&quot;);}"/>
+            <display description="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.toDateString(exampleDateField, &quot;MMMM, dd, yyyy&quot;)}"/>
         </field>
     </form>

Index: framework/webtools/webapp/webtools/tempexpr/tempExprForms.xml
===================================================================
--- framework/webtools/webapp/webtools/tempexpr/tempExprForms.xml (revision 727747)
+++ framework/webtools/webapp/webtools/tempexpr/tempExprForms.xml (working copy)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <!-- Temporal Expression forms -->
     <form name="FindTemporalExpression" target="findTemporalExpression" type="single">
         <actions>
-            <set field="expressionTypeList" 
value="${bsh:org.ofbiz.service.calendar.ExpressionUiHelper.getExpressionTypeList(uiLabelMap);}" type="List"/>
+            <set field="expressionTypeList" 
value="${org.ofbiz.service.calendar.ExpressionUiHelper.getExpressionTypeList(uiLabelMap)}" type="List"/>
         </actions>
         <field name="tempExprId" title="${uiLabelMap.TemporalExpressionId}"><text-find/></field>
 <!--        <field name="tempExprTypeId" title="${uiLabelMap.TemporalExpressionType}">
Index: specialpurpose/ebay/widget/EbayForms.xml
===================================================================
--- specialpurpose/ebay/widget/EbayForms.xml (revision 727747)
+++ specialpurpose/ebay/widget/EbayForms.xml (working copy)
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
                 </entity-options>
             </drop-down>
         </field>
-        <field name="fromDate" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonFromDateTime}"><date-time default-value="${bsh: 
org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.getDayStart(org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp())}"/></field>
-        <field name="thruDate" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonThruDateTime}"><date-time default-value="${bsh: 
org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.getDayEnd(org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp())}"/></field>
+        <field name="fromDate" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonFromDateTime}"><date-time 
default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.getDayStart(org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp())}"/></field>
+        <field name="thruDate" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonThruDateTime}"><date-time 
default-value="${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.getDayEnd(org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.nowTimestamp())}"/></field>
         <field name="submitButton" title="${uiLabelMap.EbayImportOrdersSearchFromEbay}"><submit button-type="button"/></field>
     </form>
     <form name="ListOrdersFromEbay" type="multi" use-row-submit="true" list-name="orderList" target="ImportOrderFromEbay"
Index: specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/ProjectForms.xml
===================================================================
--- specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/ProjectForms.xml (revision 727747)
+++ specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/ProjectForms.xml (working copy)
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@
             </entity-condition>
         </actions>
         <field name="workEffortId"><hidden/></field>
-        <field name="noteParty" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonBy}"><display 
description="${bsh:org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, noteParty, true)} at ${bsh: 
org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.timeStampToString(noteDateTime, &quot;dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm&quot;, TimeZone.getDefault(), 
context.get(&quot;locale&quot;))}"/></field>
+        <field name="noteParty" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonBy}"><display 
description="${org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, noteParty, true)} at 
${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.timeStampToString(noteDateTime, &quot;dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm&quot;, TimeZone.getDefault(), 
context.get(&quot;locale&quot;))}"/></field>
     </form>
     <form name="listResourcesTasks" type="list" list-name="tasks" paginate-target="listResourcesTask" 
target="updateResourcesTaskAssigment"
         odd-row-style="alternate-row" header-row-style="header-row-2" default-table-style="basic-table hover-bar">
Index: specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/TaskForms.xml
===================================================================
--- specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/TaskForms.xml (revision 727747)
+++ specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/TaskForms.xml (working copy)
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@
         </actions>
         <field name="noteId"><hidden/></field>
         <field name="workEffortId"><hidden/></field>
-        <field name="noteParty" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonBy}"><display 
description="${bsh:org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, noteParty, true)} at ${bsh: 
org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.timeStampToString(noteDateTime, &quot;dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm&quot;, TimeZone.getDefault(), 
context.get(&quot;locale&quot;))}"/></field>
+        <field name="noteParty" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonBy}"><display 
description="${org.ofbiz.party.party.PartyHelper.getPartyName(delegator, noteParty, true)} at 
${org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilDateTime.timeStampToString(noteDateTime, &quot;dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm&quot;, TimeZone.getDefault(), 
context.get(&quot;locale&quot;))}"/></field>

