First drop of SPEL

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/common/CompositeStringExpression.java

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+package org.springframework.expression.common;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.Expression;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a template expression broken into pieces. Each piece will be an Expression but pure text parts to the
+ * template will be represented as LiteralExpression objects. An example of a template expression might be: <code><pre>
+ * &quot;Hello ${getName()}&quot;
+ * </pre></code> which will be represented as a CompositeStringExpression of two parts. The first part being a
+ * LiteralExpression representing 'Hello ' and the second part being a real expression that will call getName() when
+ * invoked.
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class CompositeStringExpression implements Expression {
+
+	private String expressionString;
+
+	/**
+	 * The array of expressions that make up the composite expression
+	 */
+	private Expression[] expressions;
+
+	public CompositeStringExpression(String expressionString, Expression[] expressions) {
+		this.expressionString = expressionString;
+		this.expressions = expressions;
+	}
+
+	public String getExpressionString() {
+		return expressionString;
+	}
+
+	public String getValue() throws EvaluationException {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		for (int i = 0; i < expressions.length; i++) {
+			// TODO (asc) is stringify ok for the non literal components? or should the converters be used? see another case below
+			sb.append(expressions[i].getValue());
+		}
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+	public String getValue(EvaluationContext context) throws EvaluationException {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		for (int i = 0; i < expressions.length; i++) {
+			sb.append(expressions[i].getValue(context));
+		}
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+	public Class getValueType(EvaluationContext context) throws EvaluationException {
+		return String.class;
+	}
+
+	public void setValue(EvaluationContext context, Object value) throws EvaluationException {
+		throw new EvaluationException(expressionString, "Cannot call setValue() on a composite expression");
+	}
+
+	public Object getValue(EvaluationContext context, Class<?> expectedResultType) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object value = getValue(context);
+		return ExpressionUtils.convert(context, value, expectedResultType);
+	}
+
+	public Object getValue(Class<?> expectedResultType) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object value = getValue();
+		return ExpressionUtils.convert(null, value, expectedResultType);
+	}
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/common/DefaultNonTemplateParserContext.java

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+package org.springframework.expression.common;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.ParserContext;
+
+public class DefaultNonTemplateParserContext implements ParserContext {
+
+	public static final DefaultNonTemplateParserContext INSTANCE = new DefaultNonTemplateParserContext();
+
+	private DefaultNonTemplateParserContext() {
+	}
+
+	public String getExpressionPrefix() {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	public String getExpressionSuffix() {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	public boolean isTemplate() {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/common/DefaultTemplateParserContext.java

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+package org.springframework.expression.common;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.ParserContext;
+
+public class DefaultTemplateParserContext implements ParserContext {
+
+	public static final DefaultTemplateParserContext INSTANCE = new DefaultTemplateParserContext();
+
+	private DefaultTemplateParserContext() {
+	}
+
+	public String getExpressionPrefix() {
+		return "${";
+	}
+
+	public String getExpressionSuffix() {
+		return "}";
+	}
+
+	public boolean isTemplate() {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/common/ExpressionUtils.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.common;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.TypeConverter;
+import org.springframework.expression.TypeUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Common utility functions that may be used by any Expression Language provider.
+ *
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class ExpressionUtils {
+
+	/**
+	 * Determines if there is a type converter available in the specified context and attempts to use it to convert the supplied
+	 * value to the specified type.  Throws an exception if conversion is not possible.
+	 * 
+	 * @param context the evaluation context that may define a type converter
+	 * @param value the value to convert (may be null)
+	 * @param toType the type to attempt conversion to
+	 * @return the converted value
+	 * @throws EvaluationException if there is a problem during conversion or conversion of the value to the specified type is not supported
+	 */
+	public static Object convert(EvaluationContext context, Object value, Class<?> toType) throws EvaluationException {
+		if (value==null || toType.isAssignableFrom(value.getClass())) {
+			return value;
+		}
+		if (context!=null) {
+			TypeUtils typeUtils = context.getTypeUtils();
+			if (typeUtils != null) {
+				TypeConverter typeConverter = typeUtils.getTypeConverter();
+				return typeConverter.convertValue(value,toType);
+			}
+		}
+		throw new EvaluationException("Cannot convert value '"+value+"' to type '"+toType.getName()+"'");
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/common/LiteralExpression.java

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+package org.springframework.expression.common;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.Expression;
+
+/**
+ * A very simple hardcoded implementation of the Expression interface that represents a string literal. It is used with
+ * CompositeStringExpression when representing a template expression which is made up of pieces - some being real
+ * expressions to be handled by an EL implementation like Spel, and some being just textual elements.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public class LiteralExpression implements Expression {
+
+	/**
+	 * Fixed literal value of this expression
+	 */
+	private String literalValue;
+
+	public LiteralExpression(String literalValue) {
+		this.literalValue = literalValue;
+	}
+
+	public String getExpressionString() {
+		return new StringBuilder().append("'").append(literalValue).append("'").toString();
+	}
+
+	public Object getValue() throws EvaluationException {
+		return literalValue;
+	}
+
+	public Object getValue(EvaluationContext context) throws EvaluationException {
+		return literalValue;
+	}
+
+	public Class getValueType(EvaluationContext context) throws EvaluationException {
+		return String.class;
+	}
+
+	public void setValue(EvaluationContext context, Object value) throws EvaluationException {
+		throw new EvaluationException(this.literalValue, "Cannot call setValue() on a LiteralExpression");
+	}
+
+	public Object getValue(EvaluationContext context, Class<?> expectedResultType) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object value = getValue(context);
+		return ExpressionUtils.convert(context, value, expectedResultType);
+	}
+
+	public Object getValue(Class<?> expectedResultType) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object value = getValue();
+		return ExpressionUtils.convert(null, value, expectedResultType);
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/common/TemplateAwareExpressionParser.java

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+package org.springframework.expression.common;

import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;

import org.springframework.expression.Expression;
import org.springframework.expression.ExpressionParser;
import org.springframework.expression.ParseException;
import org.springframework.expression.ParserContext;

import sun.tools.jstat.ParserException;

/**
 * An expression parser that understands templates. It can be subclassed by expression parsers that do not offer first
 * class support for templating.
 * 
 * @author Keith Donald
 * @author Andy Clement
 */
public abstract class TemplateAwareExpressionParser implements ExpressionParser {

	public Expression parseExpression(String expressionString) throws ParseException {
		return parseExpression(expressionString, DefaultNonTemplateParserContext.INSTANCE);
	}

	public final Expression parseExpression(String expressionString, ParserContext context) throws ParseException {
		if (context == null) {
			context = DefaultNonTemplateParserContext.INSTANCE;
		}
		if (context.isTemplate()) {
			return parseTemplate(expressionString, context);
		} else {
			return doParseExpression(expressionString, context);
		}
	}

	private Expression parseTemplate(String expressionString, ParserContext context) throws ParseException {
		// TODO what about zero length expressions?
		Expression[] expressions = parseExpressions(expressionString, context);
		if (expressions.length == 1) {
			return expressions[0];
		} else {
			return new CompositeStringExpression(expressionString, expressions);
		}
	}

	// helper methods

	/**
	 * Helper that parses given expression string using the configured parser. The expression string can contain any
	 * number of expressions all contained in "${...}" markers. For instance: "foo${expr0}bar${expr1}". The static
	 * pieces of text will also be returned as Expressions that just return that static piece of text. As a result,
	 * evaluating all returned expressions and concatenating the results produces the complete evaluated string.
	 * Unwrapping is only done of the outermost delimiters found, so the string 'hello ${foo${abc}}' would break into
	 * the pieces 'hello ' and 'foo${abc}'. This means that expression languages that used ${..} as part of their
	 * functionality are supported without any problem
	 * 
	 * @param expressionString the expression string
	 * @return the parsed expressions
	 * @throws ParserException when the expressions cannot be parsed
	 */
	private final Expression[] parseExpressions(String expressionString, ParserContext context)
			throws ParseException {
		// TODO this needs to handle nested delimiters for cases where the expression uses the delim chars
		List<Expression> expressions = new LinkedList<Expression>();
		int startIdx = 0;
		String prefix = context.getExpressionPrefix();
		String suffix = context.getExpressionSuffix();
		while (startIdx < expressionString.length()) {
			int prefixIndex = expressionString.indexOf(prefix, startIdx);
			if (prefixIndex >= startIdx) {
				// a inner expression was found - this is a composite
				if (prefixIndex > startIdx) {
					expressions.add(new LiteralExpression(expressionString.substring(startIdx, prefixIndex)));
					startIdx = prefixIndex;
				}
				int nextPrefixIndex = expressionString.indexOf(prefix, prefixIndex + prefix.length());
				int suffixIndex;
				if (nextPrefixIndex == -1) {
					// this is the last expression in the expression string
					suffixIndex = expressionString.lastIndexOf(suffix);
						
				} else {
					// another expression exists after this one in the expression string
					suffixIndex = expressionString.lastIndexOf(suffix, nextPrefixIndex);
				}
				if (suffixIndex < (prefixIndex + prefix.length())) {
					throw new ParseException(expressionString, "No ending suffix '" + suffix
							+ "' for expression starting at character " + prefixIndex + ": "
							+ expressionString.substring(prefixIndex), null);
				} else if (suffixIndex == prefixIndex + prefix.length()) {
					throw new ParseException(expressionString, "No expression defined within delimiter '" + prefix
							+ suffix + "' at character " + prefixIndex, null);
				} else {
					String expr = expressionString.substring(prefixIndex + prefix.length(), suffixIndex);
					expressions.add(doParseExpression(expr, context));
					startIdx = suffixIndex +suffix.length();
				}
			} else {
				if (startIdx == 0) {
					expressions.add(doParseExpression(expressionString, context));
				} else {
					// no more ${expressions} found in string, add rest as static text
					expressions.add(new LiteralExpression(expressionString.substring(startIdx)));
				}
				startIdx = expressionString.length();
			}
		}
		return expressions.toArray(new Expression[expressions.size()]);
	}

	protected abstract Expression doParseExpression(String expressionString, ParserContext context)
			throws ParseException;

