Unable to set Nulll in Velocity Template - java

I am trying to set a variable to null in Velocity. I am trying:
#set ($acessSpeed = null)
I was reading the velocity null support wiki. It says we can set a value to null this way.
https://wiki.apache.org/velocity/VelocityNullSupport
But when i try it I get an error saying "Encountered "null" at ...."
The problem i am having i have a huge template with multiple if blocks, which get executed if the condition is satisfied. So at the end of each if block i need to set the value of accessSpeed to null.
#if (some condition)
access speed value set here.
.
.
.
#end
// I need to set the access speed value to null here.
#if (some other condition)
access speed value to be set to something again.
.
.
.
#end
I can use different variable for each if block but i was wondering if there was a simpler way to do it.
Any suggestions would be helpful.

It depends upon your configuration. To do what you need, you need to configure Velocity with:
directive.set.null.allowed = true
Then, you can set your variable to null with:
#set($foo = $null)
where $null is just an undefined variable.
Otherwise, if the only purpose is to test the variable, then a convenient trick is to set its value to false.
#set($foo = false)
#if($foo) this will be displayed #end

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drl file :
rule "pendingMsgSizeModified"
when
$tibcoEMSObj : TibcoEMSData(deliveredMsgCnt.contains("MB") && pendingMsgSize \> 100)
eval (!($tibcoEMSObj.typeOfAlert != null))
then
$tibcoEMSObj.setSendEmail(true);
$tibcoEMSObj.setTypeOfAlert($tibcoEMSobj.getTypeOfAlert()+"pendingMsgSize###");
update($tibcoEMSObj)
end
It gives error at this location : $tibcoEMSobj.getTypeOfAlert()
Error : \[Error: unable to resolve method using strict-mode: org.drools.core.spi.KnowledgeHelper.$tibcoEMSobj()\]
\[Near : {... SObj.setTypeOfAlert($tibcoEMSobj.getTypeOfAlert()+ ....}\]
I am expecting to use the getter method to get it and concatenate the string to set in another variable and save/update it
Your syntax is all over the place. And without actually seeing your model, it's hard to tell what you're even trying to do.
But based on what you said:
I am expecting to use the getter method to get it and concatenate the string to set in another variable and save/update it
And the code you did provide, I think this is what you're trying to do:
rule "pendingMsgSizeModified"
when
$tibcoEMSObj : TibcoEMSData(
deliveredMsgCnt.contains("MB"),
pendingMsgSize > 100,
$alertType: typeOfAlert != null
)
then
String newAlert = $alertType + "pendingMsgSize###";
modify($tibcoEMSObj) {
setSendEmail(true)
setTypeOfAlert(newAlert)
}
end
I presumed that your eval was either typo'd or just plain wrong since it was checking that the value was actually null. Don't use eval unless you have absolutely no other choice. (And I've never actually run into a situation where there was no other choice.)
I also presumed that the alert type will not change. I don't know what your sendEmail method does, or if it has side effects; if it does have side effects that change the typeOfAlert, then you'll of course need to call getTypeOfAlert() after calling setSendEmail.

velocity template when object is not null , need to replace with extra string

I create one text message i.e.
"vishal is working as developer, since $obj.object[0].timeStamp"
if timeStamp is null then String should replace with
"vishal is working as developer"
So I tried like
"vishal is working as developer, #if ($obj.object[0].timeStamp) , since $obj.object[0].timeStamp" #end
it is not working please help me out
Have you got getters?
Please read this: How to access an object's public fields from a Velocity template
If I were you maybe I would pass the $obj.object[0].timeStamp to the velocity not only the $obj. (Especially if you need only this value from the object)
Finally for checking the null I think soorapadman's answer is perfect.

How to get the Chinese name of a security in blpapi?

I have a BDP function that looks like this.
BDP("Glen Ln Equity","NAME_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED")
It is to update the Chinese name of a security.
I have to translate it to Java blpapi but I am not sure how.
Since this is a BDP function, I think I should use Reference Data Request but you can only specify the ticker and field mnemonic when creating a Reference Data Request. I also know I can use override but to use an override, based on my understanding, I will need a fieldID so that I can set that fieldID's value to be "NAME_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED".
However, I am not sure what fieldID to use.
What fieldID should I use for the override?
Also, where can I find a list of fieldIDs that can set for overrides?
It should work fine with a reference data request - you don't need to override anything here:
Element security = request.getElement("securities");
security.appendValue("GLEN LN Equity");
Element field = request.getElement("fields");
field.appendValue("NAME_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED ");

How to replace a query string in an Apache Velocity template?

