On 10/16/07, Gary VanMatre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >From: Iain Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > Hi Gary,
> >
> > Thanks a lot for the information! Do you know if the mock implementation
> > is going to be extended at any point to include dealing with lists
> > reference by expressions like "#{myBean.myList[0]}"?
> >
>
> I'm not sure. The test framework is one of the best parts of Shale but the
> only problem I see in expanding for more EL support is that it becomes more
> and more complicated. It's easy to draw the line with the existing mock
> implementation.
>
> At one time I added a fix to support scopes like
> "#{requestScope['xxx.xxx.xx']}" and Craig made a similar comment about
> keeping the mock implementation simple.
>
> However, Shale is used by many of the myfaces projects. I think the
> community should make the decision providing there is a volunteer to
> contribute.
>
I don't know how Shale Test Framework supports EL - but with the new
"Unified EL" spec, which is independant of servlet/jsf it might be an
idea to plug that into the test framework. Apache Tomcat has released
separate jars which are now available in the maven repo.
Niall
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Iain
> >
>
>
> Gary
>
>
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> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gary VanMatre)
> > 16/10/2007 16:27
> > Please respond to
> > user@shale.apache.org
> >
> >
> > To
> > user@shale.apache.org
> > cc
> >
> > Subject
> > Re: Using shale-test with ValueBinding lists
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: Iain Duncan
> > >
> > > Hello All,
> > >
> > > I've just started using shale-test to test an application using JSF1.1
> > so
> > > apologies if this is a dumb question and I am doing something obvious
> > > wrong! I have been unable to get the getValue() method on a ValueBinding
> >
> > > that involves a list to work. Does anyone know if this has been
> > > implemented?
> > >
> >
> > Simple expressions can be evaluated. The mock implementation tokenizes
> > the expression based on the "dot" separator. So, you can evaluate
> > expressions like "#{mybean.property}".
> >
> > You have to programmatically add your beans into scope in your unit tests
> > or add a few lines of logic to process faces-config's.
> >
> >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Iain
> > >
> >
> > Gary
