Overview - Java beans for EL

The CmsJspStandardContextBean is the default entry point for EL functionality. You get access to many more beans and to serveral information, such as page title, character encoding, locale, workplace locale, and much more contextual information.

cms

All OpenCms managed JSPs.

http://documentation.opencms.org/javadoc/core/org/opencms/jsp/util/CmsJspStandardContextBean.html

Access to the OpenCms request context, e.g., to obtain user or project information.

cms.requestContext

All OpenCms managed JSPs.

http://documentation.opencms.org/javadoc/core/org/opencms/file/CmsRequestContext.html

Get access to arbitrary resources in the VFS, check existence or permissions, get links, read properties, get the resource object or directly extract XML contents.

cms.vfs

All OpenCms managed JSPs.

http://documentation.opencms.org/javadoc/core/org/opencms/jsp/util/CmsJspVfsAccessBean.html

Get information on the (current) user - like name, email etc. - or simply check if someone is logged in.

cms.requestContext.currentUser

All OpenCms managed JSPs.

http://documentation.opencms.org/javadoc/core/org/opencms/gwt/CmsUrlNameValidationService.html

Get information on the (current) project, e.g., name, description, type, etc.

cms.requestContext.currentProject

All OpenCms managed JSPs.

http://documentation.opencms.org/javadoc/core/org/opencms/file/CmsProject.html

Explore resource meta information (state, creation date, file or folder, expiration date, ...).

Some resource cms.vfs.resource[<site relative path>]

Currently requested resource: cms.vfs.resource[cms.requestContext.uri]

All OpenCms managed JSPs. The resource must exist and the current user needs appropriate access rights to get access on the resource.

http://documentation.opencms.org/javadoc/core/org/opencms/file/CmsResource.html

http://documentation.opencms.org/javadoc/core/org/opencms/file/I_CmsResource.html

Get information on your OpenCms installation.

cms.systemInfo

All OpenCms managed JSPs.

http://documentation.opencms.org/javadoc/core/org/opencms/main/CmsSystemInfo.html

Explore a container page, get information on the present containers and the contained elements.

Currently rendered container page: cms.page

Currently rendered detail only page: cms.detailOnlyPage

Formatters and function providers, template JSPs

http://documentation.opencms.org/javadoc/core/org/opencms/xml/containerpage/CmsContainerPageBean.html

Get information on the container you are in, e.g., container parameter, type, name etc.

cms.container

Formatters and function providers

http://documentation.opencms.org/javadoc/core/org/opencms/xml/containerpage/CmsContainerBean.html

Get information for the currently rendered container page element, e.g., element settings.

cms.element

Formatters and function providers

http://documentation.opencms.org/javadoc/core/org/opencms/jsp/util/CmsJspStandardContextBean.CmsContainerElementWrapper.html

Check the existence of an element setting, check if its set and get its value - optionally as Double, Float, ....

cms.element.setting["<setting's name>"]

Formatters and function providers

http://documentation.opencms.org/javadoc/core/org/opencms/jsp/util/CmsJspStandardContextBean.ElementSettingWrapper.html

Easy access to XML contents.

As content variable in a formatter:

• <cms:formatter var="content"> ... </cms:formatter>

As content variable in a contentload/contentaccess combination for creating a list:

• <cms:contentload ...> ... <cms:contentaccess var="content" /> ... </cms:contentload>

Via <cms:formatter> in formatters, via <cms:contentaccess> additionally in all other OpenCms managed JSPs.

http://documentation.opencms.org/javadoc/core/org/opencms/jsp/util/CmsJspContentAccessBean.html

Easy navigation to, check of and access to values in XML contents.

With content of type CmsJspContentAccessBean:

• content.value.<XML node name> or

or already of type CmsJspContentAccessValueWrapper:

• content.value["<XPath>"]

Formatters and if lists are build.

http://documentation.opencms.org/javadoc/core/org/opencms/jsp/util/CmsJspContentAccessValueWrapper.html

Explore the result of a <cms:contentload>, usually to get the number of loaded items.

Via info in: <cms:contentload var="info" ...> ... </cms:contentload>

Via <cms:contentload>, typically in formatters or function providers.

http://documentation.opencms.org/javadoc/core/org/opencms/jsp/util/CmsJspContentLoadBean.html