}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/ArgList.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Represents the list of arguments supplied to a lambda expression. For an expression "{|x,y| $x > $y ? $x : $y }" the
+ * argument list is x,y
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public class ArgList extends SpelNode {
+
+	public ArgList(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return a list of the argument names captured in this ArgList
+	 */
+	public List<String> getArgumentNames() {
+		if (getChildCount() == 0)
+			return Collections.emptyList();
+		List<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();
+		for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
+			result.add(getChild(i).getText());
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
+			if (i > 0)
+				sb.append(",");
+			sb.append(getChild(i).toStringAST());
+		}
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws SpelException {
+		throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.ARGLIST_SHOULD_NOT_BE_EVALUATED);
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/Assign.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Represents assignment. An alternative to calling setValue() for an expression is to use an assign.
+ * <p>
+ * Example: 'someNumberProperty=42'
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public class Assign extends SpelNode {
+
+	public Assign(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object newValue = getChild(1).getValue(state);
+		getChild(0).setValue(state, newValue);
+		return newValue;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		return new StringBuilder().append(getChild(0).toStringAST()).append("=").append(getChild(1).toStringAST())
+				.toString();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isWritable(ExpressionState expressionState) throws SpelException {
+		return false;
+	}
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/BooleanLiteral.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+
+/**
+ * Represents the literal values TRUE and FALSE.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public class BooleanLiteral extends Literal {
+
+	private final Boolean value;
+
+	public BooleanLiteral(Token payload, boolean value) {
+		super(payload);
+		this.value = value;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Boolean getLiteralValue() {
+		return value;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/CompoundExpression.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a DOT separated expression sequence, such as 'property1.property2.methodOne()'
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public class CompoundExpression extends SpelNode {
+
+	public CompoundExpression(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Evalutes a compound expression. This involves evaluating each piece in turn and the return value from each piece
+	 * is the active context object for the subsequent piece.
+	 * 
+	 * @param state the state in which the expression is being evaluated
+	 * @return the final value from the last piece of the compound expression
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object result = null;
+		SpelNode nextNode = null;
+		try {
+			nextNode = getChild(0);
+			result = nextNode.getValue(state);
+			for (int i = 1; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
+				try {
+					state.pushActiveContextObject(result);
+					nextNode = getChild(i);
+					result = nextNode.getValue(state);
+				} finally {
+					state.popActiveContextObject();
+				}
+			}
+		} catch (SpelException ee) {
+			// Correct the position for the error before rethrowing
+			ee.setPosition(nextNode.getCharPositionInLine());
+			throw ee;
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void setValue(ExpressionState state, Object value) throws EvaluationException {
+		if (getChildCount() == 1) {
+			getChild(0).setValue(state, value);
+			return;
+		}
+		Object ctx = getChild(0).getValue(state);
+		for (int i = 1; i < getChildCount() - 1; i++) {
+			try {
+				state.pushActiveContextObject(ctx);
+				ctx = getChild(i).getValue(state);
+			} finally {
+				state.popActiveContextObject();
+			}
+		}
+		try {
+			state.pushActiveContextObject(ctx);
+			getChild(getChildCount() - 1).setValue(state, value);
+		} finally {
+			state.popActiveContextObject();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isWritable(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		if (getChildCount() == 1) {
+			return getChild(0).isWritable(state);
+		}
+		Object ctx = getChild(0).getValue(state);
+		for (int i = 1; i < getChildCount() - 1; i++) {
+			try {
+				state.pushActiveContextObject(ctx);
+				ctx = getChild(i).getValue(state);
+			} finally {
+				state.popActiveContextObject();
+			}
+		}
+		try {
+			state.pushActiveContextObject(ctx);
+			return getChild(getChildCount() - 1).isWritable(state);
+		} finally {
+			state.popActiveContextObject();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+		for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
+			sb.append(getChild(i).toStringAST());
+		}
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/ConstructorReference.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Array;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.AccessException;
+import org.springframework.expression.ConstructorExecutor;
+import org.springframework.expression.ConstructorResolver;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.internal.TypeCode;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.internal.Utils;
+
+/**
+ * Represents the invocation of a constructor. Either a constructor on a regular type or construction of an array. When
+ * an array is constructed, an initializer can be specified.
+ * <p>
+ * Examples:<br>
+ * new String('hello world')<br>
+ * new int[]{1,2,3,4}<br>
+ * new int[3] new int[3]{1,2,3}
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public class ConstructorReference extends SpelNode {
+
+	/**
+	 * The resolver/executor model {@link ConstructorResolver} supports the caching of executor objects that can run
+	 * some discovered constructor repeatedly without searching for it each time. This flag controls whether caching
+	 * occurs and is primarily exposed for testing.
+	 */
+	public static boolean useCaching = true;
+
+	/**
+	 * The cached executor that may be reused on subsequent evaluations.
+	 */
+	private ConstructorExecutor cachedExecutor;
+
+	/**
+	 * If true then this is an array constructor, for example, 'new String[]', rather than a simple constructor 'new
+	 * String()'
+	 */
+	private final boolean isArrayConstructor;
+
+	public ConstructorReference(Token payload, boolean isArrayConstructor) {
+		super(payload);
+		this.isArrayConstructor = isArrayConstructor;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Implements getValue() - delegating to the code for building an array or a simple type.
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		if (isArrayConstructor) {
+			return createArray(state);
+		} else {
+			return createNewInstance(state);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		sb.append("new ");
+
+		int index = 0;
+		sb.append(getChild(index++).toStringAST());
+
+		if (!isArrayConstructor) {
+			sb.append("(");
+			for (int i = index; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
+				if (i > index)
+					sb.append(",");
+				sb.append(getChild(i).toStringAST());
+			}
+			sb.append(")");
+		} else {
+			// Next child is EXPRESSIONLIST token with children that are the
+			// expressions giving array size
+			sb.append("[");
+			SpelNode arrayRank = getChild(index++);
+			for (int i = 0; i < arrayRank.getChildCount(); i++) {
+				if (i > 0)
+					sb.append(",");
+				sb.append(arrayRank.getChild(i).toStringAST());
+			}
+			sb.append("]");
+			if (index < getChildCount())
+				sb.append(" ").append(getChild(index).toStringAST());
+		}
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isWritable(ExpressionState expressionState) throws SpelException {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create an array and return it.  The children of this node indicate the type of array, the array ranks and any optional initializer that might have been supplied.
+	 * 
+	 * @param state the expression state within which this expression is being evaluated
+	 * @return the new array
+	 * @throws EvaluationException if there is a problem creating the array
+	 */
+	private Object createArray(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object intendedArrayType = getChild(0).getValue(state);
+		if (!(intendedArrayType instanceof String)) {
+			throw new SpelException(getChild(0).getCharPositionInLine(),SpelMessages.TYPE_NAME_EXPECTED_FOR_ARRAY_CONSTRUCTION,Utils.formatClassnameForMessage(intendedArrayType.getClass()));
+		}
+		String type = (String) intendedArrayType;
+		Class<?> componentType = null;
+		TypeCode arrayTypeCode = TypeCode.forName(type);
+		if (arrayTypeCode == TypeCode.OBJECT) {
+			componentType = state.findType(type);
+		} else {
+			componentType = arrayTypeCode.getType();
+		}
+
+		Object newArray = null;
+
+		if (getChild(1).getChildCount() == 0) { // are the array ranks defined?
+			if (getChildCount() < 3) {
+				throw new SpelException(getCharPositionInLine(), SpelMessages.NO_SIZE_OR_INITIALIZER_FOR_ARRAY_CONSTRUCTION);
+			}
+			// no array ranks so use the size of the initializer to determine array size
+			int arraySize = getChild(2).getChildCount();
+			newArray = Array.newInstance(componentType, arraySize);
+		} else {
+			// Array ranks are specified but is it a single or multiple dimension array?
+			int dimensions = getChild(1).getChildCount();
+			if (dimensions == 1) {				
+				Object o = getChild(1).getValue(state);
+				int arraySize = state.toInteger(o);
+				if (getChildCount() == 3) {
+					// Check initializer length matches array size length
+					int initializerLength = getChild(2).getChildCount();
+					if (initializerLength != arraySize) {
+						throw new SpelException(getChild(2).getCharPositionInLine(), SpelMessages.INITIALIZER_LENGTH_INCORRECT,
+								initializerLength, arraySize);
+					}
+				}
+				newArray = Array.newInstance(componentType, arraySize);
+			} else {
+				// Multi-dimensional - hold onto your hat !
+				int[] dims = new int[dimensions];
+				for (int d=0; d<dimensions;d++) {
+					dims[d] = state.toInteger(getChild(1).getChild(d).getValue(state));
+				}
+				newArray = Array.newInstance(componentType,dims);
+				// TODO check any specified initializer matches
+			}
+		}
+		
+
+		// Populate the array using the initializer if one is specified
+		if (getChildCount() == 3) {
+			SpelNode initializer = getChild(2);
+			if (arrayTypeCode == TypeCode.OBJECT) {
+				Object[] newObjectArray = (Object[]) newArray;
+				for (int i = 0; i < newObjectArray.length; i++) {
+					SpelNode elementNode = initializer.getChild(i);
+					Object arrayEntry = elementNode.getValue(state);
+					if (!componentType.isAssignableFrom(arrayEntry.getClass())) {
+						throw new SpelException(elementNode.getCharPositionInLine(),
+								SpelMessages.INCORRECT_ELEMENT_TYPE_FOR_ARRAY, componentType.getName(), arrayEntry
+										.getClass().getName());
+					}
+					newObjectArray[i] = arrayEntry;
+				}
+			} else if (arrayTypeCode == TypeCode.INT) {
+				int[] newIntArray = (int[]) newArray;
+				for (int i = 0; i < newIntArray.length; i++) {
+					newIntArray[i] = state.toInteger(initializer.getChild(i).getValue(state));
+				}
+			} else if (arrayTypeCode == TypeCode.BOOLEAN) {
+				boolean[] newBooleanArray = (boolean[]) newArray;
+				for (int i = 0; i < newBooleanArray.length; i++) {
+					newBooleanArray[i] = state.toBoolean(initializer.getChild(i).getValue(state));
+				}
+			} else if (arrayTypeCode == TypeCode.CHAR) {
+				char[] newCharArray = (char[]) newArray;
+				for (int i = 0; i < newCharArray.length; i++) {
+					newCharArray[i] = state.toCharacter(initializer.getChild(i).getValue(state));
+				}
+			} else if (arrayTypeCode == TypeCode.SHORT) {
+				short[] newShortArray = (short[]) newArray;
+				for (int i = 0; i < newShortArray.length; i++) {
+					newShortArray[i] = state.toShort(initializer.getChild(i).getValue(state));
+				}
+			} else if (arrayTypeCode == TypeCode.LONG) {
+				long[] newLongArray = (long[]) newArray;
+				for (int i = 0; i < newLongArray.length; i++) {
+					newLongArray[i] = state.toLong(initializer.getChild(i).getValue(state));
+				}
+			} else if (arrayTypeCode == TypeCode.FLOAT) {
+				float[] newFloatArray = (float[]) newArray;
+				for (int i = 0; i < newFloatArray.length; i++) {
+					newFloatArray[i] = state.toFloat(initializer.getChild(i).getValue(state));
+				}
+			} else if (arrayTypeCode == TypeCode.DOUBLE) {
+				double[] newDoubleArray = (double[]) newArray;
+				for (int i = 0; i < newDoubleArray.length; i++) {
+					newDoubleArray[i] = state.toDouble(initializer.getChild(i).getValue(state));
+				}
+			} else if (arrayTypeCode == TypeCode.BYTE) {
+				byte[] newByteArray = (byte[]) newArray;
+				for (int i = 0; i < newByteArray.length; i++) {
+					newByteArray[i] = state.toByte(initializer.getChild(i).getValue(state));
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return newArray;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new ordinary object and return it.
+	 * 
+	 * @param state the expression state within which this expression is being evaluated
+	 * @return the new object
+	 * @throws EvaluationException if there is a problem creating the object
+	 */
+	private Object createNewInstance(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object[] arguments = new Object[getChildCount() - 1];
+		Class<?>[] argumentTypes = new Class[getChildCount() - 1];
+		for (int i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
+			Object childValue = getChild(i + 1).getValue(state);
+			arguments[i] = childValue;
+			argumentTypes[i] = childValue.getClass();
+		}
+
+		if (cachedExecutor != null) {
+			try {
+				return cachedExecutor.execute(state.getEvaluationContext(), arguments);
+			} catch (AccessException ae) {
+				// this is OK - it may have gone stale due to a class change,
+				// let's try to get a new one and call it before giving up
+			}
+		}
+
+		// either there was no accessor or it no longer exists
+		String typename = (String) getChild(0).getValue(state);
+		cachedExecutor = findExecutorForConstructor(typename, argumentTypes, state);
+		try {
+			return cachedExecutor.execute(state.getEvaluationContext(), arguments);
+		} catch (AccessException ae) {
+			throw new SpelException(ae, SpelMessages.EXCEPTION_DURING_CONSTRUCTOR_INVOCATION, typename, ae.getMessage());
+		} finally {
+			if (!useCaching) {
+				cachedExecutor = null;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Go through the list of registered constructor resolvers and see if any can find a constructor that takes the specified set of arguments.
+	 * 
+	 * @param typename the type trying to be constructed
+	 * @param argumentTypes the types of the arguments supplied that the constructor must take
+	 * @param state the current state of the expression
+	 * @return a reusable ConstructorExecutor that can be invoked to run the constructor or null
+	 * @throws SpelException if there is a problem locating the constructor
+	 */
+	public ConstructorExecutor findExecutorForConstructor(String typename, Class<?>[] argumentTypes, ExpressionState state) throws SpelException {
+		EvaluationContext eContext = state.getEvaluationContext();
+		List<ConstructorResolver> cResolvers = eContext.getConstructorResolvers();
+		if (cResolvers != null) {
+			for (ConstructorResolver ctorResolver : cResolvers) {
+				try {
+					ConstructorExecutor cEx = ctorResolver.resolve(state.getEvaluationContext(), typename,
+							argumentTypes);
+					if (cEx != null) {
+						return cEx;
+					}
+				} catch (AccessException e) {
+					Throwable cause = e.getCause();
+					if (cause instanceof SpelException) {
+						throw (SpelException) cause;
+					} else {
+						throw new SpelException(cause, SpelMessages.PROBLEM_LOCATING_CONSTRUCTOR, typename, Utils
+								.formatMethodForMessage("", argumentTypes));
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.CONSTRUCTOR_NOT_FOUND, typename, Utils.formatMethodForMessage("",
+				argumentTypes));
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/DateLiteral.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import java.text.DateFormat;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a date literal value in an expression (a java.util.Date object).
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public class DateLiteral extends SpelNode {
+
+	private DateFormat formatter = null;
+	private Date formattedDate = null;
+
+	public DateLiteral(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Date getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		if (formatter == null) {
+			if (getChildCount() > 1) {
+				formatter = new SimpleDateFormat((String) getChild(1).getValue(state));
+			} else {
+				formatter = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance();
+			}
+		}
+		String valueToParse = (String) getChild(0).getValue(state);
+		try {
+			formattedDate = formatter.parse(valueToParse);
+		} catch (ParseException e) {
+			throw new SpelException(getCharPositionInLine(), e, SpelMessages.DATE_CANNOT_BE_PARSED, valueToParse,
+					(formatter instanceof SimpleDateFormat ? ((SimpleDateFormat) formatter).toLocalizedPattern()
+							: formatter));
+		}
+		return formattedDate;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		sb.append("date(");
+		sb.append(getChild(0).toStringAST());
+		if (getChildCount() > 1) {
+			sb.append(",").append(getChild(1).toStringAST());
+		}
+		sb.append(")");
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/Dot.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * This is used for preserving positional information from the input expression.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public class Dot extends SpelNode {
+	// TODO Keep Dot for the positional information or remove it?
+
+	public Dot(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		return ".";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws SpelException {
+		// This makes Dot a do-nothing operation, but this is not free in terms of computation
+		return state.getActiveContextObject();
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/ExpressionListNode.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a list of expressions of the form "(expression1;expression2;expression3)". The expressions are always
+ * evaluated from left to right, due to possible side effects that earlier expressions may have that influence the
+ * evaluation of later expressions (defining functions, setting variables, etc).
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public class ExpressionListNode extends SpelNode {
+
+	public ExpressionListNode(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object result = null;
+		for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
+			result = getChild(i).getValue(state);
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isWritable(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		boolean isWritable = false;
+		if (getChildCount() > 0) {
+			// Evaluate all but the last one
+			for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount() - 1; i++) {
+				getChild(i).getValue(state);
+			}
+			isWritable = getChild(getChildCount() - 1).isWritable(state);
+		}
+		return isWritable;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+		if (getChildCount() == 1) {
+			sb.append(getChild(0).toStringAST());
+		} else {
+			sb.append("(");
+			for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
+				if (i > 0)
+					sb.append(";");
+				sb.append(getChild(i).toStringAST());
+			}
+			sb.append(")");
+		}
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/FunctionReference.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.TypeConverter;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * A function reference is of the form "#someFunction(a,b,c)". Functions may be defined in the context prior to the
+ * expression being evaluated or within the expression itself using a lambda function definition. For example: Lambda
+ * function definition in an expression: "(#max = {|x,y|$x>$y?$x:$y};max(2,3))" Calling context defined function:
+ * "#isEven(37)"
+ * 
+ * Functions are very simplistic, the arguments are not part of the definition (right now), so the names must be unique.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public class FunctionReference extends SpelNode {
+
+	private final String name;
+
+	public FunctionReference(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+		name = payload.getText();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object o = state.lookupVariable(name);
+		if (o == null) {
+			throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.FUNCTION_NOT_DEFINED, name);
+		}
+		if (!(o instanceof Lambda || o instanceof Method)) {
+			throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.FUNCTION_REFERENCE_CANNOT_BE_INVOKED, name, o.getClass());
+		}
+		
+		// FUNCTION REF NEEDS TO DO ARG CONVERSION??
+		if (o instanceof Lambda) {
+			return executeLambdaFunction(state, (Lambda) o);
+		} else { // o instanceof Method
+			return executeFunctionJLRMethod(state, (Method) o);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Execute a function represented as a java.lang.reflect.Method */
+	private Object executeFunctionJLRMethod(ExpressionState state, Method m) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object[] functionArgs = getArguments(state);
+		if (m.getParameterTypes().length != functionArgs.length) {
+			throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.INCORRECT_NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_TO_FUNCTION, functionArgs.length, m
+					.getParameterTypes().length);
+		}
+		
+		// Check if arguments need converting
+		Class<?>[] expectedParams = m.getParameterTypes();
+		Object[] argsToPass = new Object[functionArgs.length];
+		TypeConverter converter = state.getEvaluationContext().getTypeUtils().getTypeConverter();
+		for (int arg=0; arg<argsToPass.length; arg++) {
+			if (functionArgs[arg]==null || functionArgs[arg].getClass()==expectedParams[arg]) {
+				argsToPass[arg]=functionArgs[arg];
+			} else {
+				argsToPass[arg]=converter.convertValue(functionArgs[arg], expectedParams[arg]);
+			}
+		}
+		
+		try {
+			return m.invoke(m.getClass(), argsToPass);
+		} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+			throw new SpelException(getCharPositionInLine(), e, SpelMessages.EXCEPTION_DURING_FUNCTION_CALL, name, e
+					.getMessage());
+		} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+			throw new SpelException(getCharPositionInLine(), e, SpelMessages.EXCEPTION_DURING_FUNCTION_CALL, name, e
+					.getMessage());
+		} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+			throw new SpelException(getCharPositionInLine(), e, SpelMessages.EXCEPTION_DURING_FUNCTION_CALL, name, e
+					.getMessage());
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Execute a function that was defined as a lambda function.
+	 */
+	private Object executeLambdaFunction(ExpressionState state, Lambda lambdaExpression) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object[] functionArgs = getArguments(state);
+		List<String> args = lambdaExpression.getArguments();
+		if (args.size() != functionArgs.length) {
+			throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.INCORRECT_NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_TO_FUNCTION, functionArgs.length, args
+					.size());
+		}
+		Map<String, Object> argMap = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+		for (int i = 0; i < args.size(); i++) {
+			argMap.put(args.get(i), functionArgs[i]);
+		}
+		try {
+			state.enterScope(argMap);
+			return ((SpelNode) lambdaExpression.getExpression()).getValue(state);
+		} finally {
+			state.exitScope();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("#").append(name);
+		sb.append("(");
+		for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
+			if (i > 0)
+				sb.append(",");
+			sb.append(getChild(i).toStringAST());
+		}
+		sb.append(")");
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+	// to 'assign' to a function don't use the () suffix and so it is just a variable reference
+	@Override
+	public boolean isWritable(ExpressionState expressionState) throws EvaluationException {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Compute the arguments to the function, they are the children of this expression node.
+	 * @return an array of argument values for the function call
+	 */
+	private Object[] getArguments(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		// Compute arguments to the function
+		Object[] arguments = new Object[getChildCount()];
+		for (int i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
+			arguments[i] = getChild(i).getValue(state);
+		}
+		return arguments;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/Identifier.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+public class Identifier extends SpelNode {
+
+	private final String id;
+
+	public Identifier(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+		id = payload.getText();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		return id;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getValue(ExpressionState state) throws SpelException {
+		return id;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/Indexer.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+// TODO 2 support multidimensional arrays
+// TODO 3 support correct syntax for multidimensional [][][] and not [,,,]
+/**
+ * An Indexer can index into some proceeding structure to access a particular piece of it. Supported structures are:
+ * strings/collections (lists/sets)/arrays
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class Indexer extends SpelNode {
+
+	public Indexer(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object ctx = state.getActiveContextObject();
+		Object index = getChild(0).getValue(state);
+
+		// Indexing into a Map
+		if (ctx instanceof Map) {
+			return ((Map<?, ?>) ctx).get(index);
+		}
+
+		int idx = state.toInteger(index);
+
+		if (ctx.getClass().isArray()) {
+			return accessArrayElement(ctx, idx);
+		} else if (ctx instanceof Collection) {
+			Collection<?> c = (Collection<?>) ctx;
+			if (idx >= c.size()) {
+				throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.COLLECTION_INDEX_OUT_OF_BOUNDS, c.size(), idx);
+			}
+			int pos = 0;
+			for (Object o : c) {
+				if (pos == idx) {
+					return o;
+				}
+				pos++;
+			}
+			// } else if (ctx instanceof Map) {
+			// Map<?,?> c = (Map<?,?>) ctx;
+			// // This code would allow a key/value pair to be pulled out by index from a map
+			// if (idx >= c.size()) {
+			// throw new ELException(ELMessages.COLLECTION_INDEX_OUT_OF_BOUNDS,c.size(),idx);
+			// }
+			// Set<?> keys = c.keySet();
+			// int pos = 0;
+			// for (Object k : keys) {
+			// if (pos==idx) {
+			// return new KeyValuePair(k,c.get(k));
+			// }
+			// pos++;
+			// }
+		} else if (ctx instanceof String) {
+			String ctxString = (String) ctx;
+			if (idx >= ctxString.length()) {
+				throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.STRING_INDEX_OUT_OF_BOUNDS, ctxString.length(), idx);
+			}
+			return String.valueOf(ctxString.charAt(idx));
+		}
+		throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.INDEXING_NOT_SUPPORTED_FOR_TYPE, ctx.getClass().getName());
+	}
+
+	private Object accessArrayElement(Object ctx, int idx) throws SpelException {
+		Class<?> arrayComponentType = ctx.getClass().getComponentType();
+		if (arrayComponentType == Integer.TYPE) {
+			int[] array = (int[]) ctx;
+			checkAccess(array.length, idx);
+			return array[idx];
+		} else if (arrayComponentType == Boolean.TYPE) {
+			boolean[] array = (boolean[]) ctx;
+			checkAccess(array.length, idx);
+			return array[idx];
+		} else if (arrayComponentType == Character.TYPE) {
+			char[] array = (char[]) ctx;
+			checkAccess(array.length, idx);
+			return array[idx];
+		} else if (arrayComponentType == Long.TYPE) {
+			long[] array = (long[]) ctx;
+			checkAccess(array.length, idx);
+			return array[idx];
+		} else if (arrayComponentType == Short.TYPE) {
+			short[] array = (short[]) ctx;
+			checkAccess(array.length, idx);
+			return array[idx];
+		} else if (arrayComponentType == Double.TYPE) {
+			double[] array = (double[]) ctx;
+			checkAccess(array.length, idx);
+			return array[idx];
+		} else if (arrayComponentType == Float.TYPE) {
+			float[] array = (float[]) ctx;
+			checkAccess(array.length, idx);
+			return array[idx];
+		} else if (arrayComponentType == Byte.TYPE) {
+			byte[] array = (byte[]) ctx;
+			checkAccess(array.length, idx);
+			return array[idx];
+		} else {
+			Object[] array = (Object[]) ctx;
+			checkAccess(array.length, idx);
+			return array[idx];
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		sb.append("[");
+		for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
+			if (i > 0)
+				sb.append(",");
+			sb.append(getChild(i).toStringAST());
+		}
+		sb.append("]");
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isWritable(ExpressionState expressionState) throws SpelException {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	private void checkAccess(int arrayLength, int index) throws SpelException {
+		if (index > arrayLength) {
+			throw new SpelException(getCharPositionInLine(), SpelMessages.ARRAY_INDEX_OUT_OF_BOUNDS, arrayLength, index);
+		}
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/IntLiteral.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+
+public class IntLiteral extends Literal {
+
+	private static String[] suffixes = {"UL" , "LU" , "ul" , "lu" , "uL" , "lU" , "U" , "L" , "u" , "l" };
+	
+	private Integer value;
+
+	public IntLiteral(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+		// TODO properly support longs and unsigned numbers
+		String toParse = payload.getText();
+		try {
+			value = Integer.parseInt(toParse);
+		} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
+			for (int i=0;i<suffixes.length;i++) {
+				if (toParse.endsWith(suffixes[i])) {
+					value = Integer.parseInt(toParse.substring(0,toParse.length()-suffixes[i].length()));
+					return;
+				}
+			}
+			throw nfe;
+		}
+	}
+	
+
+	public IntLiteral(Token payload, int radix) {
+		super(payload);
+		value = Integer.parseInt(payload.getText().substring(2), radix);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Integer getLiteralValue() {
+		return value;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/Lambda.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Represent a Lambda expression, eg. "{|x,y| $x > $y ? $x : $y }". It is possible for an expression to have zero
+ * arguments in which case this expression node only has one child.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class Lambda extends SpelNode {
+
+	public Lambda(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+		// payload.setText("LambdaExpression");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws SpelException {
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		if (getChildCount() == 1) { // there are no arguments
+			sb.append("{|| ");
+			sb.append(getChild(0).toStringAST());
+			sb.append(" }");
+		} else {
+			sb.append("{|");
+			sb.append(getChild(0).toStringAST());
+			sb.append("| ");
+			sb.append(getChild(1).toStringAST());
+			sb.append(" }");
+		}
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return toStringAST();
+	}
+
+	public List<String> getArguments() {
+		// Only one child means there are no arguments
+		if (getChildCount() < 2) {
+			return Collections.emptyList();
+		}
+		ArgList args = (ArgList) getChild(0);
+		return args.getArgumentNames();
+	}
+
+	public Object getExpression() {
+		return (getChildCount() > 1 ? getChild(1) : getChild(0));
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isWritable(ExpressionState expressionState) throws SpelException {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/ListInitializer.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+public class ListInitializer extends SpelNode {
+
+	public ListInitializer(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Evaluate the list initializer, returning a List<Object>
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public List<Object> getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		List<Object> result = new ArrayList<Object>();
+		for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
+			Object element = getChild(i).getValue(state);
+			result.add(element);
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return string form of this node {<child>,<child>,<child>}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		sb.append("{");
+		for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
+			if (i > 0) {
+				sb.append(",");
+			}
+			sb.append(getChild(i).toStringAST());
+		}
+		sb.append("}");
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isWritable(ExpressionState expressionState) throws SpelException {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/Literal.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Common superclass for nodes representing literals (boolean, string, number, etc).
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public abstract class Literal extends SpelNode {
+
+	public Literal(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	public abstract Object getLiteralValue();
+
+	@Override
+	public final Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws SpelException {
+		return getLiteralValue();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return getLiteralValue().toString();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		return toString();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isWritable(ExpressionState expressionState) throws SpelException {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/LocalFunctionReference.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Local functions are references like $fn() where fn is the 'local' to lookup in the local scope Example: "(#sqrt={|n|
+ * T(Math).sqrt($n)};#delegate={|f,n| $f($n)};#delegate(#sqrt,4))"
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class LocalFunctionReference extends SpelNode {
+
+	private final String name;
+
+	public LocalFunctionReference(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+		name = payload.getText();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object o = state.lookupLocalVariable(name);
+		if (o == null) {
+			throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.FUNCTION_NOT_DEFINED, name);
+		}
+		if (!(o instanceof Lambda)) {
+			throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.FUNCTION_REFERENCE_CANNOT_BE_INVOKED, name, o.getClass().getName());
+		}
+
+		Object[] arguments = new Object[getChildCount()];
+		for (int i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
+			arguments[i] = getChild(i).getValue(state);
+		}
+		Lambda lambdaExpression = (Lambda) o;
+		List<String> args = lambdaExpression.getArguments();
+		Map<String, Object> argMap = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+		if (args.size() != arguments.length) {
+			throw new SpelException(getCharPositionInLine(), SpelMessages.INCORRECT_NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_TO_FUNCTION,
+					arguments.length, args.size());
+		}
+		for (int i = 0; i < args.size(); i++) {
+			argMap.put(args.get(i), arguments[i]);
+		}
+		try {
+			state.enterScope(argMap);
+			return ((SpelNode) lambdaExpression.getExpression()).getValue(state);
+		} finally {
+			state.exitScope();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("$").append(name);
+		sb.append("(");
+		for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
+			if (i > 0)
+				sb.append(",");
+			sb.append(getChild(i).toStringAST());
+		}
+		sb.append(")");
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/LocalVariableReference.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * A variable reference such as $someVar. Local variables are only visible at the current scoping level or below within
+ * an expression. Calling a function introduces a new nested scope.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public class LocalVariableReference extends SpelNode {
+
+	private final String name;
+
+	public LocalVariableReference(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+		name = payload.getText();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws SpelException {
+		Object result = state.lookupLocalVariable(name);
+		if (result == null) {
+			throw new SpelException(getCharPositionInLine(), SpelMessages.LOCAL_VARIABLE_NOT_DEFINED, name);
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void setValue(ExpressionState state, Object value) throws SpelException {
+		// Object oldValue = state.lookupVariable(name);
+		state.setLocalVariable(name, value);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		return new StringBuilder("$").append(name).toString();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isWritable(ExpressionState expressionState) throws SpelException {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/MapEntry.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Represents an entry in a map initializer structure like "#{'a':3,'b':2}" Both "'a':3" and "'b':2" would be MapEntry
+ * instances.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public class MapEntry extends SpelNode {
+
+	public MapEntry(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		String k = getChild(0).toStringAST();
+		String v = getChild(1).toStringAST();
+		sb.append(k).append(":").append(v);
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.MAPENTRY_SHOULD_NOT_BE_EVALUATED);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the value of the key for this map entry.
+	 */
+	public Object getKeyValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		return getChild(0).getValue(state);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the value of the value for this map entry.
+	 */
+	public Object getValueValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		return getChild(1).getValue(state);
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/MapInitializer.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+public class MapInitializer extends SpelNode {
+
+	public MapInitializer(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Map<Object, Object> getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Map<Object, Object> result = new HashMap<Object, Object>();
+		for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
+			MapEntry mEntry = (MapEntry) getChild(i);
+			result.put(mEntry.getKeyValue(state), mEntry.getValueValue(state));
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return string form of this node #{a:b,c:d,...}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		sb.append("#{");
+		for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
+			if (i > 0)
+				sb.append(", ");
+			sb.append(getChild(i).toStringAST());
+		}
+		sb.append("}");
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isWritable(ExpressionState expressionState) throws SpelException {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/MethodReference.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Array;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.AccessException;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.MethodExecutor;
+import org.springframework.expression.MethodResolver;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.internal.Utils;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.processors.AverageProcessor;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.processors.CountProcessor;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.processors.CutProcessor;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.processors.DataProcessor;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.processors.DistinctProcessor;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.processors.MaxProcessor;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.processors.MinProcessor;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.processors.NonNullProcessor;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.processors.SortProcessor;
+
+public class MethodReference extends SpelNode {
+
+	private static Map<String, DataProcessor> registeredProcessers = new HashMap<String, DataProcessor>();
+
+	private final String name;
+	private MethodExecutor fastInvocationAccessor; // TODO should this be nulled if executing in a different context or is it OK to keep?
+
+	static {
+		registeredProcessers.put("count", new CountProcessor());
+		registeredProcessers.put("max", new MaxProcessor());
+		registeredProcessers.put("min", new MinProcessor());
+		registeredProcessers.put("average", new AverageProcessor());
+		registeredProcessers.put("sort", new SortProcessor());
+		registeredProcessers.put("nonnull", new NonNullProcessor());
+		registeredProcessers.put("distinct", new DistinctProcessor());
+		registeredProcessers.put("cut", new CutProcessor());
+	}
+
+	public MethodReference(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+		name = payload.getText();
+	}
+
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	private Object invokeDataProcessor(Object[] arguments, ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		DataProcessor processor = registeredProcessers.get(name);
+
+		Object target = state.getActiveContextObject();
+
+		// Prepare the input, translating arrays to lists
+		boolean wasArray = false;
+		Class<?> arrayElementType = null;
+		Collection<Object> dataToProcess = null;
+		if (target instanceof Collection) {
+			dataToProcess = (Collection<Object>) target;
+		} else {
+			wasArray = true;
+			arrayElementType = target.getClass().getComponentType();
+			if (arrayElementType.equals(Integer.TYPE)) {
+				int[] data = (int[]) target;
+				dataToProcess = new ArrayList<Object>();
+				for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
+					dataToProcess.add(data[i]);
+				}
+			} else if (arrayElementType.equals(Byte.TYPE)) {
+				byte[] data = (byte[]) target;
+				dataToProcess = new ArrayList<Object>();
+				for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
+					dataToProcess.add(data[i]);
+				}
+			} else if (arrayElementType.equals(Character.TYPE)) {
+				char[] data = (char[]) target;
+				dataToProcess = new ArrayList<Object>();
+				for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
+					dataToProcess.add(data[i]);
+				}
+			} else if (arrayElementType.equals(Double.TYPE)) {
+				double[] data = (double[]) target;
+				dataToProcess = new ArrayList<Object>();
+				for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
+					dataToProcess.add(data[i]);
+				}
+			} else if (arrayElementType.equals(Long.TYPE)) {
+				long[] data = (long[]) target;
+				dataToProcess = new ArrayList<Object>();
+				for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
+					dataToProcess.add(data[i]);
+				}
+			} else if (arrayElementType.equals(Float.TYPE)) {
+				float[] data = (float[]) target;
+				dataToProcess = new ArrayList<Object>();
+				for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
+					dataToProcess.add(data[i]);
+				}
+			} else if (arrayElementType.equals(Short.TYPE)) {
+				short[] data = (short[]) target;
+				dataToProcess = new ArrayList<Object>();
+				for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
+					dataToProcess.add(data[i]);
+				}
+			} else if (arrayElementType.equals(Boolean.TYPE)) {
+				boolean[] data = (boolean[]) target;
+				dataToProcess = new ArrayList<Object>();
+				for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
+					dataToProcess.add(data[i]);
+				}
+			} else {
+				dataToProcess = Arrays.asList((Object[]) target);
+			}
+		}
+
+		Object result = processor.process(dataToProcess, arguments, state);
+
+		// Convert the result back if necessary
+		if (wasArray && (result instanceof Collection)) {
+			Collection c = (Collection) result;
+
+			if (arrayElementType.equals(Integer.TYPE)) {
+				int[] newArray = (int[]) Array.newInstance(arrayElementType, c.size());
+				int idx = 0;
+				for (Object i : c)
+					newArray[idx++] = ((Integer) i).intValue();
+				return newArray;
+			} else if (arrayElementType.equals(Byte.TYPE)) {
+				byte[] newArray = (byte[]) Array.newInstance(arrayElementType, c.size());
+				int idx = 0;
+				for (Object i : c)
+					newArray[idx++] = ((Byte) i).byteValue();
+				return newArray;
+			} else if (arrayElementType.equals(Character.TYPE)) {
+				char[] newArray = (char[]) Array.newInstance(arrayElementType, c.size());
+				int idx = 0;
+				for (Object i : c)
+					newArray[idx++] = ((Character) i).charValue();
+				return newArray;
+			} else if (arrayElementType.equals(Double.TYPE)) {
+				double[] newArray = (double[]) Array.newInstance(arrayElementType, c.size());
+				int idx = 0;
+				for (Object i : c)
+					newArray[idx++] = ((Double) i).doubleValue();
+				return newArray;
+			} else if (arrayElementType.equals(Long.TYPE)) {
+				long[] newArray = (long[]) Array.newInstance(arrayElementType, c.size());
+				int idx = 0;
+				for (Object i : c)
+					newArray[idx++] = ((Long) i).longValue();
+				return newArray;
+			} else if (arrayElementType.equals(Float.TYPE)) {
+				float[] newArray = (float[]) Array.newInstance(arrayElementType, c.size());
+				int idx = 0;
+				for (Object i : c)
+					newArray[idx++] = ((Float) i).floatValue();
+				return newArray;
+			} else if (arrayElementType.equals(Short.TYPE)) {
+				short[] newArray = (short[]) Array.newInstance(arrayElementType, c.size());
+				int idx = 0;
+				for (Object i : c)
+					newArray[idx++] = ((Short) i).shortValue();
+				return newArray;
+			} else if (arrayElementType.equals(Boolean.TYPE)) {
+				boolean[] newArray = (boolean[]) Array.newInstance(arrayElementType, c.size());
+				int idx = 0;
+				for (Object i : c)
+					newArray[idx++] = ((Boolean) i).booleanValue();
+				return newArray;
+			} else {
+				Object[] newArray = (Object[]) Array.newInstance(arrayElementType, c.size());
+				int idx = 0;
+				for (Object i : c) {
+					newArray[idx++] = i;
+				}
+				return newArray;
+			}
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object currentContext = state.getActiveContextObject();
+		Object[] arguments = new Object[getChildCount()];
+		for (int i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
+			arguments[i] = getChild(i).getValue(state);
+		}
+		if (currentContext == null) {
+			throw new SpelException(getCharPositionInLine(), SpelMessages.ATTEMPTED_METHOD_CALL_ON_NULL_CONTEXT_OBJECT,
+					formatMethodForMessage(name, getTypes(arguments)));
+		}
+
+		boolean usingProcessor = registeredProcessers.containsKey(name);
+		if ((currentContext.getClass().isArray() && usingProcessor)
+				|| (currentContext instanceof Collection && registeredProcessers.containsKey(name))) {
+			return invokeDataProcessor(arguments, state);
+		}
+
+		if (fastInvocationAccessor != null) {
+			try {
+				return fastInvocationAccessor.execute(state.getEvaluationContext(), state.getActiveContextObject(),
+						arguments);
+			} catch (AccessException ae) {
+				// this is OK - it may have gone stale due to a class change, let's get a new one and retry before
+				// giving up
+			}
+		}
+		// either there was no accessor or it no longer existed
+		fastInvocationAccessor = findAccessorForMethod(name, getTypes(arguments), state);
+		try {
+			return fastInvocationAccessor.execute(state.getEvaluationContext(), state.getActiveContextObject(),
+					arguments);
+		} catch (AccessException ae) {
+			ae.printStackTrace();
+			throw new SpelException(getCharPositionInLine(), ae, SpelMessages.EXCEPTION_DURING_METHOD_INVOCATION, name,
+					state.getActiveContextObject().getClass().getName(), ae.getMessage());
+		}
+	}
+
+	private Class<?>[] getTypes(Object... arguments) {
+		if (arguments == null)
+			return null;
+		Class<?>[] argumentTypes = new Class[arguments.length];
+		for (int i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
+			argumentTypes[i] = arguments[i].getClass();
+		}
+		return argumentTypes;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		sb.append(name).append("(");
+		for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
+			if (i > 0)
+				sb.append(",");
+			sb.append(getChild(i).toStringAST());
+		}
+		sb.append(")");
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Produce a nice string for a given method name with specified arguments.
+	 * @param name the name of the method
+	 * @param argumentTypes the types of the arguments to the method
+	 * @return nicely formatted string, eg. foo(String,int)
+	 */
+	private String formatMethodForMessage(String name, Class<?>... argumentTypes) {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		sb.append(name);
+		sb.append("(");
+		if (argumentTypes != null) {
+			for (int i = 0; i < argumentTypes.length; i++) {
+				if (i > 0)
+					sb.append(",");
+				sb.append(argumentTypes[i].getClass());
+			}
+		}
+		sb.append(")");
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isWritable(ExpressionState expressionState) throws SpelException {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	public final MethodExecutor findAccessorForMethod(String name, Class<?>[] argumentTypes, ExpressionState state)
+			throws SpelException {
+		Object contextObject = state.getActiveContextObject();
+		EvaluationContext eContext = state.getEvaluationContext();
+		if (contextObject == null) {
+			throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.ATTEMPTED_METHOD_CALL_ON_NULL_CONTEXT_OBJECT, Utils
+					.formatMethodForMessage(name, argumentTypes));
+		}
+		List<MethodResolver> mResolvers = eContext.getMethodResolvers();
+		if (mResolvers != null) {
+			for (MethodResolver methodResolver : mResolvers) {
+				try {
+					MethodExecutor cEx = methodResolver.resolve(state.getEvaluationContext(), contextObject, name,
+							argumentTypes);
+					if (cEx != null)
+						return cEx;
+				} catch (AccessException e) {
+					Throwable cause = e.getCause();
+					if (cause instanceof SpelException) {
+						throw (SpelException) cause;
+					} else {
+						throw new SpelException(cause, SpelMessages.PROBLEM_LOCATING_METHOD, name, contextObject.getClass());
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.METHOD_NOT_FOUND, Utils.formatMethodForMessage(name, argumentTypes), Utils
+				.formatClassnameForMessage(contextObject instanceof Class ? ((Class<?>) contextObject) : contextObject
+						.getClass()));
+		// (contextObject instanceof Class ? ((Class<?>) contextObject).getName() : contextObject.getClass()
+		// .getName()));
+	}
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/NullLiteral.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+
+public class NullLiteral extends Literal {
+
+	public NullLiteral(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getLiteralValue() {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/Operator.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Common supertype for operators that operate on either one or two operands. In the case of multiply or divide there
+ * would be two operands, but for unary plus or minus, there is only one.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public abstract class Operator extends SpelNode {
+
+	public Operator(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Operator expressions can never be written to
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public final boolean isWritable(ExpressionState expressionState) throws SpelException {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	public SpelNode getLeftOperand() {
+		return getChild(0);
+	}
+
+	public SpelNode getRightOperand() {
+		return getChild(1);
+	}
+
+	public abstract String getOperatorName();
+
+	/**
+	 * String format for all operators is the same '(' [operand] [operator] [operand] ')'
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+		if (getChildCount() > 0)
+			sb.append("(");
+		sb.append(getChild(0).toStringAST());
+		for (int i = 1; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
+			sb.append(" ").append(getOperatorName()).append(" ");
+			sb.append(getChild(i).toStringAST());
+		}
+		if (getChildCount() > 0)
+			sb.append(")");
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OperatorAnd.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Represents the boolean AND operation.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class OperatorAnd extends Operator {
+
+	public OperatorAnd(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getOperatorName() {
+		return "and";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		boolean leftValue;
+		boolean rightValue;
+
+		try {
+			leftValue = state.toBoolean(getLeftOperand().getValue(state));
+		} catch (SpelException ee) {
+			ee.setPosition(getLeftOperand().getCharPositionInLine());
+			throw ee;
+		}
+
+		if (leftValue == false) {
+			return false; // no need to evaluate right operand
+		}
+
+		try {
+			rightValue = state.toBoolean(getRightOperand().getValue(state));
+		} catch (SpelException ee) {
+			ee.setPosition(getRightOperand().getCharPositionInLine());
+			throw ee;
+		}
+
+		return /* leftValue && */rightValue;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OperatorBetween.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.TypeComparator;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Represents the between operator. The left operand to between must be a single value and the right operand must be a
+ * list - this operator returns true if the left operand is between (using the registered comparator) the two elements
+ * in the list.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class OperatorBetween extends Operator {
+
+	public OperatorBetween(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getOperatorName() {
+		return "between";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object left = getLeftOperand().getValue(state);
+		Object right = getRightOperand().getValue(state);
+		if (!(right instanceof List) || ((List<?>) right).size() != 2) {
+			throw new SpelException(getRightOperand().getCharPositionInLine(),
+					SpelMessages.BETWEEN_RIGHT_OPERAND_MUST_BE_TWO_ELEMENT_LIST);
+		}
+		List<?> l = (List<?>) right;
+		Object low = l.get(0);
+		Object high = l.get(1);
+		TypeComparator comparator = state.getTypeComparator();
+		try {
+			// TODO between is inclusive, is that OK
+			return (comparator.compare(left, low) >= 0 && comparator.compare(left, high) <= 0);
+		} catch (SpelException ee) {
+			ee.setPosition(getCharPositionInLine());
+			throw ee;
+		}
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OperatorDistanceTo.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+// TODO is the operator 'distanceto' any use...?