         <field name="Private/Public" widget-style="buttontext" title="${uiLabelMap.ProjectMgrPrivateOrPublic}" 
use-when="internalNote.equals(&quot;N&quot;)">
             <hyperlink target="updateTaskNote?workEffortId=${workEffortId}&amp;noteId=${noteId}&amp;internalNote=Y" 
description="${uiLabelMap.OrderNotesPrivate}"></hyperlink>
Index: specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/TimeSheetForms.xml
===================================================================
--- specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/TimeSheetForms.xml (revision 727747)
+++ specialpurpose/projectmgr/widget/forms/TimeSheetForms.xml (working copy)
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
             <hyperlink also-hidden="false" description="${timesheetId}" target="Timesheet?timesheetId=${timesheetId}"/>
         </field>
         <field name="partyId" title="${uiLabelMap.PartyParty}"><display-entity entity-name="PartyNameView" 
description="${firstName} ${middleName} ${lastName} ${groupName}"/></field>
-        <field name="actualHours" title="${uiLabelMap.ProjectMgrActualHours}"><display description="${bsh: 
org.ofbiz.project.Various.calculateActualHours(delegator, timesheetId);}"/></field>
+        <field name="actualHours" title="${uiLabelMap.ProjectMgrActualHours}"><display 
description="${org.ofbiz.project.Various.calculateActualHours(delegator, timesheetId)}"/></field>
         <field name="statusId" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonStatus}"><display-entity entity-name="StatusItem" 
description="${description}"/></field>
         <field name="fromDate" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonFromDate}"><display type="date"/></field>
         <field name="thruDate" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonThruDate}"><display type="date"/></field>


Jacques

From: "Adrian Crum" <ad...@hlmksw.com>
> Jacques,
>
> UEL supports ternary operations. So,
>
> <set field="parameters.debitTotal" value="${bsh:(showDebit? (debitTotal + absolutePostedBalance): (debitTotal))}" 
> type="BigDecimal"/>
>
> becomes
>
> <set field="parameters.debitTotal" value="${showDebit ? (debitTotal + absolutePostedBalance) : debitTotal}" type="BigDecimal"/>
>
> Also, the reason for the UEL function name prefix (math: str: util:) is the same reason we have Java package names and XML 
> namespaces - to avoid function name clash.
>
> -Adrian
>
>
> Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>> Hi Adrian,
>>
>> Is {util: syntax also dealing with ternary operator (did not look into details, doing some {bsh: to {util: changes while 
>> changing(/adding) type from "Double" to "BigDecimal" as David suggested recently
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jacques
>>
>> From: "Adrian Crum" <ad...@hlmksw.com>
>>> Now that we have the Unified Expression Language implemented in FlexibleStringExpander, we gain the ability to use UEL 
>>> functions.
>>>
>>> On the plus side, UEL functions can make screen widget and mini-language code more flexible and more powerful. On the minus 
>>> side, you have to know the functions and what they do (in other words, no auto-completion when working in XML).
>>>
>>> As an example, I frequently need to know the size of a List, Map, or String. With current code, I have to use the bsh: prefix 
>>> and a short script:
>>>
>>> <set field="mapSize" value="${bsh:uiLabelMap.size();}" type="Integer"/>.
>>>
>>> Using a UEL function:
>>>
>>> <set field="mapSize" value="${util:size(uiLabelMap)}" type="Integer"/>
>>>
>>> or to get the length of a String:
>>>
>>> <set field="stringSize" value="${util:size(uiLabelMap.CommonParty)}" type="Integer"/>.
>>>
>>> I don't know if this would be of any use, or if it is desirable. I'm just tossing the idea out there for discussion.
>>>
>>> -Adrian
>>>
>>
>>
> 

Re: Discussion: Unified Expression Language Functions

[Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>]

Patch attached for review

Jacques

From: "Adrian Crum" <ad...@hlmksw.com>
> Jacques,
> 
> UEL supports ternary operations. So,
> 
> <set field="parameters.debitTotal" value="${bsh:(showDebit? (debitTotal 
> + absolutePostedBalance): (debitTotal))}" type="BigDecimal"/>
> 
> becomes
> 
> <set field="parameters.debitTotal" value="${showDebit ? (debitTotal + 
> absolutePostedBalance) : debitTotal}" type="BigDecimal"/>
> 
> Also, the reason for the UEL function name prefix (math: str: util:) is 
> the same reason we have Java package names and XML namespaces - to avoid 
> function name clash.
> 
> -Adrian
> 
> 
> Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>> Hi Adrian,
>> 
>> Is {util: syntax also dealing with ternary operator (did not look into 
>> details, doing some {bsh: to {util: changes while changing(/adding) type 
>> from "Double" to "BigDecimal" as David suggested recently
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Jacques
>> 
>> From: "Adrian Crum" <ad...@hlmksw.com>
>>> Now that we have the Unified Expression Language implemented in 
>>> FlexibleStringExpander, we gain the ability to use UEL functions.
>>>
>>> On the plus side, UEL functions can make screen widget and 
>>> mini-language code more flexible and more powerful. On the minus side, 
>>> you have to know the functions and what they do (in other words, no 
>>> auto-completion when working in XML).
>>>
>>> As an example, I frequently need to know the size of a List, Map, or 
>>> String. With current code, I have to use the bsh: prefix and a short 
>>> script:
>>>
>>> <set field="mapSize" value="${bsh:uiLabelMap.size();}" type="Integer"/>.
>>>
>>> Using a UEL function:
>>>
>>> <set field="mapSize" value="${util:size(uiLabelMap)}" type="Integer"/>
>>>
>>> or to get the length of a String:
>>>
>>> <set field="stringSize" value="${util:size(uiLabelMap.CommonParty)}" 
>>> type="Integer"/>.
>>>
>>> I don't know if this would be of any use, or if it is desirable. I'm 
>>> just tossing the idea out there for discussion.
>>>
>>> -Adrian
>>>
>> 
>> 
>

