[jbossseam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Created: (JBSEAM-2471) add s:concat and s:range functions

[Dan Allen (JIRA)]

add s:concat and s:range functions
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                 Key: JBSEAM-2471
                 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBSEAM-2471
             Project: JBoss Seam
          Issue Type: Feature Request
          Components: Core
    Affects Versions: 2.0.1.CR1
            Reporter: Dan Allen
         Assigned To: Dan Allen
            Priority: Minor
             Fix For: 2.0.x
         Attachments: JBSEAM-2471-v1.txt

My #1 EL pet peeve is that there is no way to concatenate a string. This is like serious basic stuff and it is perfectly reasonable to want to perform this task in EL. I realize I could invent my own solution (and I have), but we want to sweep those common cases under the rug like what was done with the magic collection functions (size, isEmpty, etc).

How about s:concat('one', 'two')?

I am going to squeeze one more in here. I can't tell you the number of times I have needed to quickly create an iteration loop in the UI over a range of numbers, only to realize that there isn't an easy way aside from creating a component. Can we add an s:range() function that creates a collection on the fly?

s:range(1, 5)

This is somewhat of a precedence since the only two functions in s: right now are security related.

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