+/**
+ * The distanceto operator uses an implementation of the levenshtein distance measurement for determining the 'edit
+ * distance' between two strings (the two operands to distanceto). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public class OperatorDistanceTo extends Operator {
+
+	private final static boolean DEBUG = false;
+
+	public OperatorDistanceTo(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getOperatorName() {
+		return "distanceto";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		try {
+			Object left = getLeftOperand().getValue(state);
+			Object right = getRightOperand().getValue(state);
+			return computeDistanceTo((String) left, (String) right);
+		} catch (SpelException ee) {
+			throw ee;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private int computeDistanceTo(String from, String to) {
+		if (from.equals(to))
+			return 0;
+		int[][] d = new int[from.length() + 1][to.length() + 1];
+
+		for (int i = 0; i <= from.length(); i++)
+			d[i][0] = i;
+
+		for (int j = 0; j <= to.length(); j++)
+			d[0][j] = j;
+
+		for (int i = 1; i <= from.length(); i++) {
+			for (int j = 1; j <= to.length(); j++) {
+				int cost;
+				if (from.charAt(i - 1) == to.charAt(j - 1))
+					cost = 0;
+				else
+					cost = 1;
+				d[i][j] = min(d[i - 1][j] + 1, d[i][j - 1] + 1, d[i - 1][j - 1] + cost);// del,ins,subst
+
+			}
+		}
+		if (DEBUG) {
+			// Display the table of values
+			System.out.print("    ");
+			for (int j = 0; j < from.length(); j++) {
+				System.out.print(from.charAt(j) + " ");
+			}
+			System.out.println();
+			for (int j = 0; j < to.length() + 1; j++) {
+				System.out.print((j > 0 ? to.charAt(j - 1) : " ") + " ");
+				for (int i = 0; i < from.length() + 1; i++) {
+					System.out.print(d[i][j]);
+					if (i == from.length() && j == to.length())
+						System.out.print("<");
+					else if (i == from.length() - 1 && j == to.length())
+						System.out.print(">");
+					else
+						System.out.print(" ");
+				}
+				System.out.println();
+			}
+		}
+		return d[from.length()][to.length()];
+	}
+
+	private int min(int i, int j, int k) {
+		int min = i;
+		if (j < min)
+			min = j;
+		if (k < min)
+			min = k;
+		return min;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OperatorDivide.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.Operation;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Implements division operator
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class OperatorDivide extends Operator {
+
+	public OperatorDivide(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getOperatorName() {
+		return "/";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object operandOne = getLeftOperand().getValue(state);
+		Object operandTwo = getRightOperand().getValue(state);
+		if (operandOne instanceof Number && operandTwo instanceof Number) {
+			Number op1 = (Number) operandOne;
+			Number op2 = (Number) operandTwo;
+			if (op1 instanceof Double || op2 instanceof Double) {
+				Double result = op1.doubleValue() / op2.doubleValue();
+				return result;
+			} else if (op1 instanceof Float || op2 instanceof Float) {
+				Float result = op1.floatValue() / op2.floatValue();
+				return result;
+			} else if (op1 instanceof Long || op2 instanceof Long) {
+				Long result = op1.longValue() / op2.longValue();
+				return result;
+			} else { // TODO what about non-int result of the division?
+				Integer result = op1.intValue() / op2.intValue();
+				return result;
+			}
+		}
+		return state.operate(Operation.DIVIDE, operandOne, operandTwo);
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OperatorEquality.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Implements equality operator.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class OperatorEquality extends Operator {
+
+	public OperatorEquality(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getOperatorName() {
+		return "==";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object left = getLeftOperand().getValue(state);
+		Object right = getRightOperand().getValue(state);
+		if (left instanceof Number && right instanceof Number) {
+			Number op1 = (Number) left;
+			Number op2 = (Number) right;
+			if (op1 instanceof Double || op2 instanceof Double) {
+				return op1.doubleValue() == op2.doubleValue();
+			} else if (op1 instanceof Float || op2 instanceof Float) {
+				return op1.floatValue() == op2.floatValue();
+			} else if (op1 instanceof Long || op2 instanceof Long) {
+				return op1.longValue() == op2.longValue();
+			} else {
+				return op1.intValue() == op2.intValue();
+			}
+		}
+		return state.getTypeComparator().compare(left, right) == 0;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OperatorGreaterThan.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Implements greater than operator.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class OperatorGreaterThan extends Operator {
+
+	public OperatorGreaterThan(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getOperatorName() {
+		return ">";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object left = getLeftOperand().getValue(state);
+		Object right = getRightOperand().getValue(state);
+		if (left instanceof Number && right instanceof Number) {
+			Number op1 = (Number) left;
+			Number op2 = (Number) right;
+			if (op1 instanceof Double || op2 instanceof Double) {
+				return op1.doubleValue() > op2.doubleValue();
+			} else if (op1 instanceof Float || op2 instanceof Float) {
+				return op1.floatValue() > op2.floatValue();
+			} else if (op1 instanceof Long || op2 instanceof Long) {
+				return op1.longValue() > op2.longValue();
+			} else {
+				return op1.intValue() > op2.intValue();
+			}
+		}
+		return state.getTypeComparator().compare(left, right) > 0;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OperatorGreaterThanOrEqual.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Implements greater than or equal operator.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class OperatorGreaterThanOrEqual extends Operator {
+
+	public OperatorGreaterThanOrEqual(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getOperatorName() {
+		return ">=";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object left = getLeftOperand().getValue(state);
+		Object right = getRightOperand().getValue(state);
+		if (left instanceof Number && right instanceof Number) {
+			Number op1 = (Number) left;
+			Number op2 = (Number) right;
+			if (op1 instanceof Double || op2 instanceof Double) {
+				return op1.doubleValue() >= op2.doubleValue();
+			} else if (op1 instanceof Float || op2 instanceof Float) {
+				return op1.floatValue() >= op2.floatValue();
+			} else if (op1 instanceof Long || op2 instanceof Long) {
+				return op1.longValue() >= op2.longValue();
+			} else {
+				return op1.intValue() >= op2.intValue();
+			}
+		}
+		return state.getTypeComparator().compare(left, right) >= 0;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OperatorIn.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Represents the 'in' operator and returns true if the left operand can be found within the collection passed as the
+ * right operand.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class OperatorIn extends Operator {
+
+	public OperatorIn(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getOperatorName() {
+		return "in";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object left = getLeftOperand().getValue(state);
+		Object right = getRightOperand().getValue(state);
+		if (right instanceof Collection<?>) {
+			Collection<?> c = (Collection<?>) right;
+			for (Object element : c) {
+				if (state.getTypeComparator().compare(left, element) == 0) {
+					return true;
+				}
+			}
+			return false;
+		}
+		throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.OPERATOR_IN_CANNOT_DETERMINE_MEMBERSHIP, left.getClass().getName(), right
+				.getClass().getName());
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OperatorInequality.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Implements the not-equal operator
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class OperatorInequality extends Operator {
+
+	public OperatorInequality(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getOperatorName() {
+		return "!=";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object left = getLeftOperand().getValue(state);
+		Object right = getRightOperand().getValue(state);
+		if (left instanceof Number && right instanceof Number) {
+			Number op1 = (Number) left;
+			Number op2 = (Number) right;
+			if (op1 instanceof Double || op2 instanceof Double) {
+				return op1.doubleValue() != op2.doubleValue();
+			} else if (op1 instanceof Float || op2 instanceof Float) {
+				return op1.floatValue() != op2.floatValue();
+			} else if (op1 instanceof Long || op2 instanceof Long) {
+				return op1.longValue() != op2.longValue();
+			} else {
+				return op1.intValue() != op2.intValue();
+			}
+		}
+		return state.getTypeComparator().compare(left, right) != 0;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OperatorIs.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * The operator 'is' checks if an object is of the class specified in the right hand operand, in the same way that
+ * instanceof does in Java.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public class OperatorIs extends Operator {
+	// TODO should 'is' change to 'instanceof' ?
+
+	public OperatorIs(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getOperatorName() {
+		return "is";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object left = getLeftOperand().getValue(state);
+		Object right = getRightOperand().getValue(state);
+		if (!(right instanceof Class<?>)) {
+			throw new SpelException(getRightOperand().getCharPositionInLine(),
+					SpelMessages.IS_OPERATOR_NEEDS_CLASS_OPERAND, right.getClass().getName());
+		}
+		// TODO Could this defer to type utilities? What would be the benefit?
+		return (((Class<?>) right).isAssignableFrom(left.getClass()));
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OperatorLessThan.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Implements the less than operator
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class OperatorLessThan extends Operator {
+
+	public OperatorLessThan(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getOperatorName() {
+		return "<";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object left = getLeftOperand().getValue(state);
+		Object right = getRightOperand().getValue(state);
+		if (left instanceof Number && right instanceof Number) {
+			Number op1 = (Number) left;
+			Number op2 = (Number) right;
+			if (op1 instanceof Double || op2 instanceof Double) {
+				return op1.doubleValue() < op2.doubleValue();
+			} else if (op1 instanceof Float || op2 instanceof Float) {
+				return op1.floatValue() < op2.floatValue();
+			} else if (op1 instanceof Long || op2 instanceof Long) {
+				return op1.longValue() < op2.longValue();
+			} else {
+				return op1.intValue() < op2.intValue();
+			}
+		}
+		return state.getTypeComparator().compare(left, right) < 0;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OperatorLessThanOrEqual.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Implements the less than or equal operator
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class OperatorLessThanOrEqual extends Operator {
+
+	public OperatorLessThanOrEqual(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object left = getLeftOperand().getValue(state);
+		Object right = getRightOperand().getValue(state);
+		if (left instanceof Number && right instanceof Number) {
+			Number op1 = (Number) left;
+			Number op2 = (Number) right;
+			if (op1 instanceof Double || op2 instanceof Double) {
+				return op1.doubleValue() <= op2.doubleValue();
+			} else if (op1 instanceof Float || op2 instanceof Float) {
+				return op1.floatValue() <= op2.floatValue();
+			} else if (op1 instanceof Long || op2 instanceof Long) {
+				return op1.longValue() <= op2.longValue();
+			} else {
+				return op1.intValue() <= op2.intValue();
+			}
+		}
+		return state.getTypeComparator().compare(left, right) <= 0;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getOperatorName() {
+		return "<=";
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OperatorLike.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Implements the like operator. The expected operands for like are a string and a pattern (JDK regex). The operator
+ * will return true if the string matches the regex.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class OperatorLike extends Operator {
+
+	public OperatorLike(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getOperatorName() {
+		return "like";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		SpelNode leftOp = getLeftOperand();
+		SpelNode rightOp = getRightOperand();
+		Object left = leftOp.getValue(state);
+		Object right = getRightOperand().getValue(state);
+		try {
+			if (!(left instanceof String)) {
+				throw new SpelException(leftOp.getCharPositionInLine(),
+						SpelMessages.INVALID_FIRST_OPERAND_FOR_LIKE_OPERATOR, left);
+			}
+			if (!(right instanceof String)) {
+				throw new SpelException(rightOp.getCharPositionInLine(),
+						SpelMessages.INVALID_SECOND_OPERAND_FOR_LIKE_OPERATOR, right);
+			}
+			Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile((String) right);
+			Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher((String) left);
+			return matcher.matches();
+		} catch (PatternSyntaxException pse) {
+			throw new SpelException(rightOp.getCharPositionInLine(), pse, SpelMessages.INVALID_PATTERN, right);
+		}
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OperatorMatches.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+// TODO what should be the difference between like and matches?
+/**
+ * Implements the matches operator.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class OperatorMatches extends Operator {
+
+	public OperatorMatches(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object left = getLeftOperand().getValue(state);
+		Object right = getRightOperand().getValue(state);
+		try {
+			Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile((String) right);
+			Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher((String) left);
+			return matcher.matches();
+		} catch (PatternSyntaxException pse) {
+			throw new SpelException(pse, SpelMessages.INVALID_PATTERN, right);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getOperatorName() {
+		return "matches";
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OperatorMinus.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.Operation;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Implements the minus operator. If there is only one operand it is a unary minus.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class OperatorMinus extends Operator {
+
+	public OperatorMinus(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getOperatorName() {
+		return "-";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		if (getRightOperand() == null) { // unary minus
+			return new StringBuilder().append("-").append(getLeftOperand()).toString();
+		}
+		return super.toStringAST();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		SpelNode leftOp = getLeftOperand();
+		SpelNode rightOp = getRightOperand();
+		if (rightOp == null) {// If only one operand, then this is unary minus
+			Object left = leftOp.getValue(state);
+			if (left instanceof Number) {
+				Number n = (Number) left;
+				if (left instanceof Double) {
+					Double result = 0 - n.doubleValue();
+					return result;
+				} else if (left instanceof Float) {
+					Float result = 0 - n.floatValue();
+					return result;
+				} else if (left instanceof Long) {
+					Long result = 0 - n.longValue();
+					return result;
+				} else {
+					Integer result = 0 - n.intValue();
+					return result;
+				}
+			}
+			throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.CANNOT_NEGATE_TYPE, left.getClass().getName());
+		} else {
+			Object left = leftOp.getValue(state);
+			Object right = rightOp.getValue(state);
+			if (left instanceof Number && right instanceof Number) {
+				Number op1 = (Number) left;
+				Number op2 = (Number) right;
+				if (op1 instanceof Double || op2 instanceof Double) {
+					Double result = op1.doubleValue() - op2.doubleValue();
+					return result;
+				} else if (op1 instanceof Float || op2 instanceof Float) {
+					Float result = op1.floatValue() - op2.floatValue();
+					return result;
+				} else if (op1 instanceof Long || op2 instanceof Long) {
+					Long result = op1.longValue() - op2.longValue();
+					return result;
+				} else {
+					Integer result = op1.intValue() - op2.intValue();
+					return result;
+				}
+			}
+			return state.operate(Operation.SUBTRACT, left, right);
+		}
+	}
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OperatorModulus.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.Operation;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Implements the modulus operator.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class OperatorModulus extends Operator {
+
+	public OperatorModulus(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getOperatorName() {
+		return "%";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object operandOne = getLeftOperand().getValue(state);
+		Object operandTwo = getRightOperand().getValue(state);
+		if (operandOne instanceof Number && operandTwo instanceof Number) {
+			Number op1 = (Number) operandOne;
+			Number op2 = (Number) operandTwo;
+			if (op1 instanceof Double || op2 instanceof Double) {
+				Double result = op1.doubleValue() % op2.doubleValue();
+				return result;
+			} else if (op1 instanceof Float || op2 instanceof Float) {
+				Float result = op1.floatValue() % op2.floatValue();
+				return result;
+			} else if (op1 instanceof Long || op2 instanceof Long) {
+				Long result = op1.longValue() % op2.longValue();
+				return result;
+			} else {
+				Integer result = op1.intValue() % op2.intValue();
+				return result;
+			}
+		}
+		return state.operate(Operation.MODULUS, operandOne, operandTwo);
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OperatorMultiply.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.Operation;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Implements the multiply operator. Conversions and promotions:
+ * http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/conversions.html Section 5.6.2:
+ * 
+ * If any of the operands is of a reference type, unboxing conversion (¤5.1.8) is performed. Then:<br>
+ * If either operand is of type double, the other is converted to double.<br>
+ * Otherwise, if either operand is of type float, the other is converted to float.<br>
+ * Otherwise, if either operand is of type long, the other is converted to long.<br>
+ * Otherwise, both operands are converted to type int.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class OperatorMultiply extends Operator {
+
+	public OperatorMultiply(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Implements multiply directly here for some types of operand, otherwise delegates to any registered overloader for
+	 * types it does not recognize. Supported types here are:
+	 * <ul>
+	 * <li>integers
+	 * <li>doubles
+	 * <li>string and int ('abc' * 2 == 'abcabc')
+	 * </ul>
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		// TODO could have an 'int only' arithmetic mode for super fast expression evaluation
+		Object operandOne = getLeftOperand().getValue(state);
+		Object operandTwo = getRightOperand().getValue(state);
+		if (operandOne instanceof Number && operandTwo instanceof Number) {
+			Number op1 = (Number) operandOne;
+			Number op2 = (Number) operandTwo;
+			if (op1 instanceof Double || op2 instanceof Double) {
+				Double result = op1.doubleValue() * op2.doubleValue();
+				return result;
+			} else if (op1 instanceof Float || op2 instanceof Float) {
+				Float result = op1.floatValue() * op2.floatValue();
+				return result;
+			} else if (op1 instanceof Long || op2 instanceof Long) {
+				Long result = op1.longValue() * op2.longValue();
+				return result;
+			} else { // promote to int
+				Integer result = op1.intValue() * op2.intValue();
+				return result;
+			}
+		} else if (operandOne instanceof String && operandTwo instanceof Integer) {
+			int repeats = ((Integer) operandTwo).intValue();
+			StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
+			for (int i = 0; i < repeats; i++) {
+				result.append(operandOne);
+			}
+			return result.toString();
+		}
+		return state.operate(Operation.MULTIPLY, operandOne, operandTwo);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getOperatorName() {
+		return "*";
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OperatorNot.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+public class OperatorNot extends SpelNode { // Not is a unary operator so do not extend BinaryOperator
+
+	public OperatorNot(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		try {
+			boolean value = state.toBoolean(getChild(0).getValue(state));
+			return !value;
+		} catch (SpelException see) {
+			see.setPosition(getChild(0).getCharPositionInLine());
+			throw see;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		sb.append("!").append(getChild(0).toStringAST());
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isWritable(ExpressionState expressionState) throws SpelException {
+		return false;
+	}
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OperatorOr.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Represents the boolean OR operation.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class OperatorOr extends Operator {
+
+	public OperatorOr(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getOperatorName() {
+		return "or";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		boolean leftValue;
+		boolean rightValue;
+		try {
+			leftValue = state.toBoolean(getLeftOperand().getValue(state));
+		} catch (SpelException see) {
+			see.setPosition(getLeftOperand().getCharPositionInLine());
+			throw see;
+		}
+
+		if (leftValue == true)
+			return true; // no need to evaluate right operand
+
+		try {
+			rightValue = state.toBoolean(getRightOperand().getValue(state));
+		} catch (SpelException see) {
+			see.setPosition(getRightOperand().getCharPositionInLine());
+			throw see;
+		}
+
+		return leftValue || rightValue;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OperatorPlus.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.Operation;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+public class OperatorPlus extends Operator {
+
+	public OperatorPlus(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		SpelNode leftOp = getLeftOperand();
+		SpelNode rightOp = getRightOperand();
+		if (rightOp == null) { // If only one operand, then this is unary plus
+			Object operandOne = leftOp.getValue(state);
+			if (operandOne instanceof Number) {
+				return new Integer(((Number) operandOne).intValue());
+			}
+			return state.operate(Operation.ADD, operandOne, null);
+		} else {
+			Object operandOne = leftOp.getValue(state);
+			Object operandTwo = rightOp.getValue(state);
+			if (operandOne instanceof Number && operandTwo instanceof Number) {
+				Number op1 = (Number) operandOne;
+				Number op2 = (Number) operandTwo;
+				if (op1 instanceof Double || op2 instanceof Double) {
+					Double result = op1.doubleValue() + op2.doubleValue();
+					return result;
+				} else if (op1 instanceof Float || op2 instanceof Float) {
+					Float result = op1.floatValue() + op2.floatValue();
+					return result;
+				} else if (op1 instanceof Long || op2 instanceof Long) {
+					Long result = op1.longValue() + op2.longValue();
+					return result;
+				} else { // TODO what about overflow?
+					Integer result = op1.intValue() + op2.intValue();
+					return result;
+				}
+			} else if (operandOne instanceof String && operandTwo instanceof String) {
+				return new StringBuilder((String) operandOne).append((String) operandTwo).toString();
+			} else if (operandOne instanceof String && operandTwo instanceof Integer) {
+				String l = (String) operandOne;
+				Integer i = (Integer) operandTwo;
+
+				// implements character + int (ie. a + 1 = b)
+				if (l.length() == 1) {
+					Character c = new Character((char) (new Character(l.charAt(0)) + i));
+					return c.toString();
+				}
+
+				return new StringBuilder((String) operandOne).append(((Integer) operandTwo).toString()).toString();
+			}
+			return state.operate(Operation.ADD, operandOne, operandTwo);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getOperatorName() {
+		return "+";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		if (getRightOperand() == null) { // unary plus
+			return new StringBuilder().append("+").append(getLeftOperand()).toString();
+		}
+		return super.toStringAST();
+	}
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OperatorSoundsLike.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+public class OperatorSoundsLike extends Operator {
+
+	public OperatorSoundsLike(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object left = getLeftOperand().getValue(state);
+		Object right = getRightOperand().getValue(state);
+		if (!(left instanceof String)) {
+			throw new SpelException(getCharPositionInLine(), SpelMessages.SOUNDSLIKE_NEEDS_STRING_OPERAND, left.getClass()
+					.getName());
+		}
+		if (!(right instanceof String)) {
+			throw new SpelException(getCharPositionInLine(), SpelMessages.SOUNDSLIKE_NEEDS_STRING_OPERAND, right.getClass()
+					.getName());
+		}
+		String leftSoundex = computeSoundex((String) left);
+		String rightSoundex = computeSoundex((String) right);
+		return state.getTypeComparator().compare(leftSoundex, rightSoundex) == 0;
+	}
+
+	// TODO OPTIMIZE better algorithm implementation is possible for soundex
+	private String computeSoundex(String input) {
+		if (input == null || input.length() == 0)
+			return "0000";
+		input = input.toUpperCase();
+		StringBuilder soundex = new StringBuilder();
+		soundex.append(input.charAt(0));
+		for (int i = 1; i < input.length(); i++) {
+			char ch = input.charAt(i);
+			if ("HW".indexOf(ch) != -1)
+				continue; // remove HWs now
+			if ("BFPV".indexOf(ch) != -1) {
+				soundex.append("1");
+			} else if ("CGJKQSXZ".indexOf(ch) != -1) {
+				soundex.append("2");
+			} else if ("DT".indexOf(ch) != -1) {
+				soundex.append("3");
+			} else if ("L".indexOf(ch) != -1) {
+				soundex.append("4");
+			} else if ("MN".indexOf(ch) != -1) {
+				soundex.append("5");
+			} else if ("R".indexOf(ch) != -1) {
+				soundex.append("6");
+
+			} else {
+				soundex.append(ch);
+			}
+		}
+		StringBuilder shorterSoundex = new StringBuilder();
+		shorterSoundex.append(soundex.charAt(0));
+		for (int i = 1; i < soundex.length(); i++) {
+			if ((i + 1) < soundex.length() && soundex.charAt(i) == soundex.charAt(i + 1))
+				continue;
+			if ("AEIOUY".indexOf(soundex.charAt(i)) != -1)
+				continue;
+			shorterSoundex.append(soundex.charAt(i));
+		}
+		shorterSoundex.append("0000");
+		return shorterSoundex.substring(0, 4);
+	}
+
+	// wikipedia:
+	// The Soundex code for a name consists of a letter followed by three numbers: the letter is the first letter of the
+	// name, and the numbers encode the remaining consonants. Similar sounding consonants share the same number so, for
+	// example, the labial B, F, P and V are all encoded as 1. Vowels can affect the coding, but are never coded
+	// directly unless they appear at the start of the name.
+	// The exact algorithm is as follows:
+	// Retain the first letter of the string
+	// Remove all occurrences of the following letters, unless it is the first letter: a, e, h, i, o, u, w, y
+	// Assign numbers to the remaining letters (after the first) as follows:
+	// b, f, p, v = 1
+	// c, g, j, k, q, s, x, z = 2
+	// d, t = 3
+	// l = 4
+	// m, n = 5
+	// r = 6
+	// If two or more letters with the same number were adjacent in the original name (before step 1), or adjacent
+	// except for any intervening h and w (American census only), then omit all but the first.
+	// Return the first four characters, right-padding with zeroes if there are fewer than four.
+	// Using this algorithm, both "Robert" and "Rupert" return the same string "R163" while "Rubin" yields "R150".
+
+	@Override
+	public String getOperatorName() {
+		return "soundslike";
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/Placeholder.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * PlaceHolder nodes are created for tokens that come through from the grammar purely to give us additional positional
+ * information for messages/etc.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public class Placeholder extends SpelNode {
+
+	public Placeholder(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getValue(ExpressionState state) throws SpelException {
+		throw new SpelException(getCharPositionInLine(), SpelMessages.PLACEHOLDER_SHOULD_NEVER_BE_EVALUATED);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		return getText();
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/Projection.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.internal.KeyValuePair;
+
+/**
+ * Represents projection, where a given operation is performed on all elements in some input sequence, returning 
+ * a new sequence of the same size. For example:
+ * "{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}.!{#isEven(#this)}" returns "[n, y, n, y, n, y, n, y, n, y]"
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public class Projection extends SpelNode {
+
+	public Projection(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object operand = state.getActiveContextObject();
+
+		// When the input is a map, we push a special context object on the stack
+		// before calling the specified operation. This special context object
+		// has two fields 'key' and 'value' that refer to the map entries key
+		// and value, and they can be referenced in the operation
+		// eg. {'a':'y','b':'n'}.!{value=='y'?key:null}" == ['a', null]
+		if (operand instanceof Map) {
+			Map<?, ?> mapdata = (Map<?, ?>) operand;
+			List<Object> result = new ArrayList<Object>();
+			for (Object k : mapdata.keySet()) {
+				try {
+					state.pushActiveContextObject(new KeyValuePair(k, mapdata.get(k)));
+					result.add(getChild(0).getValue(state));
+				} finally {
+					state.popActiveContextObject();
+				}
+			}
+			return result;
+		} else if (operand instanceof Collection) {
+			List<Object> data = new ArrayList<Object>();
+			data.addAll((Collection<?>) operand);
+			List<Object> result = new ArrayList<Object>();
+			int idx = 0;
+			for (Object element : data) {
+				try {
+					state.pushActiveContextObject(element);
+					state.enterScope("index", idx);
+					result.add(getChild(0).getValue(state));
+				} finally {
+					state.exitScope();
+					state.popActiveContextObject();
+				}
+				idx++;
+			}
+			return result;
+		} else {
+			throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.PROJECTION_NOT_SUPPORTED_ON_TYPE, operand.getClass().getName());
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+		return sb.append("!{").append(getChild(0).toStringAST()).append("}").toString();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isWritable(ExpressionState expressionState) throws SpelException {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/PropertyOrFieldReference.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.AccessException;
+import org.springframework.expression.CacheablePropertyAccessor;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
+import org.springframework.expression.PropertyAccessor;
+import org.springframework.expression.PropertyReaderExecutor;
+import org.springframework.expression.PropertyWriterExecutor;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.internal.Utils;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a simple property or field reference.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class PropertyOrFieldReference extends SpelNode {
+
+	public static boolean useCaching = true;
+
+	private final Object name;
+	private PropertyReaderExecutor cachedReaderExecutor;
+	private PropertyWriterExecutor cachedWriterExecutor;
+
+	public PropertyOrFieldReference(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+		name = payload.getText();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws SpelException {
+		return readProperty(state, name);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void setValue(ExpressionState state, Object newValue) throws SpelException {
+		writeProperty(state, name, newValue);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isWritable(ExpressionState state) throws SpelException {
+		return isWritableProperty(name, state);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		return name.toString();
+	}
+
+	/** 
+	 * Attempt to read the named property from the current context object.
+     *
+	 * @param state the evaluation state
+	 * @param name the name of the property
+	 * @return the value of the property
+	 * @throws SpelException if any problem accessing the property or it cannot be found
+	 */
+	private Object readProperty(ExpressionState state, Object name) throws SpelException {
+		Object contextObject = state.getActiveContextObject();
+		EvaluationContext eContext = state.getEvaluationContext();
+
+		if (cachedReaderExecutor != null) {
+			try {
+				return cachedReaderExecutor.execute(state.getEvaluationContext(), contextObject);
+			} catch (AccessException ae) {
+				// this is OK - it may have gone stale due to a class change,
+				// let's try to get a new one and call it before giving up
+			}
+		}
+		
+		Class<?> contextObjectClass = getObjectClass(contextObject);
+
+		List<PropertyAccessor> accessorsToTry = getPropertyAccessorsToTry(contextObjectClass, state);
+		
+		// Go through the accessors that may be able to resolve it.  If they are a cacheable accessor then
+		// get the accessor and use it.  If they are not cacheable but report they can read the property
+		// then ask them to read it
+		if (accessorsToTry != null) {
+			try {
+				for (PropertyAccessor accessor : accessorsToTry) {
+					if (accessor instanceof CacheablePropertyAccessor) {
+						cachedReaderExecutor = ((CacheablePropertyAccessor)accessor).getReaderAccessor(eContext, contextObject, name);
+						if (cachedReaderExecutor != null) {
+							try {
+								return cachedReaderExecutor.execute(state.getEvaluationContext(), contextObject);
+							} catch (AccessException ae) {
+								cachedReaderExecutor = null;
+								throw ae;
+							} finally {
+								if (!useCaching) {
+									cachedReaderExecutor = null;
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					} else {
+						if (accessor.canRead(eContext, contextObject, name)) {
+							Object value = accessor.read(eContext, contextObject, name);
+							return value;
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			} catch (AccessException ae) {
+				throw new SpelException(ae, SpelMessages.EXCEPTION_DURING_PROPERTY_READ, name, ae.getMessage());
+			}
+		}
+		throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.PROPERTY_OR_FIELD_NOT_FOUND, name, Utils.formatClassnameForMessage(contextObjectClass));
+	}
+
+	
+	private void writeProperty(ExpressionState state, Object name, Object newValue) throws SpelException {
+		Object contextObject = state.getActiveContextObject();
+		EvaluationContext eContext = state.getEvaluationContext();
+		
+		if (cachedWriterExecutor != null) {
+			try {
+				cachedWriterExecutor.execute(state.getEvaluationContext(), contextObject, newValue);
+				return;
+			} catch (AccessException ae) {
+				// this is OK - it may have gone stale due to a class change,
+				// let's try to get a new one and call it before giving up
+			}
+		}
+
+		Class<?> contextObjectClass = getObjectClass(contextObject);
+
+		List<PropertyAccessor> accessorsToTry = getPropertyAccessorsToTry(contextObjectClass, state);
+		if (accessorsToTry != null) {
+			try {
+				for (PropertyAccessor accessor : accessorsToTry) {
+					if (accessor instanceof CacheablePropertyAccessor) {
+						cachedWriterExecutor = ((CacheablePropertyAccessor)accessor).getWriterAccessor(eContext, contextObject, name);
+						if (cachedWriterExecutor != null) {
+							try {
+								cachedWriterExecutor.execute(state.getEvaluationContext(), contextObject, newValue);
+								return;
+							} catch (AccessException ae) {
+								cachedWriterExecutor = null;
+								throw ae;
+							} finally {
+								if (!useCaching) {
+									cachedWriterExecutor = null;
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					} else {
+						if (accessor.canWrite(eContext, contextObject, name)) {
+							accessor.write(eContext, contextObject, name, newValue);
+							return;
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			} catch (AccessException ae) {
+				throw new SpelException(getCharPositionInLine(), ae, SpelMessages.EXCEPTION_DURING_PROPERTY_WRITE, name, ae.getMessage());
+			}
+		}
+		throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.PROPERTY_OR_FIELD_SETTER_NOT_FOUND, name, Utils
+				.formatClassnameForMessage(contextObjectClass));
+	}
+
+	public boolean isWritableProperty(Object name, ExpressionState state) throws SpelException {
+		Object contextObject = state.getActiveContextObject();
+		EvaluationContext eContext = state.getEvaluationContext();
+		if (contextObject == null) {
+			throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.ATTEMPTED_PROPERTY_FIELD_REF_ON_NULL_CONTEXT_OBJECT, name);
+		}
+		List<PropertyAccessor> resolversToTry = getPropertyAccessorsToTry(
+				(contextObject instanceof Class) ? ((Class<?>) contextObject) : contextObject.getClass(), state);
+		if (resolversToTry != null) {
+			for (PropertyAccessor pfResolver : resolversToTry) {
+				try {
+					if (pfResolver.canWrite(eContext, contextObject, name)) {
+						return true;
+					}
+				} catch (AccessException ae) {
+					// let others try
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Determines the set of property resolvers that should be used to try and access a property on the specified target
+	 * type. The resolvers are considered to be in an ordered list, however in the returned list any that are exact
+	 * matches for the input target type (as opposed to 'general' resolvers that could work for any type) are placed at
+	 * the start of the list.  In addition, there are specific resolvers that exactly name the class in question and
+	 * resolvers that name a specific class but it is a supertype of the class we have.  These are put at the end of the
+	 * specific resolvers set and will be tried after exactly matching accessors but before generic accessors.
+	 * 
+	 * @param targetType the type upon which property access is being attempted
+	 * @return a list of resolvers that should be tried in order to access the property
+	 */
+	private List<PropertyAccessor> getPropertyAccessorsToTry(Class<?> targetType, ExpressionState state) {
+		List<PropertyAccessor> specificAccessors = new ArrayList<PropertyAccessor>();
+		List<PropertyAccessor> generalAccessors = new ArrayList<PropertyAccessor>();
+		for (PropertyAccessor resolver : state.getPropertyAccessors()) {
+			Class<?>[] targets = resolver.getSpecificTargetClasses();
+			if (targets == null) { // generic resolver that says it can be used for any type
+				generalAccessors.add(resolver);
+			} else {
+				int pos = 0;
+				for (int i = 0; i < targets.length; i++) {
+					Class<?> clazz = targets[i];
+					if (clazz == targetType) { // put exact matches on the front to be tried first?
+						specificAccessors.add(pos++, resolver);
+					} else if (clazz.isAssignableFrom(targetType)) { // put supertype matches at the end of the specificAccessor list
+						generalAccessors.add(resolver);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		List<PropertyAccessor> resolvers = new ArrayList<PropertyAccessor>();
+		resolvers.addAll(specificAccessors);
+		resolvers.addAll(generalAccessors);
+		return resolvers;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/QualifiedIdentifier.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a dot separated sequence of strings that indicate a package qualified type reference.
+ * <p>
+ * Example: "java.lang.String" as in the expression "new java.lang.String('hello')"
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public class QualifiedIdentifier extends SpelNode {
+
+	private String value;
+
+	public QualifiedIdentifier(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+		// value = payload.getText();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		// Cache the concatenation of child identifiers
+		if (value == null) {
+			StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+			for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
+				if (i > 0)
+					sb.append(".");
+				sb.append(getChild(i).getValue(state));
+			}
+			value = sb.toString();
+		}
+		return value;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		if (value != null) {
+			sb.append(value);
+		} else {
+			for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
+				if (i > 0)
+					sb.append(".");
+				sb.append(getChild(i).toStringAST());
+			}
+		}
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/RealLiteral.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+
+public class RealLiteral extends Literal {
+
+	private final Double value;
+
+	public RealLiteral(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+		value = Double.parseDouble(payload.getText());
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Double getLiteralValue() {
+		return value;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/Reference.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.generated.SpringExpressionsLexer;
+
+/**
+ * Represent a object reference of the form '@(<contextName>:<objectName>)'
+ * 
+ */
+public class Reference extends SpelNode {
+
+	private boolean contextAndObjectDetermined = false;
+	private SpelNode contextNode = null;
+	private SpelNode objectNode = null;
+
+	public Reference(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+
+		ensureContextAndNameDetermined();
+		Object contextName = (contextNode == null ? null : contextNode.getValue(state));
+		Object objectName = (objectNode == null ? null : objectNode.getValue(state));
+
+		Object referencedValue = state.lookupReference(contextName, objectName);
+
+		return referencedValue;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Work out which represents the context and which the object. This would be trivial except for parser recovery
+	 * situations where the expression was incomplete. We need to do our best here to recover so that we can offer
+	 * suitable code completion suggestions.
+	 */
+	private void ensureContextAndNameDetermined() {
+		if (contextAndObjectDetermined)
+			return;
+		contextAndObjectDetermined = true;
+		int colon = -1;
+		for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
+			if (getChild(i).getToken().getType() == SpringExpressionsLexer.COLON) {
+				colon = i;
+			}
+		}
+		if (colon != -1) {
+			contextNode = getChild(colon - 1);
+			objectNode = getChild(colon + 1);
+		} else {
+			objectNode = getChild(0);
+		}
+		if (objectNode.getToken().getType() != SpringExpressionsLexer.QUALIFIED_IDENTIFIER) {
+			objectNode = null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		ensureContextAndNameDetermined();
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		sb.append("@(");
+		if (contextNode != null) {
+			sb.append(contextNode.toStringAST()).append(":");
+		}
+		sb.append(objectNode.toStringAST());
+		sb.append(")");
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/Selection.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.internal.KeyValuePair;
+
+/**
+ * Represents selection over a map or collection. For example: {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}.?{#isEven(#this) == 'y'} returns
+ * [2, 4, 6, 8, 10]
+ * 
+ * Basically a subset of the input data is returned based on the evaluation of the expression supplied as selection
+ * criteria.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class Selection extends SpelNode {
+
+	public final static int ALL = 0; // ?{}
+	public final static int FIRST = 1; // ^{}
+	public final static int LAST = 2; // ${}
+
+	private final int variant;
+
+	public Selection(Token payload, int variant) {
+		super(payload);
+		this.variant = variant;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object operand = state.getActiveContextObject();
+		SpelNode selectionCriteria = getChild(0);
+		if (operand instanceof Map) {
+			Map<?, ?> mapdata = (Map<?, ?>) operand;
+			List<Object> result = new ArrayList<Object>();
+			for (Object k : mapdata.keySet()) {
+				try {
+					Object kvpair = new KeyValuePair(k, mapdata.get(k));
+					state.pushActiveContextObject(kvpair);
+					Object o = selectionCriteria.getValue(state);
+					if (o instanceof Boolean) {
+						if (((Boolean) o).booleanValue() == true) {
+							if (variant == FIRST)
+								return kvpair;
+							result.add(kvpair);
+						}
+					} else {
+						throw new SpelException(selectionCriteria.getCharPositionInLine(),
+								SpelMessages.RESULT_OF_SELECTION_CRITERIA_IS_NOT_BOOLEAN);// ,selectionCriteria.stringifyAST());
+					}
+				} finally {
+					state.popActiveContextObject();
+				}
+				if ((variant == FIRST || variant == LAST) && result.size() == 0) {
+					return null;
+				}
+				if (variant == LAST) {
+					return result.get(result.size() - 1);
+				}
+			}
+			return result;
+		} else if (operand instanceof Collection) {
+			List<Object> data = new ArrayList<Object>();
+			data.addAll((Collection<?>) operand);
+			List<Object> result = new ArrayList<Object>();
+			int idx = 0;
+			for (Object element : data) {
+				try {
+					state.pushActiveContextObject(element);
+					state.enterScope("index", idx);
+					Object o = selectionCriteria.getValue(state);
+					if (o instanceof Boolean) {
+						if (((Boolean) o).booleanValue() == true) {
+							if (variant == FIRST)
+								return element;
+							result.add(element);
+						}
+					} else {
+						throw new SpelException(selectionCriteria.getCharPositionInLine(),
+								SpelMessages.RESULT_OF_SELECTION_CRITERIA_IS_NOT_BOOLEAN);// ,selectionCriteria.stringifyAST());
+					}
+					idx++;
+				} finally {
+					state.exitScope();
+					state.popActiveContextObject();
+				}
+			}
+			if ((variant == FIRST || variant == LAST) && result.size() == 0) {
+				return null;
+			}
+			if (variant == LAST) {
+				return result.get(result.size() - 1);
+			}
+			return result;
+		} else {
+			throw new SpelException(getCharPositionInLine(), SpelMessages.INVALID_TYPE_FOR_SELECTION,
+					(operand == null ? "null" : operand.getClass().getName()));
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+		switch (variant) {
+		case ALL:
+			sb.append("?{");
+			break;
+		case FIRST:
+			sb.append("^{");
+			break;
+		case LAST:
+			sb.append("${");
+			break;
+		}
+		return sb.append(getChild(0).toStringAST()).append("}").toString();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isWritable(ExpressionState expressionState) throws SpelException {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/SpelNode.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.antlr.runtime.tree.CommonTree;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.generated.SpringExpressionsParser;
+
+/**
+ * The common supertype of all AST nodes in a parsed Spring Expression Language format expression.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public abstract class SpelNode extends CommonTree implements Serializable {
+
+	/**
+	 * The Antlr parser uses this constructor to build SpelNodes.
+	 * 
+	 * @param payload the token for the node that has been parsed
+	 */
+	protected SpelNode(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Evaluate the expression node in the context of the supplied expression state and return the value.
+	 * 
+	 * @param expressionState the current expression state (includes the context)
+	 * @return the value of this node evaluated against the specified state
+	 */
+	public abstract Object getValue(ExpressionState expressionState) throws EvaluationException;
+
+	/**
+	 * Determine if this expression node will support a setValue() call.
+	 * 
+	 * @param expressionState the current expression state (includes the context)
+	 * @return true if the expression node will allow setValue()
+	 * @throws EvaluationException if something went wrong trying to determine if the node supports writing
+	 */
+	public boolean isWritable(ExpressionState expressionState) throws EvaluationException {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Evaluate the expression to a node and then set the new value on that node. For example, if the expression
+	 * evaluates to a property reference then the property will be set to the new value.
+	 * 
+	 * @param expressionState the current expression state (includes the context)
+	 * @param newValue the new value
+	 * @throws EvaluationException if any problem occurs evaluating the expression or setting the new value
+	 */
+	public void setValue(ExpressionState expressionState, Object newValue) throws EvaluationException {
+		throw new SpelException(getCharPositionInLine(), SpelMessages.SETVALUE_NOT_SUPPORTED, getClass(), getTokenName());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return return the token this node represents
+	 */
+	protected String getTokenName() {
+		if (getToken() == null) {
+			return "UNKNOWN";
+		}
+		return SpringExpressionsParser.tokenNames[getToken().getType()];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the string form of this AST node
+	 */
+	public abstract String toStringAST();
+
+	/**
+	 * Helper method that returns a SpelNode rather than an Antlr Tree node.
+	 * 
+	 * @return the child node cast to a SpelNode
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public SpelNode getChild(int index) {
+		return (SpelNode) super.getChild(index);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Determine the class of the object passed in, unless it is already a class object.
+	 * @param o the object that the caller wants the class of
+	 * @return the class of the object if it is not already a class object, or null if the object is null
+	 */
+	public Class<?> getObjectClass(Object o) {
+	  if (o==null) return null;
+	  return (o instanceof Class) ? ((Class<?>) o) : o.getClass();
+	}
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/StringLiteral.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+
+public class StringLiteral extends Literal {
+
+	private String value;
+
+	public StringLiteral(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+		value = payload.getText();
+		// TODO should these have been skipped being created by the parser rules? or not?
+		value = value.substring(1, value.length() - 1);
+		value = value.replaceAll("''", "'");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getLiteralValue() {
+		return value;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return new StringBuilder("'").append(getLiteralValue()).append("'").toString();
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/Ternary.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a ternary expression, for example: "someCheck()?true:false".
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class Ternary extends SpelNode {
+
+	public Ternary(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object condition = getChild(0).getValue(state);
+		try {
+			boolean b = state.toBoolean(condition);
+			if (b)
+				return getChild(1).getValue(state);
+			else
+				return getChild(2).getValue(state);
+		} catch (SpelException see) {
+			see.setPosition(getChild(0).getCharPositionInLine());
+			throw see;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		return new StringBuilder().append(getChild(0).toStringAST()).append(" ? ").append(getChild(1).toStringAST())
+				.append(" : ").append(getChild(2).toStringAST()).toString();
+	}
+
+	// TODO 3 should this say TRUE if the left or the right are writable???
+	@Override
+	public boolean isWritable(ExpressionState expressionState) throws SpelException {
+		return false;
+	}
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/TypeReference.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.internal.TypeCode;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a reference to a type, for example "T(String)" or "T(com.somewhere.Foo)"
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public class TypeReference extends SpelNode {
+
+	public TypeReference(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		// TODO OPTIMIZE cache the type reference once found?
+		String typename = (String) getChild(0).getValue(state);
+		if (typename.indexOf(".") == -1 && Character.isLowerCase(typename.charAt(0))) {
+			TypeCode tc = TypeCode.forName(typename);
+			if (tc != TypeCode.OBJECT) {
+				// it is a primitive type
+				return tc.getType();
+			}
+		}
+		return state.findType(typename);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		sb.append("T(");
+		sb.append(getChild(0).toStringAST());
+		sb.append(")");
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isWritable(ExpressionState expressionState) throws SpelException {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/VariableReference.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a variable reference, eg. #someVar. Note this is different to a *local* variable like $someVar
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public class VariableReference extends SpelNode {
+
+	// Well known variables:
+	private final static String THIS = "this"; // currently active context object
+	private final static String ROOT = "root"; // root context object
+
+	private final String name;
+
+	public VariableReference(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+		name = payload.getText();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws SpelException {
+		if (name.equals(THIS))
+			return state.getActiveContextObject();
+		if (name.equals(ROOT))
+			return state.getRootContextObject();
+		Object result = state.lookupVariable(name);
+		if (result == null) {
+			throw new SpelException(getCharPositionInLine(), SpelMessages.VARIABLE_NOT_FOUND, name);
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void setValue(ExpressionState state, Object value) throws SpelException {
+		// Object oldValue = state.lookupVariable(name);
+		state.setVariable(name, value);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		return new StringBuilder("#").append(name).toString();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isWritable(ExpressionState expressionState) throws SpelException {
+		return !(name.equals(THIS) || name.equals(ROOT));
+	}
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g

