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Re: Expose STKUtil as EL functions

by gregoryjoseph :: Rate this Message:

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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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