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<pre>public class <span class="typeNameLabel">Coercions</span>
extends java.lang.Object</pre>
<div class="block"><p>This class contains the logic for coercing data types before
operators are applied to them.
<p>The following is the list of rules applied for various type
conversions.
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Applying arithmetic operator
Binary operator - A {+,-,*} B
if A and B are null
return 0
if A or B is Float, Double, or String containing ".", "e", or "E"
coerce both A and B to Double
apply operator
otherwise
coerce both A and B to Long
apply operator
if operator results in exception (such as divide by 0), error
Binary operator - A {/,div} B
if A and B are null
return 0
otherwise
coerce both A and B to Double
apply operator
if operator results in exception (such as divide by 0), error
Binary operator - A {%,mod} B
if A and B are null
return 0
if A or B is Float, Double, or String containing ".", "e" or "E"
coerce both to Double
apply operator
otherwise
coerce both A and B to Long
apply operator
if operator results in exception (such as divide by 0), error
Unary minus operator - -A
if A is null
return 0
if A is String
if A contains ".", "e", or "E"
coerce to Double, apply operator
otherwise
coerce to a Long and apply operator
if A is Byte,Short,Integer,Long,Float,Double
retain type, apply operator
if operator results in exception, error
otherwise
error
Applying "empty" operator - empty A
if A is null
return true
if A is zero-length String
return true
if A is zero-length array
return true
if A is List and ((List) A).isEmpty()
return true
if A is Map and ((Map) A).isEmpty()
return true
otherwise
return false
Applying logical operators
Binary operator - A {and,or} B
coerce both A and B to Boolean, apply operator
NOTE - operator stops as soon as expression can be determined, i.e.,
A and B and C and D - if B is false, then only A and B is evaluated
Unary not operator - not A
coerce A to Boolean, apply operator
Applying relational operator
A {<,>,<=,>=,lt,gt,lte,gte} B
if A==B
if operator is >= or <=
return true
otherwise
return false
if A or B is null
return false
if A or B is Float or Double
coerce both A and B to Double
apply operator
if A or B is Byte,Short,Character,Integer,Long
coerce both A and B to Long
apply operator
if A or B is String
coerce both A and B to String, compare lexically
if A is Comparable
if A.compareTo (B) throws exception
error
otherwise
use result of A.compareTo(B)
if B is Comparable
if B.compareTo (A) throws exception
error
otherwise
use result of B.compareTo(A)
otherwise
error
Applying equality operator
A {==,!=} B
if A==B
apply operator
if A or B is null
return false for ==, true for !=
if A or B is Float or Double
coerce both A and B to Double
apply operator
if A or B is Byte,Short,Character,Integer,Long
coerce both A and B to Long
apply operator
if A or B is Boolean
coerce both A and B to Boolean
apply operator
if A or B is String
coerce both A and B to String, compare lexically
otherwise
if an error occurs while calling A.equals(B)
error
apply operator to result of A.equals(B)
coercions
coerce A to String
A is String
return A
A is null
return ""
A.toString throws exception
error
otherwise
return A.toString
coerce A to primitive Number type N
A is null or ""
return 0
A is Character
convert to short, apply following rules
A is Boolean
error
A is Number type N
return A
A is Number with less precision than N
coerce quietly
A is Number with greater precision than N
coerce quietly
A is String
new N.valueOf(A) throws exception
error
return N.valueOf(A)
otherwise
error
coerce A to Character should be
A is null or ""
return (char) 0
A is Character
return A
A is Boolean
error
A is Number with less precision than short
coerce quietly - return (char) A
A is Number with greater precision than short
coerce quietly - return (char) A
A is String
return A.charAt (0)
otherwise
error
coerce A to Boolean
A is null or ""
return false
A is Boolean
return A
A is String
Boolean.valueOf(A) throws exception
error
return Boolean.valueOf(A)
otherwise
error
coerce A to any other type T
A is null
return null
A is assignable to T
coerce quietly
A is String
T has no PropertyEditor
if A is "", return null
otherwise error
T's PropertyEditor throws exception
if A is "", return null
otherwise error
otherwise
apply T's PropertyEditor
otherwise
error
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<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/taglibs/standard/lang/jstl/Coercions.html#applyArithmeticOperator-java.lang.Object-java.lang.Object-org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.jstl.ArithmeticOperator-org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.jstl.Logger-">applyArithmeticOperator</a></span>(java.lang.Object&nbsp;pLeft,