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+grammar SpringExpressions;
+
+options {
+	language = Java;
+	output=AST;
+	k=2;
+	//caseSensitive = false;
+	//backtrack=true;
+}
+
+tokens {
+	EXPRESSIONLIST;
+	INTEGER_LITERAL;
+	EXPRESSION;
+	QUALIFIED_IDENTIFIER;
+	REFERENCE;
+	PROPERTY_OR_FIELD;
+	INDEXER;
+	ARGLIST;
+	CONSTRUCTOR;
+	DATE_LITERAL;
+	HOLDER;
+	CONSTRUCTOR_ARRAY;
+	NAMED_ARGUMENT;
+	FUNCTIONREF;
+	TYPEREF;
+	RANGE;
+	VARIABLEREF;
+	LIST_INITIALIZER;
+	MAP_INITIALIZER;
+	LOCALVAR;
+	LOCALFUNC;
+	MAP_ENTRY;
+	METHOD;
+	ADD;
+	SUBTRACT;
+//	MULTIPLY;
+//	DIVIDE;
+//	MODULUS;
+	NUMBER;
+}
+
+// applies only to the parser: 
+@header {package org.springframework.expression.spel.generated;}
+
+// applies only to the lexer:
+@lexer::header {package org.springframework.expression.spel.generated;}
+
+@rulecatch {
+        catch(RecognitionException e) {
+                //reportError(e);
+                throw e;
+        }
+}
+
+expr: expression EOF!;
+
+exprList
+    : LPAREN expression (SEMI expression)+ (SEMIRPAREN | RPAREN)
+      -> ^(EXPRESSIONLIST expression+);
+      
+SEMIRPAREN : ';)'; // recoveryrelated: allows us to cope with a rogue superfluous semicolon before the rparen in an expression list
+
+expression : 
+    logicalOrExpression
+    ( (ASSIGN^ logicalOrExpression) 
+	  | (DEFAULT^ logicalOrExpression) 
+	  | (QMARK^ expression COLON! expression))?;
+
+parenExpr : LPAREN! expression RPAREN!;// (ROGUE! | RPAREN!);
+
+	
+logicalOrExpression : logicalAndExpression (OR^ logicalAndExpression)*;
+                        
+logicalAndExpression : relationalExpression (AND^ relationalExpression)*;
+	
+relationalExpression : sumExpression (relationalOperator^ sumExpression)?;
+
+sumExpression
+	: productExpression ( (PLUS^ | MINUS^) productExpression)*;
+//	: left=productExpression (PLUS right+=productExpression)+ -> ^(ADD $left $right)
+//	| left=productExpression (MINUS right+=productExpression)+ -> ^(SUBTRACT $left $right)
+//	| productExpression;
+
+// TODO could really do with changing ast node types here
+productExpression
+	: powerExpr ((STAR^ | DIV^| MOD^) powerExpr)* ;
+//	: left=powerExpr (STAR right+=powerExpr) -> ^(MULTIPLY $left $right)
+//	| left=powerExpr (DIV right+=powerExpr) -> ^(DIVIDE $left $right)
+//	| left=powerExpr (MOD right+=powerExpr) -> ^(MODULUS $left $right)
+//	| powerExpr;
+
+powerExpr  : unaryExpression (POWER^ unaryExpression)? ;
+
+unaryExpression 
+	:	(PLUS^ | MINUS^ | BANG^) unaryExpression	
+	|	primaryExpression ;
+	
+primaryExpression
+    : startNode (node)? -> ^(EXPRESSION startNode (node)?);
+
+startNode 
+    : 
+    (LPAREN expression SEMI) => exprList 
+    | parenExpr
+    | methodOrProperty 
+    | functionOrVar
+    | localFunctionOrVar
+    | reference
+    | indexer
+    | literal
+    | type
+    | constructor
+    | projection 
+    | selection 
+    | firstSelection
+    | lastSelection
+    | listInitializer
+    | mapInitializer
+    | lambda
+//  | attribute
+    ;
+    
+node:	
+	( methodOrProperty 
+	| functionOrVar
+    | indexer
+    | projection 
+    | selection 
+    | firstSelection 
+    | lastSelection 
+    | exprList
+    | DOT
+    )+
+	;
+	
+functionOrVar 
+    : (POUND ID LPAREN) => function
+    | var
+    ;
+    
+function : POUND id=ID methodArgs -> ^(FUNCTIONREF[$id] methodArgs);
+    
+var : POUND id=ID -> ^(VARIABLEREF[$id]); 
+
+localFunctionOrVar
+	: (DOLLAR ID LPAREN) => localFunction
+	| localVar
+	;
+
+localFunction : DOLLAR id=ID methodArgs -> ^(LOCALFUNC[$id] methodArgs);
+localVar: DOLLAR id=ID -> ^(LOCALVAR[$id]);
+
+methodOrProperty
+	:	(ID LPAREN) => id=ID methodArgs -> ^(METHOD[$id] methodArgs)
+	|	property
+	;
+	
+// may have to preserve these commas to make it easier to offer suggestions in the right place
+// mod at 9th feb 19:13 - added the second 'COMMA?' to allow for code completion "foo(A,"
+// TODO need to preserve commas and then check for badly formed call later (optimizing tree walk) to disallow "foo(a,b,c,)"
+methodArgs :  LPAREN! (argument (COMMA! argument)* (COMMA!)?)? RPAREN!;
+
+// If we match ID then create a node called PROPERTY_OR_FIELD and copy the id info into it.
+// this means the propertyOrField.text is what id.text would have been, rather than having to
+// access id as a child of the new node.
+property: id=ID -> ^(PROPERTY_OR_FIELD[$id]);
+
+// start - in this block there are changes to help parser recovery and code completion
+
+// fiddled with to support better code completion
+// we preserve the colon and rparen to give positional info and the qualifiedId is optional to cope with
+// code completing in @() (which is really an invalid expression)
+reference
+	:  AT pos=LPAREN (cn=contextName COLON)? (q=qualifiedId)? RPAREN
+  	-> ^(REFERENCE[$pos] ($cn COLON)? $q? RPAREN);
+// what I really want here is: was there a colon? position of the right paren
+
+// end - in this block there are changes to help parser recovery and code completion
+
+//indexer: LBRACKET r1=range (COMMA r2=range)* RBRACKET -> ^(INDEXER $r1 ($r2)*);
+indexer: LBRACKET r1=argument (COMMA r2=argument)* RBRACKET -> ^(INDEXER $r1 ($r2)*);
+	
+//range: INTEGER_LITERAL UPTO^ INTEGER_LITERAL |
+// argument;
+	// TODO make expression conditional with ? if want completion for when the RCURLY is missing
+projection: PROJECT^ expression RCURLY!;
+
+selection: SELECT^ expression RCURLY!;
+
+firstSelection:	SELECT_FIRST^ expression RCURLY!;
+
+lastSelection: SELECT_LAST^ expression RCURLY!;
+
+// TODO cope with array types
+type:	TYPE qualifiedId RPAREN -> ^(TYPEREF qualifiedId);
+//type:   TYPE tn=qualifiedId (LBRACKET RBRACKET)? (COMMA qid=qualifiedId)? RPAREN
+
+//attribute
+//	:	AT! LBRACKET! tn:qualifiedId! (ctorArgs)? RBRACKET!
+//		   { #attribute = #([EXPR, tn_AST.getText(), "Spring.Expressions.AttributeNode"], #attribute); }
+//	;
+
+lambda
+   :   LAMBDA (argList)? PIPE expression RCURLY -> ^(LAMBDA (argList)? expression);
+
+argList : (id+=ID (COMMA id+=ID)*) -> ^(ARGLIST ($id)*);
+
+constructor  
+	:	('new' qualifiedId LPAREN) => 'new' qualifiedId ctorArgs -> ^(CONSTRUCTOR qualifiedId ctorArgs)
+	|   arrayConstructor
+	;
+
+arrayConstructor
+	: 'new' qualifiedId arrayRank (listInitializer)?
+	  -> ^(CONSTRUCTOR_ARRAY qualifiedId arrayRank (listInitializer)?)
+	;
+	
+arrayRank
+    : LBRACKET (expression (COMMA expression)*)? RBRACKET -> ^(EXPRESSIONLIST expression*);
+    
+listInitializer
+    : LCURLY expression (COMMA expression)* RCURLY -> ^(LIST_INITIALIZER expression*);
+
+//arrayInitializer
+//    : LCURLY expression (COMMA expression)* RCURLY -> ^(ARRAY_INITIALIZER expression*);
+    
+mapInitializer
+    : POUND LCURLY mapEntry (COMMA mapEntry)* RCURLY -> ^(MAP_INITIALIZER mapEntry*);
+
+mapEntry
+    : expression COLON expression -> ^(MAP_ENTRY expression*);
+
+ctorArgs
+	: LPAREN! (namedArgument (COMMA! namedArgument)*)? RPAREN!;
+
+argument : expression;
+
+namedArgument 
+    : (ID ASSIGN) => id=ID ASSIGN expression 
+                  -> ^(NAMED_ARGUMENT[$id] expression)
+    | argument ;
+  	
+qualifiedId : ID (DOT ID)* -> ^(QUALIFIED_IDENTIFIER ID*);
+
+contextName : ID (DIV ID)* -> ^(QUALIFIED_IDENTIFIER ID*);
+	
+literal
+	: INTEGER_LITERAL 
+	| STRING_LITERAL
+	| DQ_STRING_LITERAL
+	| boolLiteral
+	| NULL_LITERAL
+	| HEXADECIMAL_INTEGER_LITERAL 
+	| REAL_LITERAL
+	| dateLiteral
+	;
+	
+boolLiteral: TRUE | FALSE;
+
+dateLiteral: 'date' LPAREN d=STRING_LITERAL (COMMA f=STRING_LITERAL)? RPAREN -> ^(DATE_LITERAL $d ($f)?);
+
+INTEGER_LITERAL
+	: (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (INTEGER_TYPE_SUFFIX)?;
+
+HEXADECIMAL_INTEGER_LITERAL : '0x' (HEX_DIGIT)+ (INTEGER_TYPE_SUFFIX)?;
+
+relationalOperator
+    :   EQUAL 
+    |   NOT_EQUAL
+    |   LESS_THAN
+    |   LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL      
+    |   GREATER_THAN            
+    |   GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL 
+    |   IN   
+    |   IS   
+    |   BETWEEN   
+    |   LIKE   
+    |   MATCHES
+    |   SOUNDSLIKE
+    |   DISTANCETO   
+    ; 
+          
+ASSIGN: '=';
+EQUAL: '==';
+NOT_EQUAL: '!=';
+LESS_THAN: '<';
+LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL: '<=';
+GREATER_THAN: '>';
+GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL: '>=';
+SOUNDSLIKE
+	:	'soundslike';
+DISTANCETO
+	:	'distanceto';
+IN:     'in';	
+IS:     'is';
+BETWEEN:'between';
+LIKE:   'like';
+MATCHES:'matches';
+NULL_LITERAL: 'null';
+
+SEMI: ';';
+DOT:    '.';
+COMMA:	',';
+LPAREN: '(';
+RPAREN: ')';
+LCURLY: '{';
+RCURLY: '}';
+LBRACKET: '[';
+RBRACKET: ']';
+PIPE:	'|';
+
+AND:    'and';
+OR:     'or';
+FALSE:  'false';
+TRUE:   'true';
+
+PLUS: '+';
+MINUS: '-';
+DIV: '/';
+STAR: '*';
+MOD: '%';
+POWER: '^';
+BANG: '!';
+POUND: '#';
+QMARK: '?';
+DEFAULT: '??';
+LAMBDA: '{|';
+PROJECT: '!{';
+SELECT: '?{';
+SELECT_FIRST: '^{';
+SELECT_LAST: '${';
+TYPE: 'T(';
+
+STRING_LITERAL:	'\''! (APOS|~'\'')* '\''!;
+DQ_STRING_LITERAL:	'"'! (~'"')* '"'!;
+ID:	('a'..'z'|'A'..'Z'|'_') ('a'..'z'|'A'..'Z'|'_'|'0'..'9'|DOT_ESCAPED)*;
+DOT_ESCAPED: '\\.';
+//DOUBLE_DOT: ':';
+WS: ( ' ' | '\t' | '\n' |'\r')+ { $channel=HIDDEN; } ;
+DOLLAR:	'$';
+AT: '@';
+UPTO: '..';
+COLON: ':';
+
+	/*
+	// real - use syntactic predicates (guess mode)
+	:	('.' DECIMAL_DIGIT) =>
+		in= '.' (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART)? (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)?
+			
+	|	((DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ '.' DECIMAL_DIGIT) =>
+		 in=(DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ '.' (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART)? (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)?
+		
+	|	((DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART)) =>
+		in= (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART) (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)?
+		
+	|	((DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)) =>
+		in= (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)		
+*/		 
+
+REAL_LITERAL :	
+  ('.' (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART)? (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)?) |
+	((DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ '.' (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART)? (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)?) |
+	((DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART) (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)?) |
+	((DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX));
+
+fragment APOS : '\''! '\'';
+fragment DECIMAL_DIGIT : '0'..'9' ;
+fragment INTEGER_TYPE_SUFFIX : ( 'UL' | 'LU' | 'ul' | 'lu' | 'uL' | 'lU' | 'U' | 'L' | 'u' | 'l' );
+fragment HEX_DIGIT : '0'|'1'|'2'|'3'|'4'|'5'|'6'|'7'|'8'|'9'|'A'|'B'|'C'|'D'|'E'|'F'|'a'|'b'|'c'|'d'|'e'|'f';		
+	
+fragment EXPONENT_PART : 'e'  (SIGN)*  (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ | 'E'  (SIGN)*  (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ ;	
+fragment SIGN :	'+' | '-' ;
+// TODO what is M or m?
+fragment REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX : 'F' | 'f' | 'D' | 'd' | 'M' | 'm' ;

