1 /*
2 * $Id: MVELAttributeEvaluator.java 833737 2009-11-07 19:17:09Z apetrelli $
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21
22 package org.apache.tiles.mvel;
23
24 import org.apache.tiles.context.TilesRequestContextHolder;
25 import org.apache.tiles.evaluator.AbstractAttributeEvaluator;
26 import org.apache.tiles.request.Request;
27 import org.mvel2.MVEL;
28 import org.mvel2.integration.VariableResolverFactory;
29
30 /**
31 * Allows to use MVEL as the language to evaluate attribute values.
32 *
33 * @version $Rev: 833737 $ $Date: 2009-11-08 06:17:09 +1100 (Sun, 08 Nov 2009) $
34 * @since 2.2.0
35 */
36 public class MVELAttributeEvaluator extends AbstractAttributeEvaluator {
37
38 /**
39 * Holds the Tiles request context of the current thread.
40 */
41 private TilesRequestContextHolder requestHolder;
42
43 /**
44 * Resolves variables when starting from the root.
45 *
46 * @since 2.2.0
47 */
48 private VariableResolverFactory variableResolverFactory;
49
50 /**
51 * Constructor.
52 *
53 * @param requestHolder The object that holds the Tiles request context of
54 * the current thread.
55 * @param variableResolverFactory The resolver factory to use.
56 * @since 2.2.0
57 */
58 public MVELAttributeEvaluator(TilesRequestContextHolder requestHolder,
59 VariableResolverFactory variableResolverFactory) {
60 this.requestHolder = requestHolder;
61 this.variableResolverFactory = variableResolverFactory;
62 }
63
64 /** {@inheritDoc} */
65 public Object evaluate(String expression, Request request) {
66 if (expression == null) {
67 throw new IllegalArgumentException("The expression parameter cannot be null");
68 }
69 requestHolder.setTilesRequestContext(request);
70 return MVEL.eval(expression, variableResolverFactory);
71 }
72 }