Expose STKUtil as EL functions

[Thomas Duffey]

Hi,

Is it reasonable to submit a patch that exposes some/all of the  
STKUtil methods as JSP 2.0 EL functions?  This would be useful to  
those of us who want to use parts of the STK but do not want to use  
Freemarker where it is already available.

Tom


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[Philipp Bärfuss]

> Is it reasonable to submit a patch that exposes some/all of the  
> STKUtil methods as JSP 2.0 EL functions?  This would be useful to  
> those of us who want to use parts of the STK but do not want to use  
> Freemarker where it is already available.

This is what we had in mind (especially for the mgnl object  
'MagnoliaTemplateUtilities'). Such a patch would be accepted. Just  
create a jira ticked and attach your patch.

Thanks!

Philipp
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[gregoryjoseph]

On Jun 29, 2009, at 10:35 AM, Philipp Bärfuss wrote:

>
>> Is it reasonable to submit a patch that exposes some/all of the  
>> STKUtil methods as JSP 2.0 EL functions?  This would be useful to  
>> those of us who want to use parts of the STK but do not want to use  
>> Freemarker where it is already available.
>
> This is what we had in mind (especially for the mgnl object  
> 'MagnoliaTemplateUtilities'). Such a patch would be accepted. Just  
> create a jira ticked and attach your patch.

Let's just keep in mind that MagnoliaTemplateUtilities is not static.  
It's currently stateless, but that *could* change (think IoC). EL  
functions are supposed to be all static, so that might be a problem at  
some point.
(I once found a tool/taglib that allowed dynamic wrapping of objects  
(such as MagnoliaTemplateUtilities) into a taglib/functions - which  
could be useful here -- can't find it right now)

-g


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