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.tokens

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+COMMA=51
+GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL=79
+EXPRESSIONLIST=4
+GREATER_THAN=78
+MINUS=41
+NUMBER=29
+ARGLIST=11
+BANG=46
+LESS_THAN=76
+METHOD=26
+FALSE=70
+PROPERTY_OR_FIELD=9
+INDEXER=10
+CONSTRUCTOR_ARRAY=15
+NULL_LITERAL=66
+NAMED_ARGUMENT=16
+PIPE=62
+DOT=47
+AND=39
+EXPRESSION=6
+LCURLY=63
+DATE_LITERAL=13
+REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX=92
+QUALIFIED_IDENTIFIER=7
+SELECT=57
+STRING_LITERAL=64
+SUBTRACT=28
+RBRACKET=54
+RPAREN=33
+BETWEEN=82
+SIGN=93
+PLUS=40
+INTEGER_LITERAL=5
+AT=52
+RANGE=19
+SOUNDSLIKE=85
+WS=89
+DOLLAR=50
+LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL=77
+HEXADECIMAL_INTEGER_LITERAL=67
+LAMBDA=61
+SEMI=31
+EQUAL=74
+DOT_ESCAPED=88
+QMARK=36
+COLON=37
+PROJECT=55
+DIV=43
+REAL_LITERAL=68
+ADD=27
+TRUE=69
+EXPONENT_PART=91
+POUND=48
+HOLDER=14
+SELECT_FIRST=58
+TYPE=60
+MAP_ENTRY=25
+SELECT_LAST=59
+LBRACKET=53
+MOD=44
+FUNCTIONREF=17
+OR=38
+RCURLY=56
+ASSIGN=34
+LPAREN=30
+HEX_DIGIT=73
+LIST_INITIALIZER=21
+APOS=87
+ID=49
+NOT_EQUAL=75
+POWER=45
+TYPEREF=18
+DISTANCETO=86
+DECIMAL_DIGIT=71
+IS=81
+SEMIRPAREN=32
+DQ_STRING_LITERAL=65
+LIKE=83
+MAP_INITIALIZER=22
+LOCALFUNC=24
+IN=80
+CONSTRUCTOR=12
+INTEGER_TYPE_SUFFIX=72
+MATCHES=84
+UPTO=90
+REFERENCE=8
+DEFAULT=35
+LOCALVAR=23
+STAR=42
+VARIABLEREF=20
+'date'=95
+'new'=94

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions__.g

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+lexer grammar SpringExpressions;
+options {
+  language=Java;
+
+}
+@header {package org.springframework.expression.spel.generated;}
+
+T94 : 'new' ;
+T95 : 'date' ;
+
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 62
+SEMIRPAREN : ';)'; // recoveryrelated: allows us to cope with a rogue superfluous semicolon before the rparen in an expression list
+
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 263
+INTEGER_LITERAL
+	: (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (INTEGER_TYPE_SUFFIX)?;
+
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 266
+HEXADECIMAL_INTEGER_LITERAL : '0x' (HEX_DIGIT)+ (INTEGER_TYPE_SUFFIX)?;
+
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 284
+ASSIGN: '=';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 285
+EQUAL: '==';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 286
+NOT_EQUAL: '!=';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 287
+LESS_THAN: '<';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 288
+LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL: '<=';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 289
+GREATER_THAN: '>';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 290
+GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL: '>=';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 291
+SOUNDSLIKE
+	:	'soundslike';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 293
+DISTANCETO
+	:	'distanceto';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 295
+IN:     'in';	
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 296
+IS:     'is';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 297
+BETWEEN:'between';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 298
+LIKE:   'like';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 299
+MATCHES:'matches';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 300
+NULL_LITERAL: 'null';
+
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 302
+SEMI: ';';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 303
+DOT:    '.';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 304
+COMMA:	',';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 305
+LPAREN: '(';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 306
+RPAREN: ')';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 307
+LCURLY: '{';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 308
+RCURLY: '}';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 309
+LBRACKET: '[';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 310
+RBRACKET: ']';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 311
+PIPE:	'|';
+
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 313
+AND:    'and';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 314
+OR:     'or';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 315
+FALSE:  'false';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 316
+TRUE:   'true';
+
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 318
+PLUS: '+';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 319
+MINUS: '-';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 320
+DIV: '/';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 321
+STAR: '*';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 322
+MOD: '%';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 323
+POWER: '^';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 324
+BANG: '!';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 325
+POUND: '#';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 326
+QMARK: '?';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 327
+DEFAULT: '??';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 328
+LAMBDA: '{|';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 329
+PROJECT: '!{';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 330
+SELECT: '?{';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 331
+SELECT_FIRST: '^{';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 332
+SELECT_LAST: '${';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 333
+TYPE: 'T(';
+
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 335
+STRING_LITERAL:	'\''! (APOS|~'\'')* '\''!;
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 336
+DQ_STRING_LITERAL:	'"'! (~'"')* '"'!;
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 337
+ID:	('a'..'z'|'A'..'Z'|'_') ('a'..'z'|'A'..'Z'|'_'|'0'..'9'|DOT_ESCAPED)*;
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 338
+DOT_ESCAPED: '\\.';
+//DOUBLE_DOT: ':';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 340
+WS: ( ' ' | '\t' | '\n' |'\r')+ { $channel=HIDDEN; } ;
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 341
+DOLLAR:	'$';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 342
+AT: '@';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 343
+UPTO: '..';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 344
+COLON: ':';
+
+	/*
+	// real - use syntactic predicates (guess mode)
+	:	('.' DECIMAL_DIGIT) =>
+		in= '.' (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART)? (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)?
+			
+	|	((DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ '.' DECIMAL_DIGIT) =>
+		 in=(DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ '.' (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART)? (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)?
+		
+	|	((DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART)) =>
+		in= (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART) (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)?
+		
+	|	((DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)) =>
+		in= (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)		
+*/		 
+
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 361
+REAL_LITERAL :	
+  ('.' (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART)? (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)?) |
+	((DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ '.' (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART)? (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)?) |
+	((DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART) (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)?) |
+	((DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX));
+
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 367
+fragment APOS : '\''! '\'';
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 368
+fragment DECIMAL_DIGIT : '0'..'9' ;
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 369
+fragment INTEGER_TYPE_SUFFIX : ( 'UL' | 'LU' | 'ul' | 'lu' | 'uL' | 'lU' | 'U' | 'L' | 'u' | 'l' );
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 370
+fragment HEX_DIGIT : '0'|'1'|'2'|'3'|'4'|'5'|'6'|'7'|'8'|'9'|'A'|'B'|'C'|'D'|'E'|'F'|'a'|'b'|'c'|'d'|'e'|'f';		
+	
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 372
+fragment EXPONENT_PART : 'e'  (SIGN)*  (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ | 'E'  (SIGN)*  (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ ;	
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 373
+fragment SIGN :	'+' | '-' ;
+// TODO what is M or m?
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el/spring3/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 375
+fragment REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX : 'F' | 'f' | 'D' | 'd' | 'M' | 'm' ;

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/internal/EmptySpelNode.java

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.internal;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.SpelNode;
+
+public class EmptySpelNode extends SpelNode {
+
+	public EmptySpelNode(Token payload) {
+		super(payload);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getValue(ExpressionState state) throws SpelException {
+		throw new RuntimeException("?");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toStringAST() {
+		return "<no string form node '" + getTokenName() + "'>";
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/internal/InternalELException.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.internal;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+
+/**
+ * Wraps an ELException and can pass up through Antlr since it is unchecked, where it can then be unwrapped.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class InternalELException extends RuntimeException {
+
+	InternalELException(SpelException e) {
+		super(e);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public SpelException getCause() {
+		return (SpelException) super.getCause();
+	}
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/internal/KeyValuePair.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.internal;
+
+/**
+ * Special object that is used to wrap a map entry/value when iterating over a map.  Providing a direct way for the 
+ * expression to refer to either the key or value.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class KeyValuePair {
+	public Object key;
+	public Object value;
+	
+	public KeyValuePair(Object k, Object v) {
+		this.key = k;
+		this.value = v;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/internal/SpelTreeAdaptor.java

