[OmniFaces utilities 2.1] Programmatically EL-resolve the given property on the given base object and return the resolved value

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[OmniFaces utilities] The resolveExpressionGet() method programmatically EL-resolve the given property on the given base object and return the resolved value.

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Method:

See also: Faces#getContext()

Usage:

Let's suppose that we have the following simple CDI bean:

@Named

@SessionScoped

public class CommandBean {

 private String command;

 public String getCommand() {

  return command;

 }

 public void setCommand(String command) {

  this.command = command;

 }

}

Now, the Faces#resolveExpressionGet() is capable to programmatically EL-resolve the command property on the CommandBean base object and return the resolved value. In a real scenario, you will be in a JSF artifact (e.g. in a bean, custom component, etc), and you will need to inspect the property of an existing CommandBean object (instance). But, we can also perform a quick test via Beans#getInstance() utility method, which returns the CDI managed bean instance (actual) of the given bean class and creates one if one doesn't exist. Since the above bean is a CDI bean, we can do this:

// returns:

   - null, if the CommandBean object (instance) was created by the Beans#getInstance(), since one doesn't exist

   - if the CommandBean object (instance) exist, it will return the current value of the command property

CommandBean commandBean = Beans.getInstance(CommandBean.class);

String resolved = Faces.resolveExpressionGet(commandBean, "command");

You can resolve a top-level variable also, by passing null as base:

Object resolved = Faces.resolveExpressionGet(null, "top-level variable");

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