[TAP5-1584] Add support for coercing values explicitly in the property expression language

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Incomplete
• Affects Version/s: 5.3
• Component/s: tapestry-core
• Labels: bulk-close-candidate
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Howard Lewis Ship
• Created: 23/Jul/11 16:30
• Updated: 22/Aug/16 06:47
• Resolved: 22/Aug/16 06:47

Description

Something like:

prop:someMap.get('id') as Integer

The "as <classname>" qualifier would pass the value through the TypeCoercer.

Integer is a fully qualified class name, with special cases for java.lang classes (which don't have to be qualified).