Just a quick note.

It's often in the other way, but would not this thread be better in dev
ML ?

Jacques

----- Message d'origine ----- 
De : "Chris Howe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
À : <[email protected]>
Envoyé : dimanche 27 mai 2007 17:57
Objet : Re: <if-empty> test for Map does not do deep test


> Hi Jonathon,
>
> (it's Howe btw, no "s")
>
> I wouldn't agree with that approach.  A map is empty if it has no
> name/value pairs, not if one (or all) of the name/value pairs is
empty.
> To attempt the test that you're trying, either test the actual field
> that you're interested in or if unknown run an iterate-map and set the
> value of some field (to if-not-empty test later) to a value if you
> encounter an empty field.  Remember that the simple methods are
> primarily for business logic not a replacement for java, so if you're
> running into complicated scenarios you may want to rethink whether
> logic is "business" or if it's application.
>
> If you're simply looking to avoid resetting the server or rebuilding
> your packages, you can still use the <call-bsh><![CDATA[ and run
> beanshell inside of it, just make sure you return the field before
> exiting ]]></call-bsh>.
>
>
> --- Jonathon -- Improov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hey Chris (Howes),
> >
> > I think you use Minilang a lot, so I really need your advice.
> >
> > Currently, <if-empty field-name="someMap"> returns false even if
> > "someMap" contains keys pointing
> > to empty values. See Java method ObjectType.isEmpty(Object value)
> > where value is a java.util.Map.
> >
> > Do you think we should add an attribute say "deep-test" (true/false
> > value)?
> >
> > I handle nested maps a lot, since it's more organized (structured)
> > that way.
> >
> > Jonathon
> >

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