The $List tool can solve your problem.
The "Ljava.lang.Object" is the JVMs polite way of telling you that
$myList is an array of Objects, which is what WMScript uses to implement
the square-bracket list syntax.
This has always been a pain point in WMScript, but it is not easy to fix
without breaking a lot of legacy templates. The $List tool gives you a
pretty convenient workaround. You can see its methods in the JavaDocs:
http://www.webmacro.org/api/org/webmacro/servlet/ListUtil.html.
You can say:
#if ($List.contains($myList,$compositeObj.name)) { ...
or
#if ($List.toList($myList).contains($compositeObj.name)) { ...
or, using the function version:
#if ($toList($myList).contains( ...
or
#set $myList = $toList($myList)
#if ($myList.contains(...
etc.
Hope this does it for you.
- Keats
Peter Smith wrote:
>I want to be able to find out if $myVar is in $mylist.
> Is there syntax to handle this w/ WM template
>scripting?
>
> ## Here is my list
> #set $myList = [ "one", "two", "three" ]
>
> ## Here is the variable I'm looking for
> #set $myVar = "two"
>
> ## I want to do this
> #if ( $myVar in $myList ) {
> do something...
> }
> #else {
> do something else...
> }
>
>In my particular case, $myList is a java.util.Vector
>made up of composite objects - each object has a name,
>value, etc. To keep maintenance simple, I wanted to
>avoid doing a multiple-condition 'if' statement like
>this:
>
> #if ( ($myVar==$possibility1) ||
> ($myVar==$possibility2) ||
> ($myVar==$possibility3)
> etc. ) ) {
> do something...
> }
> #else...
>
>
>To give a fuller picture, my close-to-ideal
>pseudo-code looks like this:
>
> #set $myList = [ "one", "two", "three" ]
>
> #foreach $compositeObj in $someRuntimeList {
>
> #if ($compositeObj.name in $myList) {
> do something
> }
> #else {
> do something else...
> }
>
> }
>
>I've tried to turn around the 'if' condition using
>this syntax:
>
> #if ($myList.contains($compositeObj.name)) {
>
>but I get a 'NoSuchMethodException on a
>Ljava.lang.Object'.
>
>Thanks for any pointers.
>
>I'm willing to do some coding if we wanted to add this
>to the codebase - only, not sure if I could even
>understand enough of the engine (Expression.java
>maybe?) to know where to start hacking.
>
>
>
>
>
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