Re: Discussion: Unified Expression Language Functions

[Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>]

Yes, thanks. See my other msg (special address)

Jacques

From: "Adrian Crum" <ad...@yahoo.com>
> Jacques,
> 
> Did you download that PDF file I mentioned previously? Also, there is a UEL tutorial:
> 
> http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/tutorial/backup/doc/JSPIntro7.html
> 
> -Adrian
> 
> 
> --- On Fri, 12/19/08, Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com> wrote:
> 
>> From: Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>
>> Subject: Re: Discussion: Unified Expression Language Functions
>> To: dev@ofbiz.apache.org
>> Date: Friday, December 19, 2008, 9:27 AM
>> From: "Adrian Crum" <ad...@hlmksw.com>
>> > Adam Heath wrote:
>> >> David E Jones wrote:
>> >>> This may be a novel idea... but you could
>> always test them and see if
>> >>> they work or not... ;)
>> >> 
>> >> How about we keep the current custom parser, but
>> then add uel as a
>> >> prefix, like ${bsh:} is, then issue warnings for
>> strings that don't
>> >> match a prefix, giving the line number/file of the
>> string.
>> >> 
>> >> I think it'd be better to not have a default
>> language there, and always
>> >> explicitly request a particular language for
>> interpetting.
>> >> 
>> >> Of course, there's one other major problem,
>> finding the end of the
>> >> token.  Take for instance, the following String:
>> >> 
>> >> toProcess =
>> "foo${bsh:\"abc\"+123+\"}\"}";
>> >> 
>> >> Finding the matching {} there is difficult, if you
>> can't have a unified
>> >> parser for the multiple languages.
>> >> 
>> >> ps: You could say that fixing the above could be
>> done by escaping the
>> >> internal '}'.  But then you'd have
>> java-source-level escaping,
>> >> StringExpander-level escaping, chosen language
>> escaping, etc, all
>> >> conflicting/overlapping with each other.
>> > 
>> > The home-grown parser is very limited. In the original
>> FlexibleMapAccessor code, it just scanned the expression for
>> a period and assumed any period found was a Map element
>> delimiter. Problem is, there could be periods anywhere in
>> the expression that aren't Map element delimiters.
>> > 
>> > My preference is to replace the home-grown parser with
>> the JUEL parser - because it is far more sophisticated and
>> has been thoroughly tested.
>> > 
>> > I also prefer to have UEL as the default language for
>> ${} expressions - because it is well known, well documented,
>> and very powerful.
>> 
>> Maybe a bit enthusiast and not very well documented at this
>> stage, but my feeling is +1
>> 
>> Jacques
>> 
>> > -Adrian
>> > 
>> >
> 
> 
>      
>

Re: Discussion: Unified Expression Language Functions

[Adrian Crum <ad...@yahoo.com>]

Jacques,

Did you download that PDF file I mentioned previously? Also, there is a UEL tutorial:

http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/tutorial/backup/doc/JSPIntro7.html

-Adrian


--- On Fri, 12/19/08, Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com> wrote:

> From: Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>
> Subject: Re: Discussion: Unified Expression Language Functions
> To: dev@ofbiz.apache.org
> Date: Friday, December 19, 2008, 9:27 AM
> From: "Adrian Crum" <ad...@hlmksw.com>
> > Adam Heath wrote:
> >> David E Jones wrote:
> >>> This may be a novel idea... but you could
> always test them and see if
> >>> they work or not... ;)
> >> 
> >> How about we keep the current custom parser, but
> then add uel as a
> >> prefix, like ${bsh:} is, then issue warnings for
> strings that don't
> >> match a prefix, giving the line number/file of the
> string.
> >> 
> >> I think it'd be better to not have a default
> language there, and always
> >> explicitly request a particular language for
> interpetting.
> >> 
> >> Of course, there's one other major problem,
> finding the end of the
> >> token.  Take for instance, the following String:
> >> 
> >> toProcess =
> "foo${bsh:\"abc\"+123+\"}\"}";
> >> 
> >> Finding the matching {} there is difficult, if you
> can't have a unified
> >> parser for the multiple languages.
> >> 
> >> ps: You could say that fixing the above could be
> done by escaping the
> >> internal '}'.  But then you'd have
> java-source-level escaping,
> >> StringExpander-level escaping, chosen language
> escaping, etc, all
> >> conflicting/overlapping with each other.
> > 
> > The home-grown parser is very limited. In the original
> FlexibleMapAccessor code, it just scanned the expression for
> a period and assumed any period found was a Map element
> delimiter. Problem is, there could be periods anywhere in
> the expression that aren't Map element delimiters.
> > 
> > My preference is to replace the home-grown parser with
> the JUEL parser - because it is far more sophisticated and
> has been thoroughly tested.
> > 
> > I also prefer to have UEL as the default language for
> ${} expressions - because it is well known, well documented,
> and very powerful.
> 
> Maybe a bit enthusiast and not very well documented at this
> stage, but my feeling is +1
> 
> Jacques
> 
> > -Adrian
> > 
> >


