Thanks Jeff,
I asked about the string substitution because the docs use the ${...}
notation for primitives or simple data types. Is the user guide incorrect
then?
Z.
>
> Some answers...
>
> String substitution is still there. Use this: ${...}
>
> The expression language is OGNL - OGNL is included basically as is in
> iBATIS3. iBATIS will make all bean properties available in the OGNL
> context, and also the parameter object itself (as "_parameter"). So
> you can do <if test="foo != null"> or <if test="_parameter.foo" !=
> null">.
>
> Jeff Butler
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 7:22 PM, Zoran
> Avtarovski<zo...@sparecreative.com> wrote:
>> > First off, fantastic effort guys. This looks like a unbelievable release.
>> > The improvements over the previous version are just incredible. I¹m
>> > especially a fan of the new collection tag.
>> >
>> > I¹ve been reading over the user guide and I have a couple of questions :
>> >
>> > In V2 and prior $value$ resulted in a string substitution while #value#
>> used
>> > prepared statements and safe escaping. Is there still a string substitution
>> > option? I know it¹s not recommended, but we do have cases where we need it.
>> >
>> > With regards to he expression language support in the dynamic sql tags, is
>> > OGNL being used to evaluate the test fields or a variation of EL? The
>> reason
>> > I ask is that EL supports tests like NOT EMPTY while OGNL doesn¹t. So
>> ³value
>> > != null² isn¹t the same as ³NOT EMPTY value². Also the structure of the
>> > conditional tags follows the JSTL convention of choose, when, otherwise and
>> > not the more contemporary if, elseif, else. I guess the point I¹m trying to
>> > make is that in a world where using multiple frameworks (struts, jsf, etc)
>> > is the norm, it might be a good idea that some of the conventions used in
>> > IB3 follow what¹s been done in more established projects. For example if
>> > OGNL is used than I¹d prefer to use if, elseif, else as that¹s where my
>> mind
>> > is and if I¹m using EL then I go to the choose, when, otherwise. It may be
>> > just me, and I¹m happy to concede that, but I find these little things
>> > really make a difference.
>> >
>> > Finally a question about Spring integration. One of the great selling
>> points
>> > for iBatis has always been its tight spring integration. Is there any work
>> > going on at their end to integrate IB3 or is this something that we, the
>> > iBatis community, should be stepping up for?
>> >
>> > Again, a great release and I can¹t wait to try it.
>> >
>> > Z.
>
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