@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.internal;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.antlr.runtime.tree.CommonTreeAdaptor;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.ArgList;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.Assign;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.BooleanLiteral;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.CompoundExpression;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.ConstructorReference;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.DateLiteral;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.Dot;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.ExpressionListNode;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.FunctionReference;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.Identifier;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.Indexer;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.IntLiteral;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.Lambda;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.ListInitializer;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.LocalFunctionReference;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.LocalVariableReference;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.MapEntry;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.MapInitializer;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.MethodReference;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.NullLiteral;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.OperatorAnd;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.OperatorBetween;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.OperatorDistanceTo;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.OperatorDivide;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.OperatorEquality;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.OperatorGreaterThan;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.OperatorGreaterThanOrEqual;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.OperatorIn;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.OperatorInequality;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.OperatorIs;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.OperatorLessThan;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.OperatorLessThanOrEqual;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.OperatorLike;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.OperatorMatches;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.OperatorMinus;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.OperatorModulus;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.OperatorMultiply;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.OperatorNot;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.OperatorOr;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.OperatorPlus;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.OperatorSoundsLike;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.Placeholder;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.Projection;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.PropertyOrFieldReference;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.QualifiedIdentifier;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.RealLiteral;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.Reference;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.Selection;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.StringLiteral;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.Ternary;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.TypeReference;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.VariableReference;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.generated.SpringExpressionsLexer;
+
+public class SpelTreeAdaptor extends CommonTreeAdaptor {
+	@Override
+	public Object create(Token payload) {
+		if (payload != null) {
+			switch (payload.getType()) {
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.EXPRESSIONLIST:
+				return new ExpressionListNode(payload);
+
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.TRUE:
+				return new BooleanLiteral(payload, true);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.FALSE:
+				return new BooleanLiteral(payload, false);
+
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.OR:
+				return new OperatorOr(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.AND:
+				return new OperatorAnd(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.BANG:
+				return new OperatorNot(payload);
+
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.REAL_LITERAL:
+				return new RealLiteral(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.INTEGER_LITERAL:
+				return new IntLiteral(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.HEXADECIMAL_INTEGER_LITERAL:
+				return new IntLiteral(payload, 16/* HEX */);
+
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.NOT_EQUAL:
+				return new OperatorInequality(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.EQUAL:
+				return new OperatorEquality(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.GREATER_THAN:
+				return new OperatorGreaterThan(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.LESS_THAN:
+				return new OperatorLessThan(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL:
+				return new OperatorLessThanOrEqual(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL:
+				return new OperatorGreaterThanOrEqual(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.SOUNDSLIKE:
+				return new OperatorSoundsLike(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.DISTANCETO:
+				return new OperatorDistanceTo(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.PLUS:
+				return new OperatorPlus(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.MINUS:
+				return new OperatorMinus(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.STAR/* MULTIPLY */:
+				return new OperatorMultiply(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.DIV/* DIVIDE */:
+				return new OperatorDivide(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.MOD:
+				return new OperatorModulus(payload);
+
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.STRING_LITERAL:
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.DQ_STRING_LITERAL:
+				return new StringLiteral(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.NULL_LITERAL:
+				return new NullLiteral(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.DATE_LITERAL:
+				return new DateLiteral(payload);
+
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.ID:
+				return new Identifier(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.PROPERTY_OR_FIELD:
+				return new PropertyOrFieldReference(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.METHOD:
+				return new MethodReference(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.QUALIFIED_IDENTIFIER:
+				return new QualifiedIdentifier(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.REFERENCE:
+				return new Reference(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.TYPEREF:
+				return new TypeReference(payload);
+
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.EXPRESSION:
+				return new CompoundExpression(payload);
+
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.LIST_INITIALIZER:
+				return new ListInitializer(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.MAP_ENTRY:
+				return new MapEntry(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.MAP_INITIALIZER:
+				return new MapInitializer(payload);
+
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.CONSTRUCTOR:
+				return new ConstructorReference(payload, false);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.CONSTRUCTOR_ARRAY:
+				return new ConstructorReference(payload, true);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.LOCALFUNC:
+				return new LocalFunctionReference(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.LOCALVAR:
+				return new LocalVariableReference(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.VARIABLEREF:
+				return new VariableReference(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.FUNCTIONREF:
+				return new FunctionReference(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.PROJECT:
+				return new Projection(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.SELECT:
+				return new Selection(payload, Selection.ALL);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.SELECT_FIRST:
+				return new Selection(payload, Selection.FIRST);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.SELECT_LAST:
+				return new Selection(payload, Selection.LAST);
+
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.ASSIGN:
+				return new Assign(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.QMARK:
+				return new Ternary(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.INDEXER:
+				return new Indexer(payload);
+				// case SpringExpressionsLexer.UPTO: return new Range(payload);
+
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.IN:
+				return new OperatorIn(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.LIKE:
+				return new OperatorLike(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.BETWEEN:
+				return new OperatorBetween(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.MATCHES:
+				return new OperatorMatches(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.IS:
+				return new OperatorIs(payload);
+
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.ARGLIST:
+				return new ArgList(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.LAMBDA:
+				return new Lambda(payload);
+
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.RPAREN:
+				return new Placeholder(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.COLON:
+				return new Placeholder(payload);
+
+				// case SpringExpressionsLexer.EOF: return new ErrorNode(payload);
+			case SpringExpressionsLexer.DOT:
+				return new Dot(payload);
+
+			default:
+				throw new RuntimeException("Not implemented for '" + payload + "' " + getToken(payload) + "'   "
+						+ payload.getType());
+			}
+		}
+		return new EmptySpelNode(payload);
+	}
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/internal/SpringExpressionsLexerExtender.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.internal;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.RecognitionException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.generated.SpringExpressionsLexer;
+
+public class SpringExpressionsLexerExtender extends SpringExpressionsLexer {
+
+	public SpringExpressionsLexerExtender() {
+		super();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * recover() attempts to provide better error messages once something has gone wrong. It then throws a
+	 * InternalELException (has to be this unchecked exception as the exception must flow through Antlr lexer methods
+	 * that do not have declared exceptions). The InternalELException will be caught at the top level and altered to
+	 * include context (line,column) information before being rethrown.<br>
+	 * 
+	 * This error analysis code is in recover() rather than reportError() because reportError() isn't always called by
+	 * the lexer and there is no way to add the calls to it by editing the .g file.
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void recover(RecognitionException re) {
+		// TODO recovery needs an overhaul once the expression language syntax is agreed
+		
+		// List<?> rules = getRuleInvocationStack(re, SpringExpressionsLexer.class.getName());
+		// String failedRule = (String) rules.get(rules.size() - 1);
+		// System.out.println("DBG: lexer rule " + failedRule);
+		// need a concrete example of error recovery in here please! then i can delete the below
+		// if (re instanceof NoViableAltException) {
+		// NoViableAltException nvae = (NoViableAltException) re;
+		// // example error data: { "abc": def }
+		// if (failedRule.equals("mTokens") && Character.isLetter((char) (nvae.getUnexpectedType()))) {
+		// logger.error(ParserMessage.ERROR_STRINGS_MUST_BE_QUOTED, re.line, re.charPositionInLine);
+		// }
+		//
+		// } else if (re instanceof MismatchedRangeException) {
+		// // MismatchedRangeException mre = (MismatchedRangeException) re;
+		// // example error data: [ 123e ]
+		// if (failedRule.equals("mDIGIT") && rules.size() > 3 && ((String) rules.get(rules.size() -
+		// 3)).equals("mExponent")) {
+		// logger.error(ParserMessage.ERROR_INVALID_EXPONENT, re.line, re.charPositionInLine);
+		// }
+		// } else if (re instanceof MismatchedTokenException) {
+		// MismatchedTokenException mte = (MismatchedTokenException) re;
+		// logger.error(ParserMessage.ERROR_MISMATCHED_CHARACTER, mte.charPositionInLine, mte.charPositionInLine,
+		// getCharErrorDisplay(mte.expecting), getCharErrorDisplay(mte.c));
+		// }
+		SpelException realException = new SpelException(re, SpelMessages.RECOGNITION_ERROR, re.toString());
+		throw new InternalELException(realException);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void reportError(RecognitionException re) {
+		// Do not report anything. If better messages could be reported they will have been reported
+		// by the recover() method above.
+	}
+
+	private String getTokenForId(int id) {
+		if (id == -1)
+			return "EOF";
+		return getTokenNames()[id];
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/internal/SpringExpressionsParserExtender.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.internal;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.BitSet;
+import org.antlr.runtime.CommonTokenStream;
+import org.antlr.runtime.IntStream;
+import org.antlr.runtime.RecognitionException;
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+import org.antlr.runtime.TokenStream;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.generated.SpringExpressionsParser;
+
+public class SpringExpressionsParserExtender extends SpringExpressionsParser {
+
+	public SpringExpressionsParserExtender(TokenStream input) {
+		super(input);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * This method does not actually recover but can attempt to produce better error messages than a generic Antlr
+	 * parser because it knows about grammar specifics. would do
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void recoverFromMismatchedToken(IntStream input, RecognitionException re, int ttype, BitSet follow)
+			throws RecognitionException {
+		CommonTokenStream tokStream = (CommonTokenStream) input;
+		int prevToken = tokStream.LA(-1);
+		int nextToken = tokStream.LA(1);
+		String prevTokenText = tokStream.LT(-1).getText();
+		String expectedToken = getTokenForId(ttype);
+		// Use token knowledge to log a more appropriate error:
+		// logger.error(ParserMessage.ERROR_NO_LEADING_ZERO, re.line, re.charPositionInLine);
+		throw re;
+	}
+
+	//    
+	// /**
+	// * Similar to the BaseRecognizer getErrorMessage() but uses the ParserMessages class to get the text of the
+	// message
+	// */
+	// public void logError(RecognitionException re, String[] tokenNames) {
+	// logger.error(ELMessages.RECOGNITION_ERROR, re.line, re.charPositionInLine, re);
+	// }
+
+	@Override
+	public void recoverFromMismatchedSet(IntStream input, RecognitionException e, BitSet follow)
+			throws RecognitionException {
+		throw e;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getTokenErrorDisplay(Token t) {
+		if (t == null) {
+			return "<unknown>";
+		}
+		return super.getTokenErrorDisplay(t);
+	}
+
+	private String getTokenForId(int id) {
+		if (id == -1)
+			return "EOF";
+		return getTokenNames()[id];
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/internal/TypeCode.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.internal;
+
+public enum TypeCode {
+
+	OBJECT(0, Object.class), BOOLEAN(1, Boolean.TYPE), BYTE(1, Byte.TYPE), CHAR(1, Character.TYPE), SHORT(2, Short.TYPE), INT(
+			3, Integer.TYPE), LONG(4, Long.TYPE), FLOAT(5, Float.TYPE), DOUBLE(6, Double.TYPE);
+
+	private int code;
+	private Class<?> type;
+
+	TypeCode(int code, Class<?> type) {
+		this.code = code;
+		this.type = type;
+	}
+
+	public Class<?> getType() {
+		return type;
+	}
+
+	public static TypeCode forClass(Class<?> c) {
+		TypeCode[] allValues = TypeCode.values();
+		for (int i = 0; i < allValues.length; i++) {
+			TypeCode typeCode = allValues[i];
+			if (c == typeCode.getType()) {
+				return typeCode;
+			}
+		}
+		return OBJECT;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * For a primitive name this will determine the typecode value - supports
+	 * int,byte,char,short,long,double,float,boolean
+	 */
+	public static TypeCode forName(String name) {
+		if (name.equals("int"))
+			return TypeCode.INT;
+		else if (name.equals("boolean"))
+			return TypeCode.BOOLEAN;
+		else if (name.equals("char"))
+			return TypeCode.CHAR;
+		else if (name.equals("long"))
+			return TypeCode.LONG;
+		else if (name.equals("float"))
+			return TypeCode.FLOAT;
+		else if (name.equals("double"))
+			return TypeCode.DOUBLE;
+		else if (name.equals("short"))
+			return TypeCode.SHORT;
+		else if (name.equals("byte"))
+			return TypeCode.BYTE;
+		return TypeCode.OBJECT;
+	}
+
+	public int getCode() {
+		return code;
+	}
+
+	public Object coerce(TypeCode fromTypeCode, Object fromObject) {
+		if (this == TypeCode.INT) {
+			switch (fromTypeCode) {
+			case BOOLEAN:
+				return ((Boolean) fromObject).booleanValue() ? 1 : 0;
+			}
+		}
+		//			
+		// return Integer.valueOf
+		// } else if (this==TypeCode.BOOLEAN) {
+		// return new Boolean(left).intValue();
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	public static TypeCode forValue(Number op1) {
+		return forClass(op1.getClass());
+	}
+
+	public boolean isDouble() {
+		return this == DOUBLE;
+	}
+
+	public boolean isFloat() {
+		return this == FLOAT;
+	}
+
+	public boolean isLong() {
+		return this == LONG;
+	}
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/internal/Utils.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.internal;
+
+/**
+ * Utility methods (formatters, etc) used during parsing and evaluation.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class Utils {
+
+	/**
+	 * Produce a nice string for a given method name with specified arguments.
+	 * 
+	 * @param name the name of the method
+	 * @param argumentTypes the types of the arguments to the method
+	 * @return nicely formatted string, eg. foo(String,int)
+	 */
+	public static String formatMethodForMessage(String name, Class<?>... argumentTypes) {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		sb.append(name);
+		sb.append("(");
+		if (argumentTypes != null) {
+			for (int i = 0; i < argumentTypes.length; i++) {
+				if (i > 0)
+					sb.append(",");
+				sb.append(argumentTypes[i].getName());
+			}
+		}
+		sb.append(")");
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Produce a nice string for a given class object. For example a string array will have the formatted name
+	 * "java.lang.String[]".
+	 * 
+	 * @param clazz The class whose name is to be formatted
+	 * @return a formatted string suitable for message inclusion
+	 */
+	public static String formatClassnameForMessage(Class<?> clazz) {
+		if (clazz==null) { 
+			return "null";
+		}
+		StringBuilder fmtd = new StringBuilder();
+		if (clazz.isArray()) {
+			int dims = 1;
+			Class baseClass = clazz.getComponentType();
+			while (baseClass.isArray()) {
+				baseClass = baseClass.getComponentType();
+				dims++;
+			}
+			fmtd.append(baseClass.getName());
+			for (int i = 0; i < dims; i++) {
+				fmtd.append("[]");
+			}
+		} else {
+			fmtd.append(clazz.getName());
+		}
+		return fmtd.toString();
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/internal/VariableScope.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.internal;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * A new scope is entered when a function is called and it is used to hold the parameters to the function call.  If the names
+ * of the parameters clash with those in a higher level scope, those in the higher level scope will not be accessible whilst
+ * the function is executing.  When the function returns the scope is exited.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ *
+ */
+public class VariableScope {
+
+	private final Map<String, Object> vars = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+
+	public VariableScope() { }
+
+	public VariableScope(Map<String, Object> arguments) {
+		if (arguments!=null) {
+			vars.putAll(arguments);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public VariableScope(String name,Object value) {
+		vars.put(name,value);
+	}
+
+	public Object lookupVariable(String name) {
+		return vars.get(name);
+	}
+
+	public void setVariable(String name, Object value) {
+		vars.put(name,value);
+	}
+
+	public boolean definesVariable(String name) {
+		return vars.containsKey(name);
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/internal/WrappedExpressionException.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.internal;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+
+/**
+ * Wraps an ELException and can pass up through Antlr since it is unchecked, where it can then be unwrapped.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class WrappedExpressionException extends RuntimeException {
+
+	WrappedExpressionException(SpelException e) {
+		super(e);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public SpelException getCause() {
+		return (SpelException) super.getCause();
+	}
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/processors/AverageProcessor.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.processors;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+// TODO 3 does it return an element consistent with input? (an int if input is ints, even though the average may be
+// X.Y?) yes, for now
+/**
+ * The AverageProcessor operates upon an input collection and computes the average value of the elements within it. It
+ * will currently only operate upon Numbers and its return value type is an Integer if the input values were integers,
+ * otherwise it is a double.
+ */
+public class AverageProcessor implements DataProcessor {
+
+	public Object process(Collection<?> input, Object[] arguments, ExpressionState state) throws SpelException {
+		// TypeUtilities typeUtilities = state.getTypeUtilities();
+		boolean allIntegerObjects = true;
+		int total = 0;
+		int numberOfElements = 0;
+		for (Object element : input) {
+			if (element != null) {
+				if (element instanceof Number) {
+					allIntegerObjects = allIntegerObjects
+							&& (element.getClass() == Integer.class || element.getClass() == Integer.TYPE);
+					total = total + ((Number) element).intValue();
+					numberOfElements++;
+				} else {
+					throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.TYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED_BY_PROCESSOR, "average", element.getClass());
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		int result = total / numberOfElements;
+		// if (allIntegerObjects) {
+		// return new Integer(((Number) result).intValue());
+		// } else {
+		return result;
+		// }
+	}
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/processors/CountProcessor.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.processors;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * The count processor returns an Integer value representing the number of elements in the collection.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public class CountProcessor implements DataProcessor {
+
+	public Object process(Collection<?> input, Object[] arguments, ExpressionState state) throws SpelException {
+		return input.size();
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/processors/CutProcessor.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.processors;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+public class CutProcessor implements DataProcessor {
+
+	/** Cut a piece out of a collection - the arguments are from (inclusive) to (exclusive) */
+	public Object process(Collection<?> input, Object[] arguments, ExpressionState state) throws SpelException {
+		if (!(arguments[0] instanceof Integer && arguments[1] instanceof Integer)) {
+			throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.CUT_ARGUMENTS_MUST_BE_INTS, arguments[0].getClass().getName(),
+					arguments[1].getClass().getName());
+		}
+		int first = ((Integer) arguments[0]).intValue();
+		int last = ((Integer) arguments[1]).intValue();
+		List<Object> result = new ArrayList<Object>();
+		int pos = 0;
+		if (first < last) {
+			for (Object o : input) {
+				if (pos >= first && pos <= last)
+					result.add(o);
+				pos++;
+			}
+		} else {
+			for (Object o : input) {
+				if (pos >= last && pos <= first)
+					result.add(0, o);
+				pos++;
+			}
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/processors/DataProcessor.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.processors;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * A Data processor takes as input: a collection, an optional set of arguments that configure its behaviour, an
+ * evaluation context. It returns the result of processing the collection which might be as simple as adding up its
+ * elements or returning a subset of the non null elements.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public interface DataProcessor {
+
+	Object process(Collection<?> input, Object[] arguments, ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException;
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/processors/DistinctProcessor.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.processors;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * The DistinctProcessor returns a new collection containing that is similar to the input collection but with all
+ * duplicate entries removed.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public class DistinctProcessor implements DataProcessor {
+
+	public Object process(Collection<?> input, Object[] arguments, ExpressionState state) throws SpelException {
+		List<Object> result = new ArrayList<Object>();
+		for (Object o : input) {
+			if (!result.contains(o))
+				result.add(o);
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/processors/MaxProcessor.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.processors;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.TypeComparator;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * The Max Processor returns the maximum element in the input collection, the maximum is determined using the comparator
+ * accessible in the evaluation context.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public class MaxProcessor implements DataProcessor {
+
+	public Object process(Collection<?> input, Object[] arguments, ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object max = null;
+		TypeComparator comparator = state.getTypeComparator();
+		for (Object element : input) {
+			if (max == null) {
+				max = element;
+			} else {
+				if (comparator.compare(element, max) > 0)
+					max = element;
+			}
+		}
+		return max;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/processors/MinProcessor.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.processors;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.TypeComparator;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * The Min Processor returns the minimum element in the input collection, the minimum is determined using the comparator
+ * accessible in the evaluation context.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public class MinProcessor implements DataProcessor {
+
+	public Object process(Collection<?> input, Object[] arguments, ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		Object minimum = null;
+		TypeComparator elementComparator = state.getTypeComparator();
+		for (Object element : input) {
+			if (minimum == null) {
+				minimum = element;
+			} else {
+				if (elementComparator.compare(element, minimum) < 0)
+					minimum = element;
+			}
+		}
+		return minimum;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/processors/NonNullProcessor.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.processors;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * The NonNull Processor returns a new collection containing all non-null entries from the input collection.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public class NonNullProcessor implements DataProcessor {
+
+	public Object process(Collection<?> input, Object[] arguments, ExpressionState state) throws SpelException {
+		List<Object> l = new ArrayList<Object>();
+		for (Object o : input) {
+			if (o != null)
+				l.add(o);
+		}
+		return l;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/processors/SortProcessor.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.processors;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.TypeComparator;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
+/**
+ * The Sort Processor will sort an input collection, comparing elements using the comparator accessible in the
+ * evaluation context.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+public class SortProcessor implements DataProcessor {
+
+	public Object process(Collection<?> input, Object[] arguments, ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
+		List<Object> sortedCollection = new ArrayList<Object>();
+		sortedCollection.addAll(input);
+		LocalComparator comparator = new LocalComparator(state.getTypeComparator());
+		Collections.sort(sortedCollection, comparator);
+		if (comparator.exceptionOccurred != null)
+			throw comparator.exceptionOccurred;
+		return sortedCollection;
+	}
+
+	private static class LocalComparator implements java.util.Comparator {
+		TypeComparator comparator;
+		EvaluationException exceptionOccurred;
+
+		public LocalComparator(TypeComparator comparator) {
+			this.comparator = comparator;
+		}
+
+		public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
+			try {
+				return comparator.compare(o1, o2);
+			} catch (EvaluationException e) {
+				exceptionOccurred = e;
+				return 0;
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/processors/package.html

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+<html>
+<body>
+<p>
+Contains the registered collection processors available 'out of the box' with Spring
+Expression Language.  They are:<ul>
+<li>sort() - sorts a collection
+<li>nonnull() - returns a new collection containing the non-null elements from the input collection
+<li>count() - returns the number of elements in the collection
+<li>min() - returns the minimum element from the input collection
+<li>max() - returns the maximum element from the input collection
+<li>distinct() - returns a new collection where duplicates from the input collection have been removed
+</p>
+</body>
+</html>

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/reflection/ReflectionConstructorExecutor.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.reflection;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.AccessException;
+import org.springframework.expression.ConstructorExecutor;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
+
+/**
+ * A simple CommandExecutor implementation that runs a constructor using reflective invocation.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class ReflectionConstructorExecutor implements ConstructorExecutor {
+
+	private final Constructor<?> c;
+
+	// When the constructor was found, we will have determined if arguments need to be converted for it
+	// to be invoked. Conversion won't be cheap so let's only do it if necessary.
+	private final Integer[] argsRequiringConversion;
+
+	public ReflectionConstructorExecutor(Constructor<?> constructor, Integer[] argsRequiringConversion) {
+		this.c = constructor;
+		this.argsRequiringConversion = argsRequiringConversion;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Invoke a constructor via reflection.  
+	 */
+	public Object execute(EvaluationContext context, Object... arguments) throws AccessException {
+		if (argsRequiringConversion != null && arguments != null) {
+			ReflectionUtils.convertArguments(c.getParameterTypes(), c.isVarArgs(), context.getTypeUtils().getTypeConverter(), argsRequiringConversion, arguments);
+		}
+		if (c.isVarArgs()) {
+			arguments = ReflectionUtils.setupArgumentsForVarargsInvocation(c.getParameterTypes(),arguments);
+		}
+		try {
+			if (!c.isAccessible()) {
+				c.setAccessible(true);
+			}
+			return c.newInstance(arguments);
+		} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+			throw new AccessException("Problem invoking constructor on '" + c + "' : " + e.getMessage(), e);
+		} catch (InstantiationException e) {
+			throw new AccessException("Problem invoking constructor on '" + c + "' : " + e.getMessage(), e);
+		} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+			throw new AccessException("Problem invoking constructor on '" + c + "' : " + e.getMessage(), e);
+		} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+			throw new AccessException("Problem invoking constructor on '" + c + "' : " + e.getMessage(), e);
+		}
+	}
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/reflection/ReflectionConstructorResolver.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.reflection;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.AccessException;
+import org.springframework.expression.ConstructorExecutor;
+import org.springframework.expression.ConstructorResolver;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.reflection.ReflectionUtils.DiscoveredConstructor;
+
+/**
+ * A constructor resolver that uses reflection to locate the constructor that should be invoked
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class ReflectionConstructorResolver implements ConstructorResolver {
+
+	/*
+	 * Indicates if this resolve will allow matches to be found that require some of the input arguments to be
+	 * transformed by the conversion service.
+	 */
+	private boolean allowMatchesRequiringArgumentConversion = true;
+
+	public ReflectionConstructorResolver() {
+	}
+
+	public ReflectionConstructorResolver(boolean allowMatchesRequiringArgumentConversion) {
+		this.allowMatchesRequiringArgumentConversion = allowMatchesRequiringArgumentConversion;
+	}
+
+	public void setAllowMatchRequiringArgumentConversion(boolean allow) {
+		this.allowMatchesRequiringArgumentConversion = allow;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Locate a matching constructor or return null if non can be found.
+	 */
+	public ConstructorExecutor resolve(EvaluationContext context, String typename, Class<?>[] argumentTypes)
+			throws AccessException {
+		try {
+			Class<?> c = context.getTypeUtils().getTypeLocator().findType(typename);
+			DiscoveredConstructor dCtor = ReflectionUtils.findConstructor(context.getTypeUtils().getTypeConverter(), c,
+					argumentTypes, allowMatchesRequiringArgumentConversion);
+			if (dCtor == null) {
+				return null;
+			}
+			return new ReflectionConstructorExecutor(dCtor.theConstructor, dCtor.argumentsRequiringConversion);
+		} catch (EvaluationException e) {
+			throw new AccessException(null,e);
+		}
+	}
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/reflection/ReflectionMethodExecutor.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.reflection;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.AccessException;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
+import org.springframework.expression.MethodExecutor;
+
+public class ReflectionMethodExecutor implements MethodExecutor {
+
+	private final Method m;
+
+	// When the method was found, we will have determined if arguments need to be converted for it
+	// to be invoked. Conversion won't be cheap so let's only do it if necessary.
+	private final Integer[] argsRequiringConversion;
+
+	public ReflectionMethodExecutor(Method theMethod, Integer[] argumentsRequiringConversion) {
+		this.m = theMethod;
+		this.argsRequiringConversion = argumentsRequiringConversion;
+	}
+	
+
+	public Object execute(EvaluationContext context, Object target, Object... arguments) throws AccessException {
+		if (argsRequiringConversion != null && arguments != null) {
+			ReflectionUtils.convertArguments(m.getParameterTypes(),m.isVarArgs(),context.getTypeUtils().getTypeConverter(), argsRequiringConversion, arguments);
+		}
+		if (m.isVarArgs()) {
+			arguments = ReflectionUtils.setupArgumentsForVarargsInvocation(m.getParameterTypes(),arguments);
+		}
+		try {
+			if (!m.isAccessible()) {
+				m.setAccessible(true);
+			}
+			return m.invoke(target, arguments);
+		} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+			throw new AccessException("Problem invoking method '" + m.getName() + "' on '" + target.getClass() + "': "
+					+ e.getMessage(), e);
+		} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+			throw new AccessException("Problem invoking method '" + m.getName() + "' on '" + target.getClass() + "': "
+					+ e.getMessage(), e);
+		} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+			e.getCause().printStackTrace();
+			throw new AccessException("Problem invoking method '" + m.getName() + "' on '" + target.getClass() + "': "
+					+ e.getMessage(), e);
+		}
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/reflection/ReflectionMethodResolver.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.reflection;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.AccessException;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.MethodExecutor;
+import org.springframework.expression.MethodResolver;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.reflection.ReflectionUtils.DiscoveredMethod;
+
+/**
+ * A method resolver that uses reflection to locate the method that should be invoked
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class ReflectionMethodResolver implements MethodResolver {
+
+	/*
+	 * Indicates if this resolve will allow matches to be found that require some of the input arguments to be
+	 * transformed by the conversion service.
+	 */
+	private boolean allowMatchesRequiringArgumentConversion = true;
+
+	public ReflectionMethodResolver() {
+	}
+
+	public ReflectionMethodResolver(boolean allowMatchesRequiringArgumentConversion) {
+		this.allowMatchesRequiringArgumentConversion = allowMatchesRequiringArgumentConversion;
+	}
+
+	public void setAllowMatchRequiringArgumentConversion(boolean allow) {
+		this.allowMatchesRequiringArgumentConversion = allow;
+	}
+
+	public MethodExecutor resolve(EvaluationContext context, Object targetObject, String name, Class<?>[] argumentTypes) throws AccessException {
+		try {
+			Class<?> relevantClass = (targetObject instanceof Class ? (Class<?>) targetObject : targetObject.getClass());
+			DiscoveredMethod dMethod = ReflectionUtils.findMethod(context.getTypeUtils().getTypeConverter(), name,
+					argumentTypes, relevantClass, allowMatchesRequiringArgumentConversion);
+			if (dMethod == null) {
+				return null;
+			}
+			return new ReflectionMethodExecutor(dMethod.theMethod, dMethod.argumentsRequiringConversion);
+		} catch (EvaluationException e) {
+			throw new AccessException(null,e);
+		}
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/reflection/ReflectionPropertyReaderExecutor.java

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+package org.springframework.expression.spel.reflection;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.AccessException;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
+import org.springframework.expression.PropertyReaderExecutor;
+
+public class ReflectionPropertyReaderExecutor implements PropertyReaderExecutor {
+
+	private Method methodToAccessProperty;
+	private Field fieldToAccessProperty;
+	private String propertyName;
+
+	public ReflectionPropertyReaderExecutor(String propertyName, Method method) {
+		this.propertyName = propertyName;
+		this.methodToAccessProperty = method;
+	}
+
+	public ReflectionPropertyReaderExecutor(String propertyName, Field field) {
+		this.propertyName = propertyName;
+		this.fieldToAccessProperty = field;
+	}
+
+	public Object execute(EvaluationContext context, Object target) throws AccessException {
+		if (fieldToAccessProperty != null) {
+			try {
+				if (!fieldToAccessProperty.isAccessible()) {
+					fieldToAccessProperty.setAccessible(true);
+				}
+				return fieldToAccessProperty.get(target);
+			} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+				throw new AccessException("Unable to access field: " + propertyName, e);
+			} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+				throw new AccessException("Unable to access field: " + propertyName, e);
+			}
+		}
+		if (methodToAccessProperty != null) {
+			try {
+				if (!methodToAccessProperty.isAccessible())
+					methodToAccessProperty.setAccessible(true);
+				return methodToAccessProperty.invoke(target);
+			} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+				throw new AccessException("Unable to access property '" + propertyName + "' through getter", e);
+			} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+				throw new AccessException("Unable to access property '" + propertyName + "' through getter", e);
+			} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+				throw new AccessException("Unable to access property '" + propertyName + "' through getter", e);
+			}
+		}
+		throw new AccessException("No method or field accessor found for property '" + propertyName + "'");
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/reflection/ReflectionPropertyReaderExecutorForArrayLength.java