      

Re: Discussion: Unified Expression Language Functions

[Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>]

From: "Adrian Crum" <ad...@hlmksw.com>
> Adam Heath wrote:
>> David E Jones wrote:
>>> This may be a novel idea... but you could always test them and see if
>>> they work or not... ;)
>> 
>> How about we keep the current custom parser, but then add uel as a
>> prefix, like ${bsh:} is, then issue warnings for strings that don't
>> match a prefix, giving the line number/file of the string.
>> 
>> I think it'd be better to not have a default language there, and always
>> explicitly request a particular language for interpetting.
>> 
>> Of course, there's one other major problem, finding the end of the
>> token.  Take for instance, the following String:
>> 
>> toProcess = "foo${bsh:\"abc\"+123+\"}\"}";
>> 
>> Finding the matching {} there is difficult, if you can't have a unified
>> parser for the multiple languages.
>> 
>> ps: You could say that fixing the above could be done by escaping the
>> internal '}'.  But then you'd have java-source-level escaping,
>> StringExpander-level escaping, chosen language escaping, etc, all
>> conflicting/overlapping with each other.
> 
> The home-grown parser is very limited. In the original 
> FlexibleMapAccessor code, it just scanned the expression for a period 
> and assumed any period found was a Map element delimiter. Problem is, 
> there could be periods anywhere in the expression that aren't Map 
> element delimiters.
> 
> My preference is to replace the home-grown parser with the JUEL parser - 
> because it is far more sophisticated and has been thoroughly tested.
> 
> I also prefer to have UEL as the default language for ${} expressions - 
> because it is well known, well documented, and very powerful.

Maybe a bit enthusiast and not very well documented at this stage, but my feeling is +1

Jacques
 
> -Adrian
> 
>

Re: Discussion: Unified Expression Language Functions

[Adrian Crum <ad...@hlmksw.com>]

Adam Heath wrote:
> David E Jones wrote:
>> This may be a novel idea... but you could always test them and see if
>> they work or not... ;)
> 
> How about we keep the current custom parser, but then add uel as a
> prefix, like ${bsh:} is, then issue warnings for strings that don't
> match a prefix, giving the line number/file of the string.
> 
> I think it'd be better to not have a default language there, and always
> explicitly request a particular language for interpetting.
> 
> Of course, there's one other major problem, finding the end of the
> token.  Take for instance, the following String:
> 
> toProcess = "foo${bsh:\"abc\"+123+\"}\"}";
> 
> Finding the matching {} there is difficult, if you can't have a unified
> parser for the multiple languages.
> 
> ps: You could say that fixing the above could be done by escaping the
> internal '}'.  But then you'd have java-source-level escaping,
> StringExpander-level escaping, chosen language escaping, etc, all
> conflicting/overlapping with each other.

The home-grown parser is very limited. In the original 
FlexibleMapAccessor code, it just scanned the expression for a period 
and assumed any period found was a Map element delimiter. Problem is, 
there could be periods anywhere in the expression that aren't Map 
element delimiters.

My preference is to replace the home-grown parser with the JUEL parser - 
because it is far more sophisticated and has been thoroughly tested.

I also prefer to have UEL as the default language for ${} expressions - 
because it is well known, well documented, and very powerful.

-Adrian

Re: Discussion: Unified Expression Language Functions

[Adam Heath <do...@brainfood.com>]

David E Jones wrote:
> 
> This may be a novel idea... but you could always test them and see if
> they work or not... ;)

How about we keep the current custom parser, but then add uel as a
prefix, like ${bsh:} is, then issue warnings for strings that don't
match a prefix, giving the line number/file of the string.

I think it'd be better to not have a default language there, and always
explicitly request a particular language for interpetting.

Of course, there's one other major problem, finding the end of the
token.  Take for instance, the following String:

toProcess = "foo${bsh:\"abc\"+123+\"}\"}";

Finding the matching {} there is difficult, if you can't have a unified
parser for the multiple languages.

ps: You could say that fixing the above could be done by escaping the
internal '}'.  But then you'd have java-source-level escaping,
StringExpander-level escaping, chosen language escaping, etc, all
conflicting/overlapping with each other.

