Paul Libbrecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 24/11/2002 12:05:44 PM:

> Gordon,
> 
> It's as simple as this: the ${xxxx} is meant to evaluate an expression 
> (a JEXL expression I believe) where the "." is... something very close 
> to the "." in java.
> 
> So that ${page.name} means the (bean-, or field-) property "name" of the 

> object (the variable) page...
> 
> Presumably, context.setVariable should throw an IllegalArgumentException 

> when fed with a value with dots. At least, I believe this would be safe.

This would break Maven big time....

> Paul
> 
> 
> On Samedi, novembre 23, 2002, at 07:21 , Gordon wrote:
> > I'm having problems setting and getting variables with Jelly. If the
> > variables have a "." in the name, Jelly can't retrieve the value in 
the
> > script.
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