In my JSPs I have interactions with struts all the time so OGNL is important for me.
A pattern I use quite often is to get objects via <s:set> (OGNL) and afterwards use them with EL/JSTL. Regards, Christoph > I believe my thoughts are similar. When I code, I explicitly try to be > "OGNL free" in my JSP. There's no reason for me to use OGNL unless I am > forced to via interaction with Struts. I do what I can do make sure my JSP > usage sticks with the EE standard. > > > > > Cheers, > Paul > > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Aaron Johnson <johnson.aar...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > EL now supports many functions of OGNL. Would it make sense just to replace > > OGNL with EL? There doesn't seem to be much of a community around updating > > OGNL. The newer versions of EL have improved support for usage outside of > > the JSP environment. Is it possible to use EL in the other templates > > (Velocity, Freemarker, etc)? It is very confusing to have to work with > > multiple expression contexts (ValueStack lookups and JSTL) when authoring > > JSPs. > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > Maybe we should have two versions of the tags? One that accepts EL (and > > > never executes OGNL) and another one that does. Quite honestly, I have no > > > use for OGNL inside of JSP. > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > That's disappointing that we're crippling the use of these tags. I just > > > > want to use EL for single evaluation. I don't need both OGNL and EL in > > my > > > > tags -- just EL. > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Dave Newton <davelnew...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > http://struts.apache.org/release/2.2.x/docs/why-cant-i-use-jstl- > style-el-expressions-in-struts-tags.html > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org > > > > > > >> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > Is this a bug? I cannot use an EL expression to set the "value" > > > >> attribute. > > > >> > I don't understand why such a restriction exists. Thoughts? > > > >> > > > > >> > Cheers, > > > >> > Paul > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> e: davelnew...@gmail.com > > > >> m: 908-380-8699 > > > >> s: davelnewton_skype > > > >> t: @dave_newton <https://twitter.com/dave_newton> > > > >> b: Bucky Bits <http://buckybits.blogspot.com/> > > > >> g: davelnewton <https://github.com/davelnewton> > > > >> so: Dave Newton < http://stackoverflow.com/users/438992/dave-newton> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > This Email was scanned by Sophos Anti Virus
