[jboss-as7-dev] Expressions (Detyped API document feedback)

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

>>>>> 2) If there is significant benefit, how can we model this using the
>>>>> simpler type system?
>>>> 
>>>> Easy - I can add a PROPERTY_EXPRESSION type which attempts to resolve
>>>> the expression when you call asString()/asInt()/etc. (toString() would
>>>> return the expression).
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> This would need to be done on the server side and the calculated result
>>> shipped to the client.
>> 
>> I'm not sure this is really necessary.  I'd think we'd have runtime
>> operations available to query the actual values in use for these kinds
>> of things; I think for regular model queries the user would want to read
>> back the expressions only.
>> 
> 
> This is true. The client can decide how to handle this themselves. 
> Simply returning PROPERTY_EXPRESSION from ModelNode.getType() is enough 
> to tell the client that the value needs to be resolved; they can decide 
> what to do with that information.

How would a client resolve the expression ? Or rather - how could the client get the effective value of the property as seen by the server ?

/max