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<a href="../../../../../../org/apache/taglibs/standard/lang/jstl/ArithmeticOperator.html" title="class in org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.jstl">ArithmeticOperator</a>&nbsp;pOperator,
<a href="../../../../../../org/apache/taglibs/standard/lang/jstl/Logger.html" title="class in org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.jstl">Logger</a>&nbsp;pLogger)</code>
<div class="block">Performs all of the necessary type conversions, then calls on the
appropriate operator.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>static java.lang.Object</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/taglibs/standard/lang/jstl/Coercions.html#applyEqualityOperator-java.lang.Object-java.lang.Object-org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.jstl.EqualityOperator-org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.jstl.Logger-">applyEqualityOperator</a></span>(java.lang.Object&nbsp;pLeft,
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<a href="../../../../../../org/apache/taglibs/standard/lang/jstl/EqualityOperator.html" title="class in org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.jstl">EqualityOperator</a>&nbsp;pOperator,
<a href="../../../../../../org/apache/taglibs/standard/lang/jstl/Logger.html" title="class in org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.jstl">Logger</a>&nbsp;pLogger)</code>
<div class="block">Performs all of the necessary type conversions, then calls on the
appropriate operator.</div>
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<div class="block">Performs all of the necessary type conversions, then calls on the
appropriate operator.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>static java.lang.Object</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/taglibs/standard/lang/jstl/Coercions.html#coerce-java.lang.Object-java.lang.Class-org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.jstl.Logger-">coerce</a></span>(java.lang.Object&nbsp;pValue,
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<div class="block">Coerces the given value to the specified class.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>static java.lang.Boolean</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/taglibs/standard/lang/jstl/Coercions.html#coerceToBoolean-java.lang.Object-org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.jstl.Logger-">coerceToBoolean</a></span>(java.lang.Object&nbsp;pValue,
<a href="../../../../../../org/apache/taglibs/standard/lang/jstl/Logger.html" title="class in org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.jstl">Logger</a>&nbsp;pLogger)</code>
<div class="block">Coerces a value to a Boolean</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>static java.lang.Character</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/taglibs/standard/lang/jstl/Coercions.html#coerceToCharacter-java.lang.Object-org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.jstl.Logger-">coerceToCharacter</a></span>(java.lang.Object&nbsp;pValue,
<a href="../../../../../../org/apache/taglibs/standard/lang/jstl/Logger.html" title="class in org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.jstl">Logger</a>&nbsp;pLogger)</code>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>static java.lang.Integer</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/taglibs/standard/lang/jstl/Coercions.html#coerceToInteger-java.lang.Object-org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.jstl.Logger-">coerceToInteger</a></span>(java.lang.Object&nbsp;pValue,
<a href="../../../../../../org/apache/taglibs/standard/lang/jstl/Logger.html" title="class in org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.jstl">Logger</a>&nbsp;pLogger)</code>
<div class="block">Coerces a value to an Integer, returning null if the coercion
isn't possible.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>static java.lang.Object</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/taglibs/standard/lang/jstl/Coercions.html#coerceToObject-java.lang.Object-java.lang.Class-org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.jstl.Logger-">coerceToObject</a></span>(java.lang.Object&nbsp;pValue,
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<a href="../../../../../../org/apache/taglibs/standard/lang/jstl/Logger.html" title="class in org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.jstl">Logger</a>&nbsp;pLogger)</code>
<div class="block">Coerces a value to the specified Class that is not covered by any
of the above cases</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>static java.lang.Number</code></td>
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<div class="block">Returns true if the given string might contain a floating point
number - i.e., it contains ".", "e", or "E"</div>
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