core/src/main/java/org/apache/myfaces/extensions/validator/util/ELUtils.java

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package org.apache.myfaces.extensions.validator.util;

import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
import javax.faces.el.ValueBinding;

/**
 * in order to centralize the jsf version dependency within the core
 *
 * @author Gerhard Petracek
 */
public class ELUtils {
    public static Class getTypeOfValueBindingForExpression(FacesContext facesContext, String valueBindingExpression) {
        //due to a restriction with the ri
        Object bean = ELUtils.getValueOfExpression(facesContext, valueBindingExpression);
        return (bean != null) ? bean.getClass() : null;
    }

    public static Object getBean(String beanName) {
        FacesContext facesContext = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
        return facesContext.getApplication().getVariableResolver().resolveVariable(facesContext, beanName);
    }

    //TODO refactor - problem - static values - jsf 1.2 e.g.: ${value}
    public static Object getBeanObject(String valueBindingExpression, UIComponent uiComponent) {
        return getBeanObject(valueBindingExpression);
    }

    public static Object getBeanObject(String valueBindingExpression) {
        String newExpression = valueBindingExpression.substring(0, valueBindingExpression.lastIndexOf(".")) + "}";

        return getValueOfExpression(FacesContext.getCurrentInstance(), newExpression);
    }

    public static Object getValueOfExpression(FacesContext facesContext, String valueBindingExpression) {
        return (valueBindingExpression != null) ? facesContext.getApplication().createValueBinding(valueBindingExpression).getValue(facesContext) : null;
    }

    public static boolean isExpressionValid(FacesContext facesContext, String valueBindingExpression) {
        return facesContext.getApplication().createValueBinding(valueBindingExpression) != null;
    }


    public static String getReliableValueBindingExpression(UIComponent uiComponent) {
        String valueBindingExpression = getValueBindingExpression(uiComponent);

        String baseExpression = valueBindingExpression;
        if(baseExpression.contains(".")) {
            baseExpression = baseExpression.substring(0, valueBindingExpression.lastIndexOf(".")) + "}";
        }

        if(getTypeOfValueBindingForExpression(FacesContext.getCurrentInstance(), baseExpression) == null) {
            valueBindingExpression = FaceletsTaglibExpressionUtils.tryToCreateValueBindingForFaceletsBinding(uiComponent);
        }
        return valueBindingExpression;
    }

    public static String getValueBindingExpression(UIComponent uiComponent) {
        ValueBinding valueExpression = uiComponent.getValueBinding("value");

        return (valueExpression != null) ? valueExpression.getExpressionString() : null;
    }

    public static Class getTypeOfValueBindingForComponent(FacesContext facesContext, UIComponent uiComponent) {
        ValueBinding valueBinding = uiComponent.getValueBinding("value");

        return (valueBinding != null) ? valueBinding.getType(facesContext) : null;
    }
}