[jbossseam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBSEAM-3092) add convenience methods on Expressions

add convenience methods on Expressions -------------------------------------- Key: JBSEAM-3092 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBSEAM-3092 Project: Seam Issue Type: Feature Request Components: Core Affects Versions: 2.1.0.A1 Reporter: Dan Allen Assigned To: Dan Allen Priority: Minor Fix For: 2.1.0.BETA1 Original Estimate: 10 minutes Remaining Estimate: 10 minutes For how often EL is needed, it sure would be nice to make it a little easier to evaluate from Java code. I propose the folllwing three methods on Expressions (which come from BaseSeamTest): /** * Call a method binding */ public Object invokeMethod(String methodExpression) { return createMethodExpression(methodExpression).invoke(); } /** * Evaluate (get) a value binding */ public Object getValue(String valueExpression) { return createValueExpression(valueExpression).getValue(); } /** * Set a value binding */ public void setValue(String valueExpression, Object value) { createValueExpression(valueExpression).setValue(value); } You could even make the case for them being static: public static Object invokeMethod(String methodExpression) { return Expressions.instance().createMethodExpression(methodExpression).invoke(); } public static Object getValue(String valueExpression) { return Expressions.instance().createValueExpression(valueExpression).getValue(); } public static void setValue(String valueExpression, Object value) { Expressions.instance().createValueExpression(valueExpression).setValue(value); }