CdiExpressionLanguageProvider.java

/*
 * Copyright 2011 <a href="mailto:lincolnbaxter@gmail.com">Lincoln Baxter, III</a>
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 * 
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package org.ocpsoft.rewrite.cdi;

import javax.el.ELContext;
import javax.el.ELException;
import javax.el.ExpressionFactory;
import javax.el.ValueExpression;
import javax.enterprise.inject.Instance;
import javax.inject.Inject;

import org.ocpsoft.rewrite.cdi.expressions.Expressions;
import org.ocpsoft.rewrite.el.spi.ExpressionLanguageProvider;

/**
 * @author <a href="mailto:lincolnbaxter@gmail.com">Lincoln Baxter, III</a>
 */
public class CdiExpressionLanguageProvider implements ExpressionLanguageProvider
{
   /**
    * We cannot simply inject an instance of Expressions here, because {@link CdiExpressionLanguageProvider} is created
    * only once for the entire application and {@link Expressions} is not thread-safe because it holds only a single
    * {@link ELContext} instance.
    */
   @Inject
   private Instance<Expressions> expressionsInstance;

   @Override
   public int priority()
   {
      return 10;
   }

   @Override
   public Object retrieveValue(final String expression)
   {
      Expressions expressions = expressionsInstance.get();
      return getValue(expressions.getELContext(), expressions.getExpressionFactory(),
               groomExpression(expression));
   }

   @Override
   public void submitValue(final String expression, final Object value)
   {
      Expressions expressions = expressionsInstance.get();
      String el = groomExpression(expression);
      if (getExpectedType(expressions.getELContext(), expressions.getExpressionFactory(), el).isArray())
      {
         Object[] toInject = null;
         if ((value != null) && !value.getClass().isArray())
         {
            toInject = new Object[] { value };
         }
         else
            toInject = (Object[]) value;

         setValue(expressions.getELContext(), expressions.getExpressionFactory(), el, toInject);
      }
      else
      {
         Object toInject = value;
         if ((value != null) && value.getClass().isArray())
         {
            Object[] array = (Object[]) value;
            if (array.length > 0)
            {
               toInject = array[0];
            }
            else
            {
               toInject = "";
            }
         }
         setValue(expressions.getELContext(), expressions.getExpressionFactory(), el, toInject);
      }
   }

   public String groomExpression(String expression)
   {
      String result = expression.trim();
      if (!result.startsWith("#{"))
         return expressionsInstance.get().toExpression(result);

      return result;
   }

   @Override
   public Object evaluateMethodExpression(final String expression)
   {
      String el = groomExpression(expression);
      return expressionsInstance.get().evaluateMethodExpression(el);
   }

   @Override
   public Object evaluateMethodExpression(final String expression, final Object... values)
   {
      String el = groomExpression(expression);
      return expressionsInstance.get().evaluateMethodExpression(el, values);
   }

   /**
    * Helpers
    */
   private Class<?> getExpectedType(final ELContext context, final ExpressionFactory factory, final String expression)
            throws ELException
   {
      ValueExpression ve = factory.createValueExpression(context, expression, Object.class);
      return ve.getType(context);
   }

   private Object getValue(final ELContext context, final ExpressionFactory factory, final String expression)
            throws ELException
   {
      ValueExpression ve = factory.createValueExpression(context, expression, Object.class);
      return ve.getValue(context);
   }

   private void setValue(final ELContext context, final ExpressionFactory factory, final String expression,
            final Object value) throws ELException
   {

      ValueExpression ve = factory.createValueExpression(context, expression, Object.class);
      ve.setValue(context, factory.coerceToType(value, ve.getType(context)));
   }

}