Using EL in normal java class.

[Arun Thulaseedharan]

hi all,
im new to EL.Can anyone tell me how to use EL in normal java page(non jsp/jsf pages).My requirement is like this...we have a class A and it has a property b..i want the value of b and for that i want to use EL expression..

thanks and regards
arun

[Ankit Garg]

Originally posted by Arun Thulaseedharan:
hi all,
im new to EL.Can anyone tell me how to use EL in normal java page(non jsp/jsf pages).My requirement is like this...we have a class A and it has a property b..i want the value of b and for that i want to use EL expression..

First of all Is this normal class a Servlet???
Second you said b is a property..This means it is a field in that class.
If yes then why do you want to use EL for that???

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

The JSP expression language is implemented as part of the JSP container; it's not (normally) available in Java code. Now, it's possible that, with sufficient knowledge, you could use the JSP container's EL code from normal Java code, but I doubt it; it's almost certainly not written to support that use case.

[Steve Luke]

Yeah, your best bet would be to look into the java.beans.Intorspector API and reflection. By properly understanding the two you could emulate the simplicity of EL using method calls.

[Arun Thulaseedharan]

thanks a lot guys...actually i used JEXL for the same...guess that will the job for me...

thanks and regards
arun