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Posted to dev@commons.apache.org by Robert McIntosh <ro...@bull-enterprises.com> on 2003/02/17 16:27:12 UTC
[Jelly] Tag contribution
I've been playing around quite a bit with Jelly and I found a need to
invoke static methods without having an object instance, like InvokeTag
requires. An example of this would be the System class. So, I created
one and happily contributing it if it is wanted.
It is fully JavaDoced, but while I have tested the code that does the
invocation via other means, I don't have a junit for this tag in particular.
- Robert McIntosh
Re: [Jelly] Tag contribution
Posted by Robert McIntosh <ro...@bull-enterprises.com>.
Fine with me! Perhaps Class.forName() is about as lazy as catch(
Exception e )... Glad I could contribute :-)
I've been looking around the new website and I like how the tags are
seperated out now. One thing that has been on my mind is to povide some
mini tutorials or example usages on several of the tags, mostly to show
what attributes are required, which are optional, what do they mean,
etc. The current documentation is pretty good I'll admit, but there
aren't a lot of examples on a tag by tag basis. Even something as simple
as what is shown for the jelly:setProperties tag would be helpful.
And yes, I'll write a junit for my static tag :-)
- Robert
James Strachan wrote:
>From: "Robert McIntosh" <ro...@bull-enterprises.com>
>
>
>>I've been playing around quite a bit with Jelly and I found a need to
>>invoke static methods without having an object instance, like InvokeTag
>>requires. An example of this would be the System class. So, I created
>>one and happily contributing it if it is wanted.
>>
>>
>
>Great stuff - I've wanted to get around this issue too. Adding support for
>methods on Class instances in Jexl might be a good idea too.
>
>Patch applied. I made a couple of minor changes, mostly that Class.forName()
>is evil...
>
>http://radio.weblogs.com/0112098/stories/2003/02/12/classfornameIsEvil.html
>
>so I refactored that part of the code a little and migrated the code to the
>new checked exception API.
>
>
>
>
>>It is fully JavaDoced, but while I have tested the code that does the
>>invocation via other means, I don't have a junit for this tag in
>>
>>
>particular.
>
>A JUnit test case for this code would be great :)
>
>James
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Re: [Jelly] Tag contribution
Posted by James Strachan <ja...@yahoo.co.uk>.
From: <di...@multitask.com.au>
> James.,
>
> Thread.getContextClassLoader() could return null.....
Well spotted dIon - have fixed it now.
James
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Re: [Jelly] Tag contribution
Posted by di...@multitask.com.au.
James.,
Thread.getContextClassLoader() could return null.....
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"James Strachan" <ja...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote on 19/02/2003 06:44:42
PM:
> From: "Robert McIntosh" <ro...@bull-enterprises.com>
> > I've been playing around quite a bit with Jelly and I found a need to
> > invoke static methods without having an object instance, like
InvokeTag
> > requires. An example of this would be the System class. So, I created
> > one and happily contributing it if it is wanted.
>
> Great stuff - I've wanted to get around this issue too. Adding support
for
> methods on Class instances in Jexl might be a good idea too.
>
> Patch applied. I made a couple of minor changes, mostly that
Class.forName()
> is evil...
>
>
http://radio.weblogs.com/0112098/stories/2003/02/12/classfornameIsEvil.html
>
> so I refactored that part of the code a little and migrated the code to
the
> new checked exception API.
>
>
> > It is fully JavaDoced, but while I have tested the code that does the
> > invocation via other means, I don't have a junit for this tag in
> particular.
>
> A JUnit test case for this code would be great :)
>
> James
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>
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Re: [Jelly] Tag contribution
Posted by James Strachan <ja...@yahoo.co.uk>.
From: "Robert McIntosh" <ro...@bull-enterprises.com>
> I've been playing around quite a bit with Jelly and I found a need to
> invoke static methods without having an object instance, like InvokeTag
> requires. An example of this would be the System class. So, I created
> one and happily contributing it if it is wanted.
Great stuff - I've wanted to get around this issue too. Adding support for
methods on Class instances in Jexl might be a good idea too.
Patch applied. I made a couple of minor changes, mostly that Class.forName()
is evil...
http://radio.weblogs.com/0112098/stories/2003/02/12/classfornameIsEvil.html
so I refactored that part of the code a little and migrated the code to the
new checked exception API.
> It is fully JavaDoced, but while I have tested the code that does the
> invocation via other means, I don't have a junit for this tag in
particular.
A JUnit test case for this code would be great :)
James
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