Re: Discussion: Unified Expression Language Functions

[David E Jones <da...@hotwaxmedia.com>]

This may be a novel idea... but you could always test them and see if  
they work or not... ;)

-David


On Dec 18, 2008, at 2:09 PM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:

> Thanks for clarification Adrian,
>
> I must admit the information in http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/reference/techart/unifiedEL.html 
>  are not quite clear :/
> I think I got most it though, is there a better reference ?
>
> I did a bunch of change. I guess now that most of them were correct,  
> but as I had a doubt I reverted them all but the one I was sure.  
> Anyway I will re-do some
>
> Jacques
>
> From: "Adrian Crum" <ad...@hlmksw.com>
>> Jacques,
>>
>> UEL supports ternary operations. So,
>>
>> <set field="parameters.debitTotal" value="${bsh:(showDebit?  
>> (debitTotal
>> + absolutePostedBalance): (debitTotal))}" type="BigDecimal"/>
>>
>> becomes
>>
>> <set field="parameters.debitTotal" value="${showDebit ? (debitTotal +
>> absolutePostedBalance) : debitTotal}" type="BigDecimal"/>
>>
>> Also, the reason for the UEL function name prefix (math: str:  
>> util:) is
>> the same reason we have Java package names and XML namespaces - to  
>> avoid
>> function name clash.
>>
>> -Adrian
>>
>>
>> Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>>> Hi Adrian,
>>>
>>> Is {util: syntax also dealing with ternary operator (did not look  
>>> into
>>> details, doing some {bsh: to {util: changes while changing(/ 
>>> adding) type
>>> from "Double" to "BigDecimal" as David suggested recently
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Jacques
>>>
>>> From: "Adrian Crum" <ad...@hlmksw.com>
>>>> Now that we have the Unified Expression Language implemented in
>>>> FlexibleStringExpander, we gain the ability to use UEL functions.
>>>>
>>>> On the plus side, UEL functions can make screen widget and
>>>> mini-language code more flexible and more powerful. On the minus  
>>>> side,
>>>> you have to know the functions and what they do (in other words, no
>>>> auto-completion when working in XML).
>>>>
>>>> As an example, I frequently need to know the size of a List, Map,  
>>>> or
>>>> String. With current code, I have to use the bsh: prefix and a  
>>>> short
>>>> script:
>>>>
>>>> <set field="mapSize" value="${bsh:uiLabelMap.size();}"  
>>>> type="Integer"/>.
>>>>
>>>> Using a UEL function:
>>>>
>>>> <set field="mapSize" value="${util:size(uiLabelMap)}"  
>>>> type="Integer"/>
>>>>
>>>> or to get the length of a String:
>>>>
>>>> <set field="stringSize" value="$ 
>>>> {util:size(uiLabelMap.CommonParty)}"
>>>> type="Integer"/>.
>>>>
>>>> I don't know if this would be of any use, or if it is desirable.  
>>>> I'm
>>>> just tossing the idea out there for discussion.
>>>>
>>>> -Adrian
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>

Re: Discussion: Unified Expression Language Functions

[Adrian Crum <ad...@yahoo.com>]

That's my work address and it has all non-USA IP addresses blocked. You can use this one for personal emails.

-Adrian


--- On Fri, 12/19/08, Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com> wrote:

