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[Colin Hudler <>]

Replying to myself, but without a fix.. I see at least one potential 
problem, in GrouperUiUtils.java substituteExpressionLangauge():

Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("\\$\\{(.*?)\\}");

That pattern will stop at my first '}'.  I don't see an easy work-around 
at the moment.

On 06/10/2010 06:58 PM, Colin Hudler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We use the LiteUI and it is great that some properties allow an 
> embedded parser (is it JEXL?). I need to customize subject displays, 
> so I am using the property:
>
> "grouperUi.subjectImg.screenEl.0"
>
> Unfortunately, it fails this simple test:
>
> ${if (true) { "hello"; }}
>
> The Add member box in LiteUI says:
>
> "Error searching for members: chudler, Error substituting string: 
> '${if (true) { "hello"; }}'"
>
> Does it even support conditionals? Does anyone have a link to the 
> syntax for the version grouper is shipping with?
>
> Would grouper-devs consider JEXL 2.0 at some point? It supports 
> ternary operators and many other enhancements. However, it is not a 
> drop-in replacement; Apparenlty, some API changes have occured. Yet a 
> more active alternative is 
> <http://velocity.apache.org/engine/index.html>.