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120 lines
3.9 KiB
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[[painless-syntax]]
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=== Painless Syntax
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experimental[The Painless scripting language is new and is still marked as experimental. The syntax or API may be changed in the future in non-backwards compatible ways if required.]
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[float]
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[[control-flow]]
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==== Control flow
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Painless supports all of Java's https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/flow.html[
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control flow statements] except the `switch` statement.
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Painless also supports the `for in` syntax from Groovy:
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[source,painless]
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for (item : list) {
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...
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}
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[float]
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[[functions]]
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==== Functions
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You can declare functions at the beginning of a Painless script, for example:
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[source,painless]
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boolean isNegative(def x) { x < 0 }
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...
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if (isNegative(someVar)) {
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...
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}
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[float]
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[[lambda-expressions]]
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==== Lambda expressions
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Lambda expressions and method references work the same as in https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/lambdaexpressions.html[Java].
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[source,painless]
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list.removeIf(item -> item == 2);
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list.removeIf((int item) -> item == 2);
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list.removeIf((int item) -> { item == 2 });
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list.sort((x, y) -> x - y);
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list.sort(Integer::compare);
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You can make method references to functions within the script with `this`,
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for example `list.sort(this::mycompare)`.
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[float]
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[[patterns]]
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==== Patterns
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Regular expression constants are directly supported. To ensure fast performance,
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this is the only mechanism for creating patterns. Regular expressions
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are always constants and compiled efficiently a single time.
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[source,painless]
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Pattern p = /[aeiou]/
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[float]
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[[pattern-flags]]
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===== Pattern flags
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You can define flags on patterns in Painless by adding characters after the
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trailing `/` like `/foo/i` or `/foo \w #comment/iUx`. Painless exposes all of
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the flags from Java's
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https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html[
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Pattern class] using these characters:
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[cols="<,<,<",options="header",]
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|=======================================================================
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| Character | Java Constant | Example
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|`c` | CANON_EQ | `'å' ==~ /å/c` (open in hex editor to see)
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|`i` | CASE_INSENSITIVE | `'A' ==~ /a/i`
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|`l` | LITERAL | `'[a]' ==~ /[a]/l`
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|`m` | MULTILINE | `'a\nb\nc' =~ /^b$/m`
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|`s` | DOTALL (aka single line) | `'a\nb\nc' =~ /.b./s`
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|`U` | UNICODE_CHARACTER_CLASS | `'Ɛ' ==~ /\\w/U`
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|`u` | UNICODE_CASE | `'Ɛ' ==~ /ɛ/iu`
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|`x` | COMMENTS (aka extended) | `'a' ==~ /a #comment/x`
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|=======================================================================
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[float]
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[[painless-deref]]
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==== Dereferences
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Like lots of languages, Painless uses `.` to reference fields and call methods:
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[source,painless]
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String foo = 'foo';
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TypeWithGetterOrPublicField bar = new TypeWithGetterOrPublicField()
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return foo.length() + bar.x
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Like Groovy, Painless uses `?.` to perform null-safe references, with the
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result being `null` if the left hand side is `null`:
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[source,painless]
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String foo = null;
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return foo?.length() // Returns null
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Unlike Groovy, Painless doesn't support writing to `null` values with this
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operator:
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[source,painless]
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TypeWithSetterOrPublicField foo = null;
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foo?.x = 'bar' // Compile error
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