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+package org.springframework.expression.spel.reflection;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Array;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.AccessException;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
+import org.springframework.expression.PropertyReaderExecutor;
+
+public class ReflectionPropertyReaderExecutorForArrayLength implements PropertyReaderExecutor {
+
+	public ReflectionPropertyReaderExecutorForArrayLength() {
+	}
+
+	public Object execute(EvaluationContext context, Object target) throws AccessException {
+		if (target.getClass().isArray()) {
+			return Array.getLength(target);
+		}
+		throw new AccessException("Cannot determine length of a non-array type  '" + target.getClass() + "'");
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/reflection/ReflectionPropertyResolver.java

@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.reflection;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.CacheablePropertyAccessor;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
+import org.springframework.expression.PropertyReaderExecutor;
+import org.springframework.expression.PropertyWriterExecutor;
+
+/**
+ * Simple PropertyResolver that uses reflection to access properties for reading and writing. A property can be accessed
+ * if it is accessible as a field on the object or through a getter (if being read) or a setter (if being written).
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class ReflectionPropertyResolver extends CacheablePropertyAccessor {
+
+	public static boolean useResolverExecutorModel = true;
+
+	public boolean supportsResolverExecutorModel() {
+		return useResolverExecutorModel;
+	}
+
+	public PropertyReaderExecutor getReaderAccessor(EvaluationContext relatedContext, Object target, Object name) {
+		if (target==null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		Class<?> relevantClass = (target instanceof Class ? (Class<?>) target : target.getClass());
+		if (!(name instanceof String)) {
+			return null; // TODO should raise an exception when the property-name is not a String?
+		}
+		String propertyName = (String) name;
+		if (relevantClass.isArray() && propertyName.equals("length")) {
+			return new ReflectionPropertyReaderExecutorForArrayLength();
+		}
+		Field field = ReflectionUtils.findField(propertyName, relevantClass);
+		if (field != null) {
+			return new ReflectionPropertyReaderExecutor(propertyName, field);
+		}
+		Method m = ReflectionUtils.findGetterForProperty(propertyName, relevantClass);
+		if (m != null) {
+			return new ReflectionPropertyReaderExecutor(propertyName, m);
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	public PropertyWriterExecutor getWriterAccessor(EvaluationContext context, Object target, Object name) {
+		if (target==null) {
+				return null;
+			}
+		Class<?> relevantClass = (target instanceof Class ? (Class<?>) target : target.getClass());
+		if (!(name instanceof String)) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		Field field = ReflectionUtils.findField((String) name, relevantClass);
+		if (field != null) {
+			return new ReflectionPropertyWriterExecutor((String) name, field);
+		}
+		Method m = ReflectionUtils.findSetterForProperty((String) name, relevantClass);
+		if (m != null) {
+			return new ReflectionPropertyWriterExecutor((String) name, m);
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return true if the resolver is able to read the specified property from the specified target.
+	 */
+//	public boolean canRead(EvaluationContext relatedContext, Object target, Object name) throws AccessException {
+//		if (target==null) {
+//			return false;
+//		}
+//		Class<?> relevantClass = (target instanceof Class ? (Class<?>) target : target.getClass());
+//		if (!(name instanceof String)) {
+//			return false; // TODO should raise an exception when the property-name is not a String?
+//		}
+//		String propertyName = (String) name;
+//		Field field = ReflectionUtils.findField(propertyName, relevantClass);
+//		if (field != null) {
+//			return true;
+//		}
+//		Method m = ReflectionUtils.findGetterForProperty(propertyName, relevantClass);
+//		if (m != null) {
+//			return true;
+//		}
+//		return false;
+//	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Read the specified property from the specified target.
+//	 */
+//	public Object read(EvaluationContext context, Object target, Object name) throws AccessException {
+//		if (target==null) {
+//			return null;
+//		}
+//		Class<?> relevantClass = (target instanceof Class ? (Class<?>) target : target.getClass());
+//		if (!(name instanceof String)) {
+//			return null; // TODO should raise an exception if the property cannot be found?
+//		}
+//		String propertyName = (String) name;
+//		Field field = ReflectionUtils.findField(propertyName, relevantClass);
+//		if (field != null) {
+//			try {
+//				if (!field.isAccessible()) {
+//					field.setAccessible(true);
+//				}
+//				return field.get(target);
+//			} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+//				throw new AccessException("Unable to access field: " + name, e);
+//			} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+//				throw new AccessException("Unable to access field: " + name, e);
+//			}
+//		}
+//		Method m = ReflectionUtils.findGetterForProperty(propertyName, relevantClass);
+//		if (m != null) {
+//			try {
+//				if (!m.isAccessible())
+//					m.setAccessible(true);
+//				return m.invoke(target);
+//			} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+//				throw new AccessException("Unable to access property '" + name + "' through getter", e);
+//			} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+//				throw new AccessException("Unable to access property '" + name + "' through getter", e);
+//			} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+//				throw new AccessException("Unable to access property '" + name + "' through getter", e);
+//			}
+//		}
+//		return null;
+//	}
+
+//	public void write(EvaluationContext context, Object target, Object name, Object newValue) throws AccessException {
+//		if (target==null) {
+//			return;
+//		}
+//		Class<?> relevantClass = (target instanceof Class ? (Class<?>) target : target.getClass());
+//		if (!(name instanceof String))
+//			return;
+//		Field field = ReflectionUtils.findField((String) name, relevantClass);
+//		if (field != null) {
+//			try {
+//				if (!field.isAccessible())
+//					field.setAccessible(true);
+//				field.set(target, newValue);
+//			} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+//				throw new AccessException("Unable to write to property '" + name + "'", e);
+//			} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+//				throw new AccessException("Unable to write to property '" + name + "'", e);
+//			}
+//		}
+//		Method m = ReflectionUtils.findSetterForProperty((String) name, relevantClass);
+//		if (m != null) {
+//			try {
+//				if (!m.isAccessible())
+//					m.setAccessible(true);
+//				m.invoke(target, newValue);
+//			} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+//				throw new AccessException("Unable to access property '" + name + "' through setter", e);
+//			} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+//				throw new AccessException("Unable to access property '" + name + "' through setter", e);
+//			} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+//				throw new AccessException("Unable to access property '" + name + "' through setter", e);
+//			}
+//		}
+//	}
+
+	public Class<?>[] getSpecificTargetClasses() {
+		return null; // this is a general purpose resolver that will try to access properties on any type!
+	}
+
+//	public boolean canWrite(EvaluationContext context, Object target, Object name) throws AccessException {
+//		if (target==null) {
+//			return false;
+//		}
+//		Class<?> relevantClass = (target instanceof Class ? (Class<?>) target : target.getClass());
+//		if (!(name instanceof String))
+//			return false;
+//		Field field = ReflectionUtils.findField((String) name, relevantClass);
+//		if (field != null)
+//			return true;
+//		Method m = ReflectionUtils.findSetterForProperty((String) name, relevantClass);
+//		if (m != null)
+//			return true;
+//		return false;
+//	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/reflection/ReflectionPropertyWriterExecutor.java

