Java Unified Expression Language API

Implementation of the Java Unified Expression Language as specified by the Expression Language Specification, Version 2.1 (JEE5, part of the JSP 2.1 standard [JSR-245]), plus maintenance release 2.2 (JEE6).

License	The Apache Software License, Version 2.0
GroupId	de.odysseus.juel
ArtifactId	juel-api
Last Version	2.2.7
Release Date	Feb 6, 2014
Type	jar
Description	Java Unified Expression Language API Implementation of the Java Unified Expression Language as specified by the Expression Language Specification, Version 2.1 (JEE5, part of the JSP 2.1 standard [JSR-245]), plus maintenance release 2.2 (JEE6).
Project Organization	Odysseus Software GmbH

Download juel-api

Filename	Size
juel-api-2.2.7.pom
juel-api-2.2.7.jar	31 KB
juel-api-2.2.7-sources.jar	46 KB
juel-api-2.2.7-javadoc.jar	163 KB

How to add to project

Apache Maven

<!-- https://jarcasting.com/artifacts/de.odysseus.juel/juel-api/ -->
<dependency>
    <groupId>de.odysseus.juel</groupId>
    <artifactId>juel-api</artifactId>
    <version>2.2.7</version>
</dependency>

Gradle Groovy

// https://jarcasting.com/artifacts/de.odysseus.juel/juel-api/
implementation 'de.odysseus.juel:juel-api:2.2.7'

Gradle Kotlin

// https://jarcasting.com/artifacts/de.odysseus.juel/juel-api/
implementation ("de.odysseus.juel:juel-api:2.2.7")

Apache Buildr

'de.odysseus.juel:juel-api:jar:2.2.7'

Apache Ivy

<dependency org="de.odysseus.juel" name="juel-api" rev="2.2.7">
  <artifact name="juel-api" type="jar" />
</dependency>

Groovy Grape

@Grapes(
@Grab(group='de.odysseus.juel', module='juel-api', version='2.2.7')
)

Scala SBT

libraryDependencies += "de.odysseus.juel" % "juel-api" % "2.2.7"

Leiningen

[de.odysseus.juel/juel-api "2.2.7"]

Dependencies

test (1)

Group / Artifact	Type	Version
junit : junit	jar	3.8.1

Project Modules

There are no modules declared in this project.

JUEL - Java Unified Expression Language

JUEL is an implementation of the Unified Expression Language (EL), specified as part of the JSP 2.1 standard (JSR-245), which has been introduced in JEE5. Additionally, JUEL 2.2 implements the JSP 2.2 maintenance release specification for full JEE6 compliance.

Motivation

Once, the EL started as part of JSTL. Then, the EL made its way into the JSP 2.0 standard. Now, though part of JSP 2.1, the EL API has been separated into package javax.el and all dependencies to the core JSP classes have been removed.

In other words: the EL is ready for use in non-JSP applications!

Features

JUEL provides a lightweight and efficient implementation of the Unified Expression Language.

• High Performance – Parsing expressions is certainly the expected performance bottleneck. JUEL uses a hand-coded parser which is up to 10 times faster than the previously used (javacc) generated parser! Once built, expression trees are evaluated at highest speed.
• Pluggable Cache – Even if JUEL's parser is fast, parsing expressions is relative expensive. Therefore, it's best to parse an expression string only once. JUEL provides a default caching mechanism which should be sufficient in most cases. However, JUEL allows to plug in your own cache easily.
• Small Footprint – JUEL has been carefully designed to minimize memory usage as well as code size.
• Method Invocations – JUEL supports method invocations as in ${foo.matches('[0-9]+')}. Methods are resolved and invoked using the EL's resolver mechanism. As of JUEL 2.2, method invocations are enabled by default.
• VarArg Calls – JUEL supports Java 5 VarArgs in function and method invocations. E.g., binding String.format(String, String...) to function format allows for ${format('Hey %s','Joe')}. As of JUEL 2.2, VarArgs are enabled by default.
• Pluggable – JUEL can be configured to be transparently detected as EL implementation by a Java runtime environment or JEE application server. Using JUEL does not require an application to explicitly reference any of the JUEL specific implementation classes.

Documentation

Visit the JUEL site at Sourceforge.

Downloads

The JUEL distribution contains the following JAR files:

• juel-api-2.2.x.jar - the javax.el API classes.
• juel-impl-2.2.x.jar - the de.odysseus.el implementation classes.
• juel-spi-2.2.x.jar - the META-INF/service/javax.el.ExpressionFactory service provider resource. (You will need this if you have several expression language implementations on your classpath and want to force JUEL's implementation to be chosen by ExpressionFactory.newInstance()).

The JARs are also available via Maven:

<dependency>
  <groupId>de.odysseus.juel</groupId>
  <artifactId>juel-api</artifactId>
  <version>2.2.x</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>de.odysseus.juel</groupId>
  <artifactId>juel-impl</artifactId>
  <version>2.2.x</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>de.odysseus.juel</groupId>
  <artifactId>juel-spi</artifactId>
  <version>2.2.x</version>
</dependency>

Development

Visit the Github project.

Status

JUEL is considered production stable. The code is well tested (80% coverage) and feature complete.

License

JUEL is available under the Apache License, Version 2.0.

(c) 2006-2012 Odysseus Software

Versions

Version
2.2.7 Feb 6, 2014
2.2.6 Jan 11, 2013
2.2.5 Jul 8, 2012
2.2.4 Sep 30, 2011
2.2.3 Jan 30, 2011
2.2.2 Nov 12, 2010
2.1.3 May 31, 2010
2.1.2 Jul 14, 2009