> From: Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>
> Subject: Re: Discussion: Unified Expression Language Functions
> To: dev@ofbiz.apache.org
> Date: Friday, December 19, 2008, 11:49 PM
> Thanks Adrian,
> 
> I tried to send you a msg directly but got 
> This is an automatically generated Delivery Status
> Notification.      Delivery to the following recipients is
> still underway after 20.3 hour(s):
>  * adrianc@hlmksw.com
> Will keep trying and contact you if the message can't
> be delivered permanently.
> 
> I suppose it's a one way address
> 
> Jacques
> 
> From: "Adrian Crum" <ad...@hlmksw.com>
> >
> http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr245/
> > 
> > Click on one of the Download links, accept the terms,
> then download the file marked:
> > 
> > JavaServer Pages 2.1 Expression Language Specification
> (pdf)
> > 
> > -Adrian
> > 
> > Jacques Le Roux wrote:
> >> Thanks for clarification Adrian,
> >> 
> >> I must admit the information in
> http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/reference/techart/unifiedEL.html
> are not quite clear :/
> >> I think I got most it though, is there a better
> reference ?
> >> 
> >> I did a bunch of change. I guess now that most of
> them were correct, but as I had a doubt I reverted them all
> but the one I was sure. Anyway I will re-do some
> >> 
> >> Jacques
> >> 
> >> From: "Adrian Crum"
> <ad...@hlmksw.com>
> >>> Jacques,
> >>> 
> >>> UEL supports ternary operations. So,
> >>> 
> >>> <set
> field="parameters.debitTotal"
> value="${bsh:(showDebit? (debitTotal
> >>> + absolutePostedBalance): (debitTotal))}"
> type="BigDecimal"/>
> >>> 
> >>> becomes
> >>> 
> >>> <set
> field="parameters.debitTotal"
> value="${showDebit ? (debitTotal +
> >>> absolutePostedBalance) : debitTotal}"
> type="BigDecimal"/>
> >>> 
> >>> Also, the reason for the UEL function name
> prefix (math: str: util:) is
> >>> the same reason we have Java package names and
> XML namespaces - to avoid
> >>> function name clash.
> >>> 
> >>> -Adrian
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> Jacques Le Roux wrote:
> >>>> Hi Adrian,
> >>>> 
> >>>> Is {util: syntax also dealing with ternary
> operator (did not look into
> >>>> details, doing some {bsh: to {util:
> changes while changing(/adding) type
> >>>> from "Double" to
> "BigDecimal" as David suggested recently
> >>>> 
> >>>> Thanks
> >>>> 
> >>>> Jacques
> >>>> 
> >>>> From: "Adrian Crum"
> <ad...@hlmksw.com>
> >>>>> Now that we have the Unified
> Expression Language implemented in
> >>>>> FlexibleStringExpander, we gain the
> ability to use UEL functions.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> On the plus side, UEL functions can
> make screen widget and
> >>>>> mini-language code more flexible and
> more powerful. On the minus side,
> >>>>> you have to know the functions and
> what they do (in other words, no
> >>>>> auto-completion when working in XML).
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> As an example, I frequently need to
> know the size of a List, Map, or
> >>>>> String. With current code, I have to
> use the bsh: prefix and a short
> >>>>> script:
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> <set field="mapSize"
> value="${bsh:uiLabelMap.size();}"
> type="Integer"/>.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Using a UEL function:
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> <set field="mapSize"
> value="${util:size(uiLabelMap)}"
> type="Integer"/>
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> or to get the length of a String:
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> <set field="stringSize"
> value="${util:size(uiLabelMap.CommonParty)}"
> >>>>> type="Integer"/>.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> I don't know if this would be of
> any use, or if it is desirable. I'm
> >>>>> just tossing the idea out there for
> discussion.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> -Adrian
> >>>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >


      

Re: Discussion: Unified Expression Language Functions

[Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>]

Thanks Adrian,

I tried to send you a msg directly but got 

This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification.      
Delivery to the following recipients is still underway after 20.3 hour(s):
  * adrianc@hlmksw.com
Will keep trying and contact you if the message can't be delivered permanently.

I suppose it's a one way address

Jacques

From: "Adrian Crum" <ad...@hlmksw.com>
> http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr245/
> 
> Click on one of the Download links, accept the terms, then download the 
> file marked:
> 
> JavaServer Pages 2.1 Expression Language Specification (pdf)
> 
> -Adrian
> 
> Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>> Thanks for clarification Adrian,
>> 
>> I must admit the information in 
>> http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/reference/techart/unifiedEL.html are 
>> not quite clear :/
>> I think I got most it though, is there a better reference ?
>> 
>> I did a bunch of change. I guess now that most of them were correct, but 
>> as I had a doubt I reverted them all but the one I was sure. Anyway I 
>> will re-do some
>> 
>> Jacques
>> 
>> From: "Adrian Crum" <ad...@hlmksw.com>
>>> Jacques,
>>>
>>> UEL supports ternary operations. So,
>>>
>>> <set field="parameters.debitTotal" value="${bsh:(showDebit? (debitTotal
>>> + absolutePostedBalance): (debitTotal))}" type="BigDecimal"/>
>>>
>>> becomes
>>>
>>> <set field="parameters.debitTotal" value="${showDebit ? (debitTotal +
>>> absolutePostedBalance) : debitTotal}" type="BigDecimal"/>
>>>
>>> Also, the reason for the UEL function name prefix (math: str: util:) is
>>> the same reason we have Java package names and XML namespaces - to avoid
>>> function name clash.
>>>
>>> -Adrian
>>>
>>>
>>> Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>>>> Hi Adrian,
>>>>
>>>> Is {util: syntax also dealing with ternary operator (did not look into
>>>> details, doing some {bsh: to {util: changes while changing(/adding) type
>>>> from "Double" to "BigDecimal" as David suggested recently
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Jacques
>>>>
>>>> From: "Adrian Crum" <ad...@hlmksw.com>
>>>>> Now that we have the Unified Expression Language implemented in
>>>>> FlexibleStringExpander, we gain the ability to use UEL functions.
>>>>>
>>>>> On the plus side, UEL functions can make screen widget and
>>>>> mini-language code more flexible and more powerful. On the minus side,
>>>>> you have to know the functions and what they do (in other words, no
>>>>> auto-completion when working in XML).
>>>>>
>>>>> As an example, I frequently need to know the size of a List, Map, or
>>>>> String. With current code, I have to use the bsh: prefix and a short
>>>>> script:
>>>>>
>>>>> <set field="mapSize" value="${bsh:uiLabelMap.size();}" 
>>>>> type="Integer"/>.
>>>>>
>>>>> Using a UEL function:
>>>>>
>>>>> <set field="mapSize" value="${util:size(uiLabelMap)}" type="Integer"/>
>>>>>
>>>>> or to get the length of a String:
>>>>>
>>>>> <set field="stringSize" value="${util:size(uiLabelMap.CommonParty)}"
>>>>> type="Integer"/>.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know if this would be of any use, or if it is desirable. I'm
>>>>> just tossing the idea out there for discussion.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Adrian
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>> 
>> 
>