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+package org.springframework.expression.spel.reflection;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.AccessException;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
+import org.springframework.expression.PropertyWriterExecutor;
+
+public class ReflectionPropertyWriterExecutor implements PropertyWriterExecutor {
+
+	private Method methodToAccessProperty;
+	private Field fieldToAccessProperty;
+	private String propertyName;
+
+	public ReflectionPropertyWriterExecutor(String propertyName, Method method) {
+		this.propertyName = propertyName;
+		this.methodToAccessProperty = method;
+	}
+
+	public ReflectionPropertyWriterExecutor(String propertyName, Field field) {
+		this.propertyName = propertyName;
+		this.fieldToAccessProperty = field;
+	}
+
+	// public Object execute(EvaluationContext context, Object target) throws AccessException {
+	public void execute(EvaluationContext evaluationContext, Object target, Object newValue) throws AccessException {
+		if (fieldToAccessProperty != null) {
+			try {
+				if (!fieldToAccessProperty.isAccessible()) {
+					fieldToAccessProperty.setAccessible(true);
+				}
+				fieldToAccessProperty.set(target, newValue);
+				return;
+			} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+				throw new AccessException("Unable to access field: " + propertyName, e);
+			} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+				throw new AccessException("Unable to access field: " + propertyName, e);
+			}
+		}
+		if (methodToAccessProperty != null) {
+			try {
+				if (!methodToAccessProperty.isAccessible())
+					methodToAccessProperty.setAccessible(true);
+				methodToAccessProperty.invoke(target, newValue);
+				return;
+			} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+				throw new AccessException("Unable to access property '" + propertyName + "' through setter", e);
+			} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+				throw new AccessException("Unable to access property '" + propertyName + "' through setter", e);
+			} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+				throw new AccessException("Unable to access property '" + propertyName + "' through setter", e);
+			}
+		}
+		throw new AccessException("No method or field accessor found for property '" + propertyName + "'");
+	}
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/reflection/ReflectionUtils.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.reflection;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Array;
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.AccessException;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.TypeConverter;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+
+/**
+ * Utility methods used by the reflection resolver code to discover the correct methods/constructors and fields that
+ * should be used in expressions.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+public class ReflectionUtils {
+
+	/**
+	 * Locate a constructor on a type. There are three kinds of match that might occur:
+	 * <ol>
+	 * <li>An exact match where the types of the arguments match the types of the constructor
+	 * <li>An in-exact match where the types we are looking for are subtypes of those defined on the constructor
+	 * <li>A match where we are able to convert the arguments into those expected by the constructor, according to the
+	 * registered type converter.
+	 * </ol>
+	 * 
+	 * @param typeConverter a converter that can be used to determine if the supplied arguments can be converted to
+	 * expected arguments
+	 * @param type the type being searched for a valid constructor
+	 * @param argumentTypes the types of the arguments we want the constructor to have
+	 * @return a DiscoveredConstructor object or null if non found
+	 * @throws SpelException 
+	 */
+	public static DiscoveredMethod findMethod(TypeConverter typeConverter, String name, Class<?>[] argumentTypes,
+			Class<?> type, boolean conversionAllowed) throws SpelException {
+		Method[] methods = type.getMethods();
+		Method closeMatch = null;
+		Integer[] argsToConvert = null;
+		boolean multipleOptions = false;
+		Method matchRequiringConversion = null;
+		for (int i = 0; i < methods.length; i++) {
+			Method method = methods[i];
+			if (method.isBridge()) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (method.getName().equals(name)) {
+				ArgumentsMatchInfo matchInfo = null;
+				if (method.isVarArgs() && argumentTypes.length>=(method.getParameterTypes().length-1)) {
+					// *sigh*  complicated
+					matchInfo = compareArgumentsVarargs(method.getParameterTypes(), argumentTypes, typeConverter, conversionAllowed);
+				} else if (method.getParameterTypes().length == argumentTypes.length) {
+					// name and parameter number match, check the arguments
+					matchInfo = compareArguments(method.getParameterTypes(), argumentTypes, typeConverter, conversionAllowed);
+				}
+				if (matchInfo != null) {
+					if (matchInfo.kind == ArgsMatchKind.EXACT) {
+						return new DiscoveredMethod(method, null);
+					} else if (matchInfo.kind == ArgsMatchKind.CLOSE) {
+						if (matchRequiringConversion!=null) {
+							int stop = 1;
+						}
+						closeMatch = method;
+					} else if (matchInfo.kind == ArgsMatchKind.REQUIRES_CONVERSION) {
+						if (matchRequiringConversion!=null) {
+							multipleOptions = true;
+						}
+						argsToConvert = matchInfo.argsRequiringConversion;
+						matchRequiringConversion = method;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if (closeMatch != null) {
+			return new DiscoveredMethod(closeMatch, null);
+		} else if (matchRequiringConversion != null) {
+			if (multipleOptions) {
+				throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.MULTIPLE_POSSIBLE_METHODS,name);
+			}
+			return new DiscoveredMethod(matchRequiringConversion, argsToConvert);
+		} else {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Locate a constructor on the type. There are three kinds of match that might occur:
+	 * <ol>
+	 * <li>An exact match where the types of the arguments match the types of the constructor
+	 * <li>An in-exact match where the types we are looking for are subtypes of those defined on the constructor
+	 * <li>A match where we are able to convert the arguments into those expected by the constructor, according to the
+	 * registered type converter.
+	 * </ol>
+	 * 
+	 * @param typeConverter a converter that can be used to determine if the supplied arguments can be converted to
+	 * expected arguments
+	 * @param type the type being searched for a valid constructor
+	 * @param argumentTypes the types of the arguments we want the constructor to have
+	 * @return a DiscoveredConstructor object or null if non found
+	 */
+	public static DiscoveredConstructor findConstructor(TypeConverter typeConverter, Class<?> type,
+			Class<?>[] argumentTypes, boolean conversionAllowed) {
+		Constructor[] ctors = type.getConstructors();
+		Constructor closeMatch = null;
+		Integer[] argsToConvert = null;
+		Constructor matchRequiringConversion = null;
+		for (int i = 0; i < ctors.length; i++) {
+			Constructor ctor = ctors[i];
+			if (ctor.isVarArgs() && argumentTypes.length>=(ctor.getParameterTypes().length-1)) {
+				// *sigh*  complicated
+				// Basically.. we have to have all parameters match up until the varargs one, then the rest of what is being provided should be
+				// the same type whilst the final argument to the method must be an array of that (oh, how easy...not) - or the final parameter
+				// we are supplied does match exactly (it is an array already).
+				ArgumentsMatchInfo matchInfo = compareArgumentsVarargs(ctor.getParameterTypes(), argumentTypes, typeConverter, conversionAllowed);
+				if (matchInfo != null) {
+					if (matchInfo.kind == ArgsMatchKind.EXACT) {
+						return new DiscoveredConstructor(ctor, null);
+					} else if (matchInfo.kind == ArgsMatchKind.CLOSE) {
+						closeMatch = ctor;
+					} else if (matchInfo.kind == ArgsMatchKind.REQUIRES_CONVERSION) {
+						argsToConvert = matchInfo.argsRequiringConversion;
+						matchRequiringConversion = ctor;
+					}
+				}
+				
+			} else if (ctor.getParameterTypes().length == argumentTypes.length) {
+				// worth a closer look
+				ArgumentsMatchInfo matchInfo = compareArguments(ctor.getParameterTypes(), argumentTypes, typeConverter,
+						conversionAllowed);
+				if (matchInfo != null) {
+					if (matchInfo.kind == ArgsMatchKind.EXACT) {
+						return new DiscoveredConstructor(ctor, null);
+					} else if (matchInfo.kind == ArgsMatchKind.CLOSE) {
+						closeMatch = ctor;
+					} else if (matchInfo.kind == ArgsMatchKind.REQUIRES_CONVERSION) {
+						argsToConvert = matchInfo.argsRequiringConversion;
+						matchRequiringConversion = ctor;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if (closeMatch != null) {
+			return new DiscoveredConstructor(closeMatch, null);
+		} else if (matchRequiringConversion != null) {
+			return new DiscoveredConstructor(matchRequiringConversion, argsToConvert);
+		} else {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Compare argument arrays and return information about whether they match. A supplied type converter and
+	 * conversionAllowed flag allow for matches to take into account that a type may be transformed into a different
+	 * type by the converter.
+	 * 
+	 * @param expectedArgTypes the array of types the method/constructor is expecting
+	 * @param suppliedArgTypes the array of types that are being supplied at the point of invocation
+	 * @param typeConverter a registered type converter
+	 * @param conversionAllowed if true then allow for what the type converter can do when seeing if a supplied type can
+	 * match an expected type
+	 * @return a MatchInfo object indicating what kind of match it was or null if it was not a match
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	private static ArgumentsMatchInfo compareArguments(Class[] expectedArgTypes, Class[] suppliedArgTypes,
+			TypeConverter typeConverter, boolean conversionAllowed) {
+		ArgsMatchKind match = ArgsMatchKind.EXACT;
+		List<Integer> argsRequiringConversion = null;
+		for (int i = 0; i < expectedArgTypes.length && match != null; i++) {
+			Class suppliedArg = suppliedArgTypes[i];
+			Class expectedArg = expectedArgTypes[i];
+			if (expectedArg != suppliedArg) {
+				if (expectedArg.isAssignableFrom(suppliedArg) || areBoxingCompatible(expectedArg, suppliedArg)
+				/* || isWidenableTo(expectedArg, suppliedArg) */) {
+					if (match != ArgsMatchKind.REQUIRES_CONVERSION) {
+						match = ArgsMatchKind.CLOSE;
+					}
+				} else if (typeConverter.canConvert(suppliedArg, expectedArg)) {
+					if (argsRequiringConversion == null) {
+						argsRequiringConversion = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+					}
+					argsRequiringConversion.add(i);
+					match = ArgsMatchKind.REQUIRES_CONVERSION;
+				} else {
+					match = null;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if (match == null) {
+			return null;
+		} else {
+			if (match == ArgsMatchKind.REQUIRES_CONVERSION) {
+				return new ArgumentsMatchInfo(match, argsRequiringConversion.toArray(new Integer[] {}));
+			} else {
+				return new ArgumentsMatchInfo(match);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Compare argument arrays and return information about whether they match. A supplied type converter and
+	 * conversionAllowed flag allow for matches to take into account that a type may be transformed into a different
+	 * type by the converter.  This variant of compareArguments allows for a varargs match.  
+	 * 
+	 * @param expectedArgTypes the array of types the method/constructor is expecting
+	 * @param suppliedArgTypes the array of types that are being supplied at the point of invocation
+	 * @param typeConverter a registered type converter
+	 * @param conversionAllowed if true then allow for what the type converter can do when seeing if a supplied type can
+	 * match an expected type
+	 * @return a MatchInfo object indicating what kind of match it was or null if it was not a match
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	private static ArgumentsMatchInfo compareArgumentsVarargs(Class[] expectedArgTypes, Class[] suppliedArgTypes, TypeConverter typeConverter, boolean conversionAllowed) {
+		ArgsMatchKind match = ArgsMatchKind.EXACT;
+		List<Integer> argsRequiringConversion = null;
+		
+		// Check up until the varargs argument:
+		
+		// Deal with the arguments up to 'expected number' - 1
+		for (int i = 0; i < expectedArgTypes.length - 1 && match != null; i++) {
+			Class suppliedArg = suppliedArgTypes[i];
+			Class expectedArg = expectedArgTypes[i];
+			if (expectedArg != suppliedArg) {
+				if (expectedArg.isAssignableFrom(suppliedArg) || areBoxingCompatible(expectedArg, suppliedArg)
+				/* || isWidenableTo(expectedArg, suppliedArg) */) {
+					if (match != ArgsMatchKind.REQUIRES_CONVERSION) {
+						match = ArgsMatchKind.CLOSE;
+					}
+				} else if (typeConverter.canConvert(suppliedArg, expectedArg)) {
+					if (argsRequiringConversion == null) {
+						argsRequiringConversion = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+					}
+					argsRequiringConversion.add(i);
+					match = ArgsMatchKind.REQUIRES_CONVERSION;
+				} else {
+					match = null;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		// Already does not match
+		if (match == null) { 
+			return null;
+		}
+		
+		// Special case: there is one parameter left and it is an array and it matches the varargs expected argument - that is a match, the caller has already built the array
+		if (suppliedArgTypes.length==expectedArgTypes.length && expectedArgTypes[expectedArgTypes.length-1]==suppliedArgTypes[suppliedArgTypes.length-1]) {
+			
+		} else {
+		
+		
+		// Now... we have the final argument in the method we are checking as a match and we have 0 or more other arguments left to pass to it.
+		Class varargsParameterType = expectedArgTypes[expectedArgTypes.length-1].getComponentType();
+		
+		// All remaining parameters must be of this type or convertable to this type
+		for (int i=expectedArgTypes.length-1;i<suppliedArgTypes.length;i++) {
+			Class suppliedArg = suppliedArgTypes[i];
+			if (varargsParameterType != suppliedArg) {
+				if (varargsParameterType.isAssignableFrom(suppliedArg) || areBoxingCompatible(varargsParameterType, suppliedArg)
+				/* || isWidenableTo(expectedArg, suppliedArg) */) {
+					if (match != ArgsMatchKind.REQUIRES_CONVERSION) {
+						match = ArgsMatchKind.CLOSE;
+					}
+				} else if (typeConverter.canConvert(suppliedArg, varargsParameterType)) {
+					if (argsRequiringConversion == null) {
+						argsRequiringConversion = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+					}
+					argsRequiringConversion.add(i);
+					match = ArgsMatchKind.REQUIRES_CONVERSION;
+				} else {
+					match = null;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		}
+		
+		if (match == null) {
+			return null;
+		} else {
+			if (match == ArgsMatchKind.REQUIRES_CONVERSION) {
+				return new ArgumentsMatchInfo(match, argsRequiringConversion.toArray(new Integer[] {}));
+			} else {
+				return new ArgumentsMatchInfo(match);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static boolean isDouble(Class c) {
+		return c == Double.class || c == Double.TYPE;
+	}
+
+	private static boolean isFloat(Class c) {
+		return c == Float.class || c == Float.TYPE;
+	}
+
+	private static boolean isLong(Class c) {
+		return c == Long.class || c == Long.TYPE;
+	}
+
+	private static boolean isInt(Class c) {
+		return c == Integer.class || c == Integer.TYPE;
+	}
+
+	private static boolean isChar(Class c) {
+		return c == Character.class || c == Character.TYPE;
+	}
+
+	private static boolean isShort(Class c) {
+		return c == Short.class || c == Short.TYPE;
+	}
+
+	private static boolean isByte(Class c) {
+		return c == Byte.class || c == Byte.TYPE;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns true if the input-type can be 'widened' to the target-type, according to the following allowed widenings:
+	 * 
+	 * byte to short, int, long, float, or double <BR>
+	 * short to int, long, float, or double <BR>
+	 * char to int, long, float, or double <BR>
+	 * int to long, float, or double <BR>
+	 * long to float or double <BR>
+	 * float to double
+	 */
+	private static boolean isWidenableTo(Class targetType, Class inputType) {
+		if (inputType.isPrimitive()) {
+			if (inputType == Double.TYPE) {
+				return (isDouble(targetType));
+			} else if (inputType == Long.TYPE) {
+				return (isDouble(targetType) || isFloat(targetType));
+			} else if (inputType == Integer.TYPE) {
+				return isDouble(targetType) || isFloat(targetType) || isLong(targetType);
+			} else if (inputType == Character.TYPE) {
+				return isDouble(targetType) || isFloat(targetType) || isLong(targetType) || isInt(targetType);
+			} else if (inputType == Short.TYPE) {
+				return isDouble(targetType) || isFloat(targetType) || isLong(targetType) || isInt(targetType);
+			} else if (inputType == Byte.TYPE) {
+				return isDouble(targetType) || isFloat(targetType) || isLong(targetType) || isInt(targetType)
+						|| isShort(targetType);
+			}
+		} else {
+			if (inputType == Double.class) {
+				return (isDouble(targetType));
+			} else if (inputType == Long.class) {
+				return (isDouble(targetType) || isFloat(targetType));
+			} else if (inputType == Integer.class) {
+				return isDouble(targetType) || isFloat(targetType) || isLong(targetType);
+			} else if (inputType == Character.class) {
+				return isDouble(targetType) || isFloat(targetType) || isLong(targetType) || isInt(targetType);
+			} else if (inputType == Short.class) {
+				return isDouble(targetType) || isFloat(targetType) || isLong(targetType) || isInt(targetType);
+			} else if (inputType == Byte.class) {
+				return isDouble(targetType) || isFloat(targetType) || isLong(targetType) || isInt(targetType)
+						|| isShort(targetType);
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	// TODO optimize impl
+	private static boolean areBoxingCompatible(Class class1, Class class2) {
+		if (class1 == Integer.class && class2 == Integer.TYPE)
+			return true;
+		if (class1 == Float.class && class2 == Float.TYPE)
+			return true;
+		if (class1 == Double.class && class2 == Double.TYPE)
+			return true;
+		if (class1 == Short.class && class2 == Short.TYPE)
+			return true;
+		if (class1 == Long.class && class2 == Long.TYPE)
+			return true;
+		if (class1 == Boolean.class && class2 == Boolean.TYPE)
+			return true;
+		if (class1 == Character.class && class2 == Character.TYPE)
+			return true;
+		if (class1 == Byte.class && class2 == Byte.TYPE)
+			return true;
+		if (class2 == Integer.class && class1 == Integer.TYPE)
+			return true;
+		if (class2 == Float.class && class1 == Float.TYPE)
+			return true;
+		if (class2 == Double.class && class1 == Double.TYPE)
+			return true;
+		if (class2 == Short.class && class1 == Short.TYPE)
+			return true;
+		if (class2 == Long.class && class1 == Long.TYPE)
+			return true;
+		if (class2 == Boolean.class && class1 == Boolean.TYPE)
+			return true;
+		if (class2 == Character.class && class1 == Character.TYPE)
+			return true;
+		if (class2 == Byte.class && class1 == Byte.TYPE)
+			return true;
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Find a field of a certain name on a specified class
+	 */
+	public final static Field findField(String name, Class<?> clazz) {
+		Field[] fields = clazz.getFields(); // TODO what about inherited fields? try getFields() too?
+		for (int i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
+			Field field = fields[i];
+			if (field.getName().equals(name)) {
+				return field;
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Find a getter method for the specified property. A getter is defined as a method whose name start with the prefix
+	 * 'get' and the rest of the name is the same as the property name (with the first character uppercased).
+	 */
+	public static Method findGetterForProperty(String propertyName, Class<?> clazz) {
+		Method[] ms = clazz.getMethods();
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		sb.append("get").append(propertyName.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase()).append(propertyName.substring(1));
+		String expectedGetterName = sb.toString();
+		for (int i = 0; i < ms.length; i++) {
+			Method method = ms[i];
+			if (method.getParameterTypes().length == 0 && method.getName().equals(expectedGetterName)) {
+				return method;
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Find a setter method for the specified property
+	 */
+	public static Method findSetterForProperty(String propertyName, Class<?> clazz) {
+		Method[] ms = clazz.getMethods();
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		sb.append("set").append(propertyName.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase()).append(propertyName.substring(1));
+		String setterName = sb.toString();
+		for (int i = 0; i < ms.length; i++) {
+			Method method = ms[i];
+			if (method.getParameterTypes().length == 1 && method.getName().equals(setterName)) {
+				return method;
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * An instance of MatchInfo describes what kind of match was achieved between two sets of arguments - the set that a
+	 * method/constructor is expecting and the set that are being supplied at the point of invocation. If the kind
+	 * indicates that conversion is required for some of the arguments then the arguments that require conversion are
+	 * listed in the argsRequiringConversion array.
+	 * 
+	 */
+	private static class ArgumentsMatchInfo {
+		ArgsMatchKind kind;
+		Integer[] argsRequiringConversion;
+
+		ArgumentsMatchInfo(ArgsMatchKind kind, Integer[] integers) {
+			this.kind = kind;
+			this.argsRequiringConversion = integers;
+		}
+
+		ArgumentsMatchInfo(ArgsMatchKind kind) {
+			this.kind = kind;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static enum ArgsMatchKind {
+		EXACT, CLOSE, REQUIRES_CONVERSION;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * When a match is found searching for a particular constructor, this object captures the constructor object and
+	 * details of which arguments require conversion for the call to be allowed.
+	 */
+	public static class DiscoveredConstructor {
+		public Constructor theConstructor;
+		public Integer[] argumentsRequiringConversion;
+
+		public DiscoveredConstructor(Constructor theConstructor, Integer[] argsToConvert) {
+			this.theConstructor = theConstructor;
+			this.argumentsRequiringConversion = argsToConvert;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * When a match is found searching for a particular method, this object captures the method object and details of
+	 * which arguments require conversion for the call to be allowed.
+	 */
+	public static class DiscoveredMethod {
+		public Method theMethod;
+		public Integer[] argumentsRequiringConversion;
+
+		public DiscoveredMethod(Method theMethod, Integer[] argsToConvert) {
+			this.theMethod = theMethod;
+			this.argumentsRequiringConversion = argsToConvert;
+		}
+	}
+
+	static void convertArguments(Class[] parameterTypes,boolean isVarargs, TypeConverter converter ,Integer[] argsRequiringConversion, Object... arguments) throws AccessException {
+		Class varargsType = null;
+		if (isVarargs) {
+			varargsType = parameterTypes[parameterTypes.length-1].getComponentType();
+		}
+		for (int i = 0; i < argsRequiringConversion.length; i++) {
+			int argPosition = argsRequiringConversion[i];
+			Class targetType = null;
+			if (isVarargs && argPosition>=(parameterTypes.length-1)) {
+				targetType = varargsType;
+			} else {
+				targetType = parameterTypes[argPosition];
+			}
+			try {
+				arguments[argPosition] = converter.convertValue(arguments[argPosition],targetType);
+			} catch (EvaluationException e) {
+				throw new AccessException("Converter failed to convert '" + arguments[argPosition] + " to type '"
+						+ targetType + "'", e);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	static void convertArguments(Class[] parameterTypes,boolean isVarargs, TypeConverter converter , Object... arguments) throws AccessException {
+		Class varargsType = null;
+		if (isVarargs) {
+			varargsType = parameterTypes[parameterTypes.length-1].getComponentType();
+		}
+		for (int i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
+			Class targetType = null;
+			if (isVarargs && i>=(parameterTypes.length-1)) {
+				targetType = varargsType;
+			} else {
+				targetType = parameterTypes[i];
+			}
+			try {
+				if (arguments[i]!=null && arguments[i].getClass()!=targetType) {
+					arguments[i] = converter.convertValue(arguments[i],targetType);
+				}
+			} catch (EvaluationException e) {
+				throw new AccessException("Converter failed to convert '" + arguments[i] + " to type '"
+						+ targetType + "'", e);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Package up the arguments so that they correctly match what is expected in parameterTypes.  For example, if parameterTypes is (int, String[]) 
+	 * because the second parameter was declared String... then if arguments is [1,"a","b"] then it must be repackaged as [1,new String[]{"a","b"}]
+	 * in order to match the expected parameterTypes.
+	 * 
+	 * @param parameterTypes the types of the parameters for the invocation
+	 * @param arguments the arguments to be setup ready for the invocation
+	 * @return a repackaged array of arguments where any varargs setup has been done
+	 */
+	static Object[] setupArgumentsForVarargsInvocation(Class[] parameterTypes, Object... arguments) {
+		// Check if array already built for final argument
+		int nParams = parameterTypes.length;
+		int nArgs   = arguments.length;
+		
+		// Check if repackaging is needed:
+		if (nParams!=arguments.length || parameterTypes[nParams-1]!=(arguments[nArgs-1]==null?null:arguments[nArgs-1].getClass())) {
+			int arraySize = 0; // zero size array if nothing to pass as the varargs parameter
+			if (arguments!=null && nArgs>=nParams) {
+				arraySize = nArgs-(nParams-1);
+			}
+			Object[] repackagedArguments = (Object[])Array.newInstance(parameterTypes[nParams-1].getComponentType(),arraySize);
+			
+			// Copy all but the varargs arguments
+			for (int i=0;i<arraySize;i++) {
+				repackagedArguments[i] = arguments[nParams+i-1];
+			}
+			// Create an array for the varargs arguments
+			Object[] newArgs = new Object[nParams];
+			for (int i=0;i<newArgs.length - 1;i++) {
+				newArgs[i] = arguments[i];
+			}
+			newArgs[newArgs.length-1] = repackagedArguments;
+			return newArgs;
+		}
+		return arguments;
+	}
+
+	public static Object[] prepareArguments(TypeConverter converter, Method m, Object[] arguments) throws AccessException {//TODO should not be accessexception
+		if (arguments != null) {
+			ReflectionUtils.convertArguments(m.getParameterTypes(),m.isVarArgs(),converter, arguments);
+		}
+		if (m.isVarArgs()) {
+			arguments = ReflectionUtils.setupArgumentsForVarargsInvocation(m.getParameterTypes(),arguments);
+		}
+		return arguments;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/StandardComparator.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.standard;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.TypeComparator;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+
+/**
+ * A simple basic TypeComparator implementation. It supports comparison of numbers and types implementing Comparable.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class StandardComparator implements TypeComparator {
+
+	public boolean canCompare(Object left, Object right) {
+		if (left == null || right == null) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		if (left instanceof Number && right instanceof Number) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		if (left.getClass() == right.getClass() && left instanceof Comparable) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public int compare(Object left, Object right) throws SpelException {
+		// If one is null, check if the other is
+		if (left == null) {
+			return right == null ? 0 : 1;
+		} else if (right == null) {
+			return left == null ? 0 : -1;
+		}
+		// Basic number comparisons
+		if (left instanceof Number && right instanceof Number) {
+			Number leftNumber = (Number) left;
+			Number rightNumber = (Number) right;
+			if (leftNumber instanceof Double || rightNumber instanceof Double) {
+				Double d1 = leftNumber.doubleValue();
+				Double d2 = rightNumber.doubleValue();
+				return d1.compareTo(d2);
+			} else if (leftNumber instanceof Float || rightNumber instanceof Float) {
+				Float f1 = leftNumber.floatValue();
+				Float f2 = rightNumber.floatValue();
+				return f1.compareTo(f2);
+			} else if (leftNumber instanceof Long || rightNumber instanceof Long) {
+				Long l1 = leftNumber.longValue();
+				Long l2 = rightNumber.longValue();
+				return l1.compareTo(l2);
+			} else {
+				Integer i1 = leftNumber.intValue();
+				Integer i2 = rightNumber.intValue();
+				return i1.compareTo(i2);
+			}
+		}
+		if (left.getClass() == right.getClass() && left instanceof Comparable) {
+			return ((Comparable) left).compareTo(right);
+		} else {
+			throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.NOT_COMPARABLE, left.getClass(), right.getClass());
+		}
+	}
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/StandardEvaluationContext.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.standard;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLClassLoader;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.StringTokenizer;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.ConstructorResolver;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
+import org.springframework.expression.MethodResolver;
+import org.springframework.expression.PropertyAccessor;
+import org.springframework.expression.TypeLocator;
+import org.springframework.expression.TypeUtils;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.reflection.ReflectionConstructorResolver;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.reflection.ReflectionMethodResolver;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.reflection.ReflectionPropertyResolver;
+
+/**
+ * Provides a default EvaluationContext implementation.
+ * <p>
+ * To resolved properties/methods/fields this context uses a reflection mechanism.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * 
+ */
+public class StandardEvaluationContext implements EvaluationContext {
+
+	private Object rootObject;
+	private StandardTypeUtilities typeUtils;
+	private final Map<String, Object> variables = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+	private final List<MethodResolver> methodResolvers = new ArrayList<MethodResolver>();
+	private final List<ConstructorResolver> constructorResolvers = new ArrayList<ConstructorResolver>();
+	private final List<PropertyAccessor> propertyResolvers = new ArrayList<PropertyAccessor>();
+	private final Map<String, Map<String, Object>> simpleReferencesMap = new HashMap<String, Map<String, Object>>();
+
+	public StandardEvaluationContext() {
+		typeUtils = new StandardTypeUtilities();
+		addMethodResolver(new ReflectionMethodResolver());
+		addConstructorResolver(new ReflectionConstructorResolver());
+		addPropertyAccessor(new ReflectionPropertyResolver());
+	}
+
+	public StandardEvaluationContext(Object rootContextObject) {
+		this();
+		this.rootObject = rootContextObject;
+	}
+
+	public void setClassLoader(ClassLoader loader) {
+		TypeLocator tLocator = typeUtils.getTypeLocator();
+		if (tLocator instanceof StandardTypeLocator) {
+			((StandardTypeLocator) tLocator).setClassLoader(loader);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public void registerImport(String importPrefix) {
+		TypeLocator tLocator = typeUtils.getTypeLocator();
+		if (tLocator instanceof StandardTypeLocator) {
+			((StandardTypeLocator) tLocator).registerImport(importPrefix);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public void setClasspath(String classpath) {
+		StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(classpath, File.pathSeparator);
+		List<URL> urls = new ArrayList<URL>();
+		while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
+			String element = st.nextToken();
+			try {
+				urls.add(new File(element).toURL());
+			} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+				throw new RuntimeException("Invalid element in classpath " + element);
+			}
+		}
+		ClassLoader cl = new URLClassLoader(urls.toArray(new URL[] {}), Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
+		TypeLocator tLocator = typeUtils.getTypeLocator();
+		if (tLocator instanceof StandardTypeLocator) {
+			((StandardTypeLocator) tLocator).setClassLoader(cl);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public Object lookupVariable(String name) {
+		return variables.get(name);
+	}
+
+	public TypeUtils getTypeUtils() {
+		return typeUtils;
+	}
+
+	public Object getRootContextObject() {
+		return rootObject;
+	}
+
+	public Object lookupReference(Object contextName, Object objectName) {
+		String contextToLookup = (contextName == null ? "root" : (String) contextName);
+		// if (contextName==null) return simpleReferencesMap;
+		Map<String, Object> contextMap = simpleReferencesMap.get(contextToLookup);
+		if (contextMap == null)
+			return null;
+		if (objectName == null)
+			return contextMap;
+		return contextMap.get(objectName);
+	}
+
+	public List<PropertyAccessor> getPropertyAccessors() {
+		return propertyResolvers;
+	}
+	
+	public void addPropertyAccessor(PropertyAccessor accessor) {
+		propertyResolvers.add(accessor);
+	}
+	
+	public void removePropertyAccessor(PropertyAccessor accessor) {
+		propertyResolvers.remove(accessor);
+	}
+	
+	public void insertPropertyAccessor(int position,PropertyAccessor accessor) {
+		propertyResolvers.add(position,accessor);
+	}
+
+
+	public List<MethodResolver> getMethodResolvers() {
+		return methodResolvers;
+	}
+
+	public List<ConstructorResolver> getConstructorResolvers() {
+		return constructorResolvers;
+	}
+
+	public void setVariable(String name, Object value) {
+		variables.put(name, value);
+	}
+
+	public void registerFunction(String name, Method m) {
+		variables.put(name, m);
+	}
+
+	public void setRootObject(Object o) {
+		this.rootObject = o;
+	}
+
+	// TODO 3 have a variant that adds at position (same for ctor/propOrField)
+	public void addMethodResolver(MethodResolver resolver) {
+		methodResolvers.add(resolver);
+	}
+	
+	public void removeMethodResolver(MethodResolver resolver) {
+		methodResolvers.remove(resolver);
+	}
+
+	public void insertMethodResolver(int pos, MethodResolver resolver) {
+		methodResolvers.add(pos, resolver);
+	}
+
+
+	public void addConstructorResolver(ConstructorResolver resolver) {
+		constructorResolvers.add(resolver);
+	}
+
+
+	public void addReference(String contextName, String objectName, Object value) {
+		Map<String, Object> contextMap = simpleReferencesMap.get(contextName);
+		if (contextMap == null) {
+			contextMap = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+			simpleReferencesMap.put(contextName, contextMap);
+		}
+		contextMap.put(objectName, value);
+	}
+
+	public void addTypeConverter(StandardIndividualTypeConverter newConverter) {
+		((StandardTypeConverter)typeUtils.getTypeConverter()).registerConverter(newConverter);
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/StandardIndividualTypeConverter.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2007 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.standard;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+
+/**
+ * Implementations of this interface are able to convert from some set of types to another type.  For
+ * example they might be able to convert some set of number types (Integer.class, Double.class) to
+ * a string (String.class).  Once created they are registered with the {@link StandardEvaluationContext} or
+ * {@link StandardTypeConverter}.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public interface StandardIndividualTypeConverter {
+
+	/**
+	 * @return return the set of classes which this converter can convert from.
+	 */
+	Class<?>[] getFrom();
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the class which this converter can convert to.
+	 */
+	Class<?> getTo();
+
+	/**
+	 * Return a value converted to the type that {@link #getTo()} specified.
+	 * 
+	 * @param value the object to convert
+	 * @return the converted value
+	 * @throws EvaluationException if there is a problem during conversion
+	 */
+	Object convert(Object value) throws EvaluationException;
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/StandardTypeConverter.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.standard;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.TypeConverter;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+
+public class StandardTypeConverter implements TypeConverter {
+
+	public Map<Class<?>, Map<Class<?>, StandardIndividualTypeConverter>> converters = new HashMap<Class<?>, Map<Class<?>, StandardIndividualTypeConverter>>();
+
+	StandardTypeConverter() {
+		registerConverter(new ToBooleanConverter());
+		registerConverter(new ToCharacterConverter());
+		registerConverter(new ToShortConverter());
+		registerConverter(new ToLongConverter());
+		registerConverter(new ToDoubleConverter());
+		registerConverter(new ToFloatConverter());
+		registerConverter(new ToStringConverter());
+		registerConverter(new ToIntegerConverter());
+		registerConverter(new ToByteConverter());
+	}
+
+	public boolean canConvert(Class<?> sourceType, Class<?> targetType) {
+		Map<Class<?>, StandardIndividualTypeConverter> possibleConvertersToTheTargetType = converters.get(targetType);
+		if (possibleConvertersToTheTargetType == null && targetType.isPrimitive()) {
+			if (targetType == Integer.TYPE)
+				possibleConvertersToTheTargetType = converters.get(Integer.class);
+			else if (targetType == Boolean.TYPE)
+				possibleConvertersToTheTargetType = converters.get(Boolean.class);
+			else if (targetType == Short.TYPE)
+				possibleConvertersToTheTargetType = converters.get(Short.class);
+			else if (targetType == Long.TYPE)
+				possibleConvertersToTheTargetType = converters.get(Long.class);
+			else if (targetType == Character.TYPE)
+				possibleConvertersToTheTargetType = converters.get(Character.class);
+			else if (targetType == Double.TYPE)
+				possibleConvertersToTheTargetType = converters.get(Double.class);
+			else if (targetType == Float.TYPE)
+				possibleConvertersToTheTargetType = converters.get(Float.class);
+			else if (targetType == Byte.TYPE)
+				possibleConvertersToTheTargetType = converters.get(Byte.class);
+		}
+		if (possibleConvertersToTheTargetType != null) {
+			StandardIndividualTypeConverter aConverter = possibleConvertersToTheTargetType.get(sourceType);
+			if (aConverter != null) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	// TODO 3 Q In case of a loss in information with coercion to a narrower type, should we throw an exception?
+	public Object convertValue(Object value, Class<?> targetType) throws SpelException {
+		if (value==null || value.getClass()==targetType) return value;
+		Map<Class<?>, StandardIndividualTypeConverter> possibleConvertersToTheTargetType = converters.get(targetType);
+		if (possibleConvertersToTheTargetType == null && targetType.isPrimitive()) {
+			if (targetType == Integer.TYPE)
+				possibleConvertersToTheTargetType = converters.get(Integer.class);
+			else if (targetType == Boolean.TYPE)
+				possibleConvertersToTheTargetType = converters.get(Boolean.class);
+			else if (targetType == Short.TYPE)
+				possibleConvertersToTheTargetType = converters.get(Short.class);
+			else if (targetType == Long.TYPE)
+				possibleConvertersToTheTargetType = converters.get(Long.class);
+			else if (targetType == Character.TYPE)
+				possibleConvertersToTheTargetType = converters.get(Character.class);
+			else if (targetType == Double.TYPE)
+				possibleConvertersToTheTargetType = converters.get(Double.class);
+			else if (targetType == Float.TYPE)
+				possibleConvertersToTheTargetType = converters.get(Float.class);
+			else if (targetType == Byte.TYPE)
+				possibleConvertersToTheTargetType = converters.get(Byte.class);
+		}
+		Object result = null;
+		if (possibleConvertersToTheTargetType != null) {
+			StandardIndividualTypeConverter aConverter = possibleConvertersToTheTargetType.get(value.getClass());
+			if (aConverter != null) {
+				try {
+				result = aConverter.convert(value);
+				} catch (EvaluationException ee) {
+					if (ee instanceof SpelException) {
+						throw (SpelException)ee;
+					} else {
+						throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.PROBLEM_DURING_TYPE_CONVERSION,ee.getMessage());
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if (result != null)
+			return result;
+		throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.TYPE_CONVERSION_ERROR, value.getClass(), targetType);
+	}
+
+	public void registerConverter(StandardIndividualTypeConverter aConverter) {
+		Class<?> toType = aConverter.getTo();
+		Map<Class<?>, StandardIndividualTypeConverter> convertersResultingInSameType = converters.get(toType);
+		if (convertersResultingInSameType == null) {
+			convertersResultingInSameType = new HashMap<Class<?>, StandardIndividualTypeConverter>();
+		}
+		Class<?>[] fromTypes = aConverter.getFrom();
+		for (int i = 0; i < fromTypes.length; i++) {
+			convertersResultingInSameType.put(fromTypes[i], aConverter);
+		}
+		converters.put(aConverter.getTo(), convertersResultingInSameType);
+	}
+
+	private static class ToBooleanConverter implements StandardIndividualTypeConverter {
+		public Object convert(Object value) throws SpelException {
+			return ((Boolean) value).booleanValue();
+		}
+
+		public Class<?>[] getFrom() {
+			return new Class<?>[] { Boolean.class };
+		}
+
+		public Class<?> getTo() {
+			return Boolean.TYPE;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static class ToDoubleConverter implements StandardIndividualTypeConverter {
+		public Object convert(Object value) throws SpelException {
+			if (value instanceof Double) {
+				return ((Double) value).doubleValue();
+			} else if (value instanceof String) {
+				try {
+					Double.parseDouble((String) value);
+				} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
+					// TODO 3 Q throw something or leave the caller to throw a conversion exception?
+				}
+			} else if (value instanceof Integer) {
+				return new Double(((Integer) value).intValue());
+			}
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public Class<?>[] getFrom() {
+			return new Class<?>[] { Double.class, String.class, Integer.class };
+		}
+
+		public Class<?> getTo() {
+			return Double.class;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static class ToFloatConverter implements StandardIndividualTypeConverter {
+		public Object convert(Object value) throws SpelException {
+			return ((Double) value).floatValue();
+		}
+
+		public Class<?>[] getFrom() {
+			return new Class<?>[] { Double.class };
+		}
+
+		public Class<?> getTo() {
+			return Float.class;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static class ToByteConverter implements StandardIndividualTypeConverter {
+		public Object convert(Object value) throws SpelException {
+			return ((Integer) value).byteValue();
+		}
+
+		public Class<?>[] getFrom() {
+			return new Class<?>[] { Integer.class };
+		}
+
+		public Class<?> getTo() {
+			return Byte.class;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static class ToLongConverter implements StandardIndividualTypeConverter {
+		public Object convert(Object value) throws SpelException {
+			if (value instanceof Integer)
+				return ((Integer) value).longValue();
+			else if (value instanceof Short)
+				return ((Short) value).longValue();
+			else if (value instanceof Byte)
+				return ((Byte) value).longValue();
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public Class<?>[] getFrom() {
+			return new Class<?>[] { Integer.class, Short.class, Byte.class };
+		}
+
+		public Class<?> getTo() {
+			return Long.class;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static class ToCharacterConverter implements StandardIndividualTypeConverter {
+		public Character convert(Object value) throws SpelException {
+			if (value instanceof Integer)
+				return ((char) ((Integer) value).intValue());
+			if (value instanceof String) {
+				String s = (String) value;
+				if (s.length() == 1)
+					return s.charAt(0);
+			}
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public Class<?>[] getFrom() {
+			return new Class<?>[] { Integer.class, String.class };
+		}
+
+		public Class<?> getTo() {
+			return Character.class;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static class ToShortConverter implements StandardIndividualTypeConverter {
+		public Object convert(Object value) throws SpelException {
+			if (value instanceof Integer)
+				return ((short) ((Integer) value).shortValue());
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public Class<?>[] getFrom() {
+			return new Class<?>[] { Integer.class };
+		}
+
+		public Class<?> getTo() {
+			return Short.class;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static class ToStringConverter implements StandardIndividualTypeConverter {
+		public Object convert(Object value) throws SpelException {
+			return value.toString();
+		}
+
+		public Class<?>[] getFrom() {
+			return new Class<?>[] { Integer.class, Double.class };
+		}
+
+		public Class<?> getTo() {
+			return String.class;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static class ToIntegerConverter implements StandardIndividualTypeConverter {
+		public Object convert(Object value) throws SpelException {
+			if (value instanceof Integer)
+				return ((Integer) value).intValue();
+			else if (value instanceof Long)
+				return ((Long) value).intValue();
+			else
+				return null;
+		}
+
+		public Class<?>[] getFrom() {
+			return new Class<?>[] { Integer.class, Long.class };
+		}
+
+		public Class<?> getTo() {
+			return Integer.TYPE;
+		}
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/StandardTypeLocator.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression.spel.standard;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.TypeLocator;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
+
+// TODO 3 promote import prefix support and classloader setting to the interface?
+public class StandardTypeLocator implements TypeLocator {
+
+	private ClassLoader loader;
+	private final List<String> knownPackagePrefixes = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+	public StandardTypeLocator() {
+		loader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
+		registerImport("java.lang");
+		registerImport("java.util");
+		registerImport("java.awt");
+	}
+
+	// OPTIMIZE I'm sure this *could* be more inefficient if I tried really hard...
+	public Class<?> findType(String type) throws EvaluationException {
+		String nameToLookup = type;
+		try {
+			Class<?> c = loader.loadClass(nameToLookup);
+			return c;
+		} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+			// might need a prefix...
+		}
+		// try prefixes
+		for (String prefix : knownPackagePrefixes) {
+			try {
+				nameToLookup = new StringBuilder().append(prefix).append(".").append(type).toString();
+				Class<?> c = loader.loadClass(nameToLookup);
+				return c;
+			} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+			}
+		}
+		// TODO should some of these common messages be promoted to top level exception types?
+		throw new SpelException(SpelMessages.TYPE_NOT_FOUND, type);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Register a new import prefix that will be used when searching for unqualified types. Expected format is something
+	 * like "java.lang"
+	 */
+	public void registerImport(String prefix) {
+		knownPackagePrefixes.add(prefix);
+	}
+
+	public void unregisterImport(String prefix) {
+		knownPackagePrefixes.add(prefix);
+	}
+
+	public List<String> getImports() {
+		return knownPackagePrefixes;
+	}
+
+	public void setClassLoader(ClassLoader loader) {
+		this.loader = loader;
+	}
+
+}