Package org.thymeleaf.standard.expression

Class Expression

java.lang.Object

org.thymeleaf.standard.expression.Expression

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, IStandardExpression

Direct Known Subclasses:

ComplexExpression, SimpleExpression

public abstract class Expression
extends java.lang.Object
implements IStandardExpression, java.io.Serializable

Base Expression class for all Thymeleaf Standard Expressions

Note a class with this name existed since 1.1, but it was completely reimplemented in Thymeleaf 3.0

Since:

3.0.0

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static char	NESTING_END_CHAR
static char	NESTING_START_CHAR
static char	PARSING_PLACEHOLDER_CHAR
private static long	serialVersionUID

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	Expression()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
java.lang.Object	execute(IExpressionContext context)	Execute the expression.
(package private) static java.lang.Object	execute(IExpressionContext context, Expression expression, IStandardVariableExpressionEvaluator expressionEvaluator, StandardExpressionExecutionContext expContext)
java.lang.Object	execute(IExpressionContext context, StandardExpressionExecutionContext expContext)	Execute the expression.
abstract java.lang.String	getStringRepresentation()	Obtain a string representation of the expression.
(package private) static Expression	parse(java.lang.String input)
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

private static final long serialVersionUID

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Constant Field Values

PARSING_PLACEHOLDER_CHAR

public static final char PARSING_PLACEHOLDER_CHAR

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Constant Field Values

NESTING_START_CHAR

public static final char NESTING_START_CHAR

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Constant Field Values

NESTING_END_CHAR

public static final char NESTING_END_CHAR

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Expression

protected Expression()

Method Detail

getStringRepresentation

public abstract java.lang.String getStringRepresentation()

Description copied from interface: IStandardExpression

Obtain a string representation of the expression.

Specified by:

getStringRepresentation in interface IStandardExpression

Returns:

the String representation

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

parse

static Expression parse(java.lang.String input)

execute

static java.lang.Object execute(IExpressionContext context,
                                Expression expression,
                                IStandardVariableExpressionEvaluator expressionEvaluator,
                                StandardExpressionExecutionContext expContext)

execute

public java.lang.Object execute(IExpressionContext context)

Description copied from interface: IStandardExpression

Execute the expression.

Specified by:

execute in interface IStandardExpression

Parameters:

context - the context object.

Returns:

the result of executing the expression.

execute

public java.lang.Object execute(IExpressionContext context,
                                StandardExpressionExecutionContext expContext)

Description copied from interface: IStandardExpression

Execute the expression.

Specified by:

execute in interface IStandardExpression

Parameters:

context - the context object.

expContext - the expression execution context to be applied (preprocessing, etc.)

Returns:

the result of executing the expression.