Re: Discussion: Unified Expression Language Functions

[Adrian Crum <ad...@hlmksw.com>]

http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr245/

Click on one of the Download links, accept the terms, then download the 
file marked:

JavaServer Pages 2.1 Expression Language Specification (pdf)

-Adrian

Jacques Le Roux wrote:
> Thanks for clarification Adrian,
> 
> I must admit the information in 
> http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/reference/techart/unifiedEL.html are 
> not quite clear :/
> I think I got most it though, is there a better reference ?
> 
> I did a bunch of change. I guess now that most of them were correct, but 
> as I had a doubt I reverted them all but the one I was sure. Anyway I 
> will re-do some
> 
> Jacques
> 
> From: "Adrian Crum" <ad...@hlmksw.com>
>> Jacques,
>>
>> UEL supports ternary operations. So,
>>
>> <set field="parameters.debitTotal" value="${bsh:(showDebit? (debitTotal
>> + absolutePostedBalance): (debitTotal))}" type="BigDecimal"/>
>>
>> becomes
>>
>> <set field="parameters.debitTotal" value="${showDebit ? (debitTotal +
>> absolutePostedBalance) : debitTotal}" type="BigDecimal"/>
>>
>> Also, the reason for the UEL function name prefix (math: str: util:) is
>> the same reason we have Java package names and XML namespaces - to avoid
>> function name clash.
>>
>> -Adrian
>>
>>
>> Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>>> Hi Adrian,
>>>
>>> Is {util: syntax also dealing with ternary operator (did not look into
>>> details, doing some {bsh: to {util: changes while changing(/adding) type
>>> from "Double" to "BigDecimal" as David suggested recently
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Jacques
>>>
>>> From: "Adrian Crum" <ad...@hlmksw.com>
>>>> Now that we have the Unified Expression Language implemented in
>>>> FlexibleStringExpander, we gain the ability to use UEL functions.
>>>>
>>>> On the plus side, UEL functions can make screen widget and
>>>> mini-language code more flexible and more powerful. On the minus side,
>>>> you have to know the functions and what they do (in other words, no
>>>> auto-completion when working in XML).
>>>>
>>>> As an example, I frequently need to know the size of a List, Map, or
>>>> String. With current code, I have to use the bsh: prefix and a short
>>>> script:
>>>>
>>>> <set field="mapSize" value="${bsh:uiLabelMap.size();}" 
>>>> type="Integer"/>.
>>>>
>>>> Using a UEL function:
>>>>
>>>> <set field="mapSize" value="${util:size(uiLabelMap)}" type="Integer"/>
>>>>
>>>> or to get the length of a String:
>>>>
>>>> <set field="stringSize" value="${util:size(uiLabelMap.CommonParty)}"
>>>> type="Integer"/>.
>>>>
>>>> I don't know if this would be of any use, or if it is desirable. I'm
>>>> just tossing the idea out there for discussion.
>>>>
>>>> -Adrian
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
> 
> 

Re: Discussion: Unified Expression Language Functions

[Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>]

Thanks for clarification Adrian,

I must admit the information in http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/reference/techart/unifiedEL.html are not quite clear :/
I think I got most it though, is there a better reference ?

I did a bunch of change. I guess now that most of them were correct, but as I had a doubt I reverted them all but the one I was 
sure. Anyway I will re-do some

