BE THE CODER > Spring > Expression Language

The Spring Expression Language (SpEL) is a simple and powerful expression language which helps to query and manipulate objects at runtime. The following example shows creating single and multi dimentional arrays using SpEL.

File Name :	com/bethecoder/tutorials/spring3/tests/spel/ArrayTest.java
Author :	Sudhakar KV
Email :	[email protected]


package com.bethecoder.tutorials.spring3.tests.spel;



import java.util.Arrays;



import org.springframework.expression.ExpressionParser;

import org.springframework.expression.spel.standard.SpelExpressionParser;



public class ArrayTest {



  /**

   * @param args

   */

  public static void main(String[] args) {



    ExpressionParser parser = new SpelExpressionParser();



    int [] nums = (int[])parser.parseExpression("new int [6]").getValue();

    System.out.println(Arrays.toString(nums));



    nums = (int[])parser.parseExpression("new int [] {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}").getValue();

    System.out.println(Arrays.toString(nums));

    

    int [][] nums2 = (int[][])parser.parseExpression("new int [6][4]").getValue();

    System.out.println(nums2);

    

  }



}