Basic example using spEL

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Step 1 :

 
Create a new package, com.simpleCodeStuffs.spEL€. Create the POJO classes Candidate.java and Address.java with the below specifications.

File : Candidate.java
 

package com.simpleCodeStuffs.spEL;

public class Candidate {

	private String name;
	private int age;
	private Address addrs;
	private String area;

	public String getArea() {
		return area;
	}

	public void setArea(String area) {
		this.area = area;
	}

	public Candidate() {
		this.name = null;
		this.age = 0;
		this.addrs = null;
	}

	public Candidate(String name, int age, Address addrs) {
		this.name = name;
		this.age = age;
		this.addrs = addrs;
	}

	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}

	public void setName(String name) {
		this.name = name;
	}

	public int getAge() {
		return age;
	}

	public void setAge(int age) {
		this.age = age;
	}

	public Address getAddrs() {
		return addrs;
	}

	public void setAddrs(Address addrs) {
		this.addrs = addrs;
	}
}

Fie : Address.java
 

package com.simpleCodeStuffs.spEL;

public class Address {

	private String doorNo;
	private String street;
	private String area;
	public Address() {
		this.doorNo = null;
		this.street = null;
		this.area = null;
	}

	public Address(String doorNo, String street, String area) {
		this.doorNo = doorNo;
		this.street = street;
		this.area = area;
	}

	public String getArea() {
		return area;
	}

	public void setArea(String area) {
		this.area = area;
	}

	public String getDoorNo() {
		return doorNo;
	}

	public void setDoorNo(String doorNo) {
		this.doorNo = doorNo;
	}

	public String getStreet() {
		return street;
	}

	public void setStreet(String street) {
		this.street = street;
	}
}

Step 2 :

 
Under the src folder, create a new xml file €“elBeans.xml to provide the configuration metadata using spEL
File ; elBeans.xml
 

 
Note here, the value for the bean œelAddress€ is provided using a simple setter injection. But for the bean elCandidate , the value for addrs and area property is provided using spEL expression.

The general syntax for a spEL expression is
 

#{spEL Expression}

In the above example, the value for addrs is provided as #{elAddress}. This means that addrs is assigned the value set for the bean elAddress. Similarly, for area property, the value is assigned to #{elAddress.area}, thereby injecting the value of the ‘€˜area’ property from €˜’elAddress’€™ to the €˜area property inside elCandidate€™.

Step 3 : Provide the Main Class

 
File : MainClass.java
 

package com.simpleCodeStuffs.spEL;

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;

public class MainClass {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		ApplicationContext context =
		          new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("elBeans.xml");
		Candidate can = (Candidate) context.getBean("elCandidate");
		Address add = (Address) context.getBean("elAddress");

		System.out.println("Name: " + can.getName());
		System.out.println("Age  : " + can.getAge());
		System.out.println("Area  : " + can.getArea());
		System.out.println("Address : " + can.getAddrs().getDoorNo());
		System.out.println("\t " + add.getStreet());
		System.out.println("\t  " + add.getArea());
	}
}

Step 4: Run the program. The output is

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