Jacques

From: "Adrian Crum" <ad...@hlmksw.com>
> Jacques,
>
> UEL supports ternary operations. So,
>
> <set field="parameters.debitTotal" value="${bsh:(showDebit? (debitTotal
> + absolutePostedBalance): (debitTotal))}" type="BigDecimal"/>
>
> becomes
>
> <set field="parameters.debitTotal" value="${showDebit ? (debitTotal +
> absolutePostedBalance) : debitTotal}" type="BigDecimal"/>
>
> Also, the reason for the UEL function name prefix (math: str: util:) is
> the same reason we have Java package names and XML namespaces - to avoid
> function name clash.
>
> -Adrian
>
>
> Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>> Hi Adrian,
>>
>> Is {util: syntax also dealing with ternary operator (did not look into
>> details, doing some {bsh: to {util: changes while changing(/adding) type
>> from "Double" to "BigDecimal" as David suggested recently
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jacques
>>
>> From: "Adrian Crum" <ad...@hlmksw.com>
>>> Now that we have the Unified Expression Language implemented in
>>> FlexibleStringExpander, we gain the ability to use UEL functions.
>>>
>>> On the plus side, UEL functions can make screen widget and
>>> mini-language code more flexible and more powerful. On the minus side,
>>> you have to know the functions and what they do (in other words, no
>>> auto-completion when working in XML).
>>>
>>> As an example, I frequently need to know the size of a List, Map, or
>>> String. With current code, I have to use the bsh: prefix and a short
>>> script:
>>>
>>> <set field="mapSize" value="${bsh:uiLabelMap.size();}" type="Integer"/>.
>>>
>>> Using a UEL function:
>>>
>>> <set field="mapSize" value="${util:size(uiLabelMap)}" type="Integer"/>
>>>
>>> or to get the length of a String:
>>>
>>> <set field="stringSize" value="${util:size(uiLabelMap.CommonParty)}"
>>> type="Integer"/>.
>>>
>>> I don't know if this would be of any use, or if it is desirable. I'm
>>> just tossing the idea out there for discussion.
>>>
>>> -Adrian
>>>
>>
>>
> 

Re: Discussion: Unified Expression Language Functions

[Adrian Crum <ad...@hlmksw.com>]

Jacques,

UEL supports ternary operations. So,

<set field="parameters.debitTotal" value="${bsh:(showDebit? (debitTotal 
+ absolutePostedBalance): (debitTotal))}" type="BigDecimal"/>

becomes

<set field="parameters.debitTotal" value="${showDebit ? (debitTotal + 
absolutePostedBalance) : debitTotal}" type="BigDecimal"/>

Also, the reason for the UEL function name prefix (math: str: util:) is 
the same reason we have Java package names and XML namespaces - to avoid 
function name clash.

-Adrian


Jacques Le Roux wrote:
> Hi Adrian,
> 
> Is {util: syntax also dealing with ternary operator (did not look into 
> details, doing some {bsh: to {util: changes while changing(/adding) type 
> from "Double" to "BigDecimal" as David suggested recently
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jacques
> 
> From: "Adrian Crum" <ad...@hlmksw.com>
>> Now that we have the Unified Expression Language implemented in 
>> FlexibleStringExpander, we gain the ability to use UEL functions.
>>
>> On the plus side, UEL functions can make screen widget and 
>> mini-language code more flexible and more powerful. On the minus side, 
>> you have to know the functions and what they do (in other words, no 
>> auto-completion when working in XML).
>>
>> As an example, I frequently need to know the size of a List, Map, or 
>> String. With current code, I have to use the bsh: prefix and a short 
>> script:
>>
>> <set field="mapSize" value="${bsh:uiLabelMap.size();}" type="Integer"/>.
>>
>> Using a UEL function:
>>
>> <set field="mapSize" value="${util:size(uiLabelMap)}" type="Integer"/>
>>
>> or to get the length of a String:
>>
>> <set field="stringSize" value="${util:size(uiLabelMap.CommonParty)}" 
>> type="Integer"/>.
>>
>> I don't know if this would be of any use, or if it is desirable. I'm 
>> just tossing the idea out there for discussion.
>>
>> -Adrian
>>
> 
> 

Re: Discussion: Unified Expression Language Functions

[Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>]

Hi Adrian,

Is {util: syntax also dealing with ternary operator (did not look into details, doing some {bsh: to {util: changes while 
changing(/adding) type from "Double" to "BigDecimal" as David suggested recently

Thanks

Jacques

From: "Adrian Crum" <ad...@hlmksw.com>
> Now that we have the Unified Expression Language implemented in FlexibleStringExpander, we gain the ability to use UEL functions.
>
> On the plus side, UEL functions can make screen widget and mini-language code more flexible and more powerful. On the minus side, 
> you have to know the functions and what they do (in other words, no auto-completion when working in XML).
>
> As an example, I frequently need to know the size of a List, Map, or String. With current code, I have to use the bsh: prefix and 
> a short script:
>
> <set field="mapSize" value="${bsh:uiLabelMap.size();}" type="Integer"/>.
>
> Using a UEL function:
>
> <set field="mapSize" value="${util:size(uiLabelMap)}" type="Integer"/>
>
> or to get the length of a String:
>
> <set field="stringSize" value="${util:size(uiLabelMap.CommonParty)}" type="Integer"/>.
>
> I don't know if this would be of any use, or if it is desirable. I'm just tossing the idea out there for discussion.
>
> -Adrian
>