On Nov 25, 2005, at 5:39 AM, hepabolu wrote:
Can someone please explain why:
<jx:set var="mydate" value="${java.util.Date()}"/>
and
<jx:out value="${java.util.Date()}"/>
result in nothing
and
<jx:formatDate value="${java.util.Date()}" pattern="yyyyMMdd"/>
results in 'Cannot format given Object as a Date'?
Yes — it's because inside '${}', the language is JExL, and you are
trying to treat it as Java. The meaning of:
${java.util.Date()}
is "take the result of calling the method named 'Date' of the property
named 'util' of the object named 'java' in my context". JExL doesn't
know about constructors nor about the Java package syntax.
HTH,
—ml—