In my web application I'm trying to prevent users from inserting JavaScript in the freeText parameter when they're running a search.
To do this, I've written code in the header Velocity file to check whether the query string contains a parameter called freeText, and if so, use the replace method to replace the characters within the parameter value. However, when you load the page, it still displays the original query string - I'm unsure on how to replace the original query string with my new one which has the replaced characters.
This is my code:
#set($freeTextParameter = "$request.getParameter('freeText')")
freeTextParameter: $freeTextParameter
#if($freeTextParameter)
##Do the replacement:
#set($replacedQueryString = "$freeTextParameter.replace('confirm','replaced')")
replacedQueryString after doing the replace: $replacedQueryString
The query string now: $request.getQueryString()
The freeText parameter now: $request.getParameter('freeText')
#end
In the code above, the replacedQueryString variable has changed as expected (ie the replacement has been carried out as expected), but the $request.getQueryString() and $request.getParameter('freeText') are still the same as before, as if the replacement had never happened.
Seeing as there is a request.getParameter method which works fine for getting the parameters, I assumed there would be a request.setParameter method to do the same thing in reverse, but there isn't.
The Java String is an immutable object, which means that the replace() method will return an altered string, without changing the original one.
Since the parameters map given by the HttpServletRequest object cannot be modified, this approach doesn't work well if your templates rely on $request.getParameter('freeText').
Instead, if you rely on VelocityTools, then you can rather rely on $params.freeText in your templates. Then, you can tune your WEB-INF/tools.xml file to make this parameters map alterable:
<?xml version="1.0">
<tools>
<toolbox scope="request">
<tool key="params" readOnly="false"/>
...
</toolbox>
...
</tools>
(Version 2.0+ of the tools is required).
Then, in your header, you can do:
#set($params.freeText = params.freeText.replace('confirm','replaced'))
I managed to fix the issue myself - it turned out that there was another file (which gets called on every page) in which the $!request.getParameter('freeText')" variable is used. I have updated that file so that it uses the new $!replacedQueryString variable (ie the one with the JavaScript stripped out) instead of the existing "$!request.getParameter('freeText')" variable. This now prevents the JavaScript from being executed on every page.
So, this is the final working code in the header Velocity file:
#set($freeTextParameter = "$!m.request.httpRequest.getParameter('freeText')")
#if($freeTextParameter)
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Passing nullable parameters to a Page via PageParameters in Wicket 6

I need to pass a parameter to my page and I can't find a way to pass parameters that might be null.
If I do:
PageParameters pageParameters = new PageParameters ();
pageParameters.add ("key", null);
This will result in an exception
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Argument 'value' may not be null.
at org.apache.wicket.util.lang.Args.notNull(Args.java:41)
If I use Google Guava's Optional, I can't find any way to cast the object even if the the Optional object is not holding a null ie not equals to Optional.absent() :
In my landing page's constructor I do
StringValue sv = parameters.get ("key");
sv.to ( Optional.of (MyEnum.SOME_ENUM_CONSTANT).getClass () );
and when I run it I get this error:
org.apache.wicket.util.string.StringValueConversionException: Cannot
convert 'Optional.of(SOME_ENUM_CONSTANT)'to type class
com.google.common.base.Present.
Am I doing something wrong?
Is there any other way to pass a possibly null object in wicket 6?
I noticed in wicket 1.4 they have PageParameters.NULL which seems to have dissapeared in wicket 6.
Thank you
This might be too simple, but what's wrong with
Object value = ?
if (value != null) {
pageParameters.add ("key", value);
}
and
StringValue sv = pageParameters.get("key");
if (!sv.isNull()) {
// process string value
}
All page parameters in wicket will be treated as Strings eventually. The idea is that a page parameter will be on the URL of the request.
From the javadoc:
Suppose we mounted a page on /user and the following url was accessed /user/profile/bob?action=view&redirect=false. In this example profile and bob are indexed parameters with respective indexes 0 and 1. action and redirect are named parameters.
If you add something like x=y&x, the parameter x will appear twice, once with the String y and another with the empty string.
Depending on what you are trying to accomplish I would suggest to either
Don't pass the parameter at all when there is a null value required and use the isNull or toOptional methods.
Use indexed parameters and test for presence of a certain word

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