| Situation |
Previous (WW-1.4) |
Current (WW-2.1) |
| Referring to an object in the PageContext scope |
@itemIdOrName |
#attr['itemIdOrName'] |
| Referring to an object in the Request scope |
itemIdOrName |
Same, but use #request['itemIdOrName'] if nested in an iteration. |
| Referring to an object in the Session scope |
@itemIdOrName |
#session['itemIdOrName'] |
| Referring to an object in the Application scope |
@itemIdOrName |
#application['itemIdOrName'] |
| Property Setters |
foo/bar translates to getFoo().setBar() |
foo.bar translates to getFoo().setBar() |
| Property Getters |
foo/bar translates to getFoo().getBar() |
foo.bar translates to getFoo().getBar() |
| Boolean/boolean Property Getters |
foo/bar translates to getFoo().getBar() if bar is java.lang.Boolean, if primitive bar translates to getFoo().isBar() |
Same, except uses dot notation instead of a slash (i.e. foo.bar) |
| Collections as Properties |
N/A |
Collections (including arrays) are similar to other objects, except they allow indexing: foo.bar[indexOrKeyName] translates to getFoo().getBar().get(indexOrKeyName) |
| curly braces - {}, evaluates contents of braces first, and use the result as the property to then evaluate. |
<webwork:property value="{'name'}"/> translates to getName() on the curent object. |
No longer used. |
| Reference a static variable |
@com.fully.qualified.class.name.TheActualClass@STATIC_ATTRIBUTE_NAME |
Still in use. |
Originally written by Jay Bose and sent to the mailing list
