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 a string instance using SpEL.

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


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



import org.springframework.expression.Expression;

import org.springframework.expression.ExpressionParser;

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



public class StringExpTest {



  /**

   * @param args

   */

  public static void main(String[] args) {



    ExpressionParser parser = new SpelExpressionParser();

    Expression exp = parser.parseExpression("'BE THE CODER'");

    String message = (String) exp.getValue();

    System.out.println(message);

    

    

    Expression exp2 = parser.parseExpression("\"ABCDEFG\"");

    message = exp2.getValue(String.class);

    System.out.println(message);

  }



}

String Expression