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value

A simple value. This is the most commonly used type.

A value can be:

Any simple type, either text or a number or boolean.
It can also be a reference to any other type somewhere else. i.e. value can contain a ${someid.anyvalue} reference.

The ValueType value is expected to be an org.oddjob.arooa.ArooaValue. This ensures that references to other types aren't converted until the ValueType itself is converted. Because of this, simple values will be wrapped as an org.oddjob.arooa.types.ArooaObject by the automatic internal conversion. For normal use this is entirely transparent. An example below demonstrates this.

Property Summary

value

The value.

Example Summary

Example 1	A value that is a constant string value.
Example 2	A value that is a reference to a property.
Example 3	Examining the internals of a value in Oddjob.

Property Detail

value

Configured By	ATTRIBUTE
Access	READ_WRITE
Required	No.

The value.

Examples

Example 1

A value that is a constant string value.

<value value="apple"/>

Example 2

A value that is a reference to a property.

<value value="${vars.fruit}"/>

Example 3

Examining the internals of a value in Oddjob.

<oddjob>
    <job>
        <sequential>
            <jobs>
                <variables id="vars">
                    <fruit>
                        <value value="apple"/>
                    </fruit>
                </variables>
                <echo>${vars.fruit}
${vars.fruit.class}
${vars.fruit.value}
${vars.fruit.value.class}
${vars.fruit.value.value}
${vars.fruit.value.value.class}</echo>
            </jobs>
        </sequential>
    </job>
</oddjob>

The output is:

apple
class org.oddjob.arooa.types.ValueType
apple
class org.oddjob.arooa.types.ArooaObject
apple
class java.lang.String