date literal removed

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/DateLiteral.java

@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2004-2008 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
-
-import java.text.DateFormat;
-import java.text.ParseException;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.Locale;
-
-import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
-import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
-import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
-import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelException;
-import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessages;
-
-/**
- * Represents a date literal value in an expression (a java.util.Date object).
- * 
- * @author Andy Clement
- * 
- */
-public class DateLiteral extends SpelNode {
-
-	private DateFormat formatter = null;
-	private Date formattedDate = null;
-
-	public DateLiteral(Token payload) {
-		super(payload);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public Date getValue(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
-		if (formatter == null) {
-			if (getChildCount() > 1) {
-				formatter = new SimpleDateFormat((String) getChild(1).getValue(state));
-			} else {
-				// http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html
-				// this is something of this format: "Wed, 4 Jul 2001 12:08:56 GMT"
-				formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z", Locale.UK);
-			}
-		}
-		String valueToParse = (String) getChild(0).getValue(state);
-		try {
-			formattedDate = formatter.parse(valueToParse);
-		} catch (ParseException e) {
-			throw new SpelException(getCharPositionInLine(), e, SpelMessages.DATE_CANNOT_BE_PARSED, valueToParse,
-					(formatter instanceof SimpleDateFormat ? ((SimpleDateFormat) formatter).toLocalizedPattern()
-							: formatter));
-		}
-		return formattedDate;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public String toStringAST() {
-		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-		sb.append("date(");
-		sb.append(getChild(0).toStringAST());
-		if (getChildCount() > 1) {
-			sb.append(",").append(getChild(1).toStringAST());
-		}
-		sb.append(")");
-		return sb.toString();
-	}
-
-}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ tokens {
 	INDEXER;
 	ARGLIST;
 	CONSTRUCTOR;
-	DATE_LITERAL;
 	HOLDER;
 	CONSTRUCTOR_ARRAY;
 	NAMED_ARGUMENT;
@@ -252,13 +251,10 @@ literal
 	| NULL_LITERAL
 	| HEXADECIMAL_INTEGER_LITERAL 
 	| REAL_LITERAL
-	| dateLiteral
 	;
 	
 boolLiteral: TRUE | FALSE;
 
-dateLiteral: 'date' LPAREN d=STRING_LITERAL (COMMA f=STRING_LITERAL)? RPAREN -> ^(DATE_LITERAL $d ($f)?);
-
 INTEGER_LITERAL
 	: (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (INTEGER_TYPE_SUFFIX)?;
 
@@ -327,27 +323,12 @@ STRING_LITERAL:	'\''! (APOS|~'\'')* '\''!;
 DQ_STRING_LITERAL:	'"'! (~'"')* '"'!;
 ID:	('a'..'z'|'A'..'Z'|'_') ('a'..'z'|'A'..'Z'|'_'|'0'..'9'|DOT_ESCAPED)*;
 DOT_ESCAPED: '\\.';
-//DOUBLE_DOT: ':';
 WS: ( ' ' | '\t' | '\n' |'\r')+ { $channel=HIDDEN; } ;
 DOLLAR:	'$';
 AT: '@';
 UPTO: '..';
 COLON: ':';
 
-	/*
-	// real - use syntactic predicates (guess mode)
-	:	('.' DECIMAL_DIGIT) =>
-		in= '.' (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART)? (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)?
-			
-	|	((DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ '.' DECIMAL_DIGIT) =>
-		 in=(DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ '.' (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART)? (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)?
-		
-	|	((DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART)) =>
-		in= (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART) (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)?
-		
-	|	((DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)) =>
-		in= (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)		
-*/		 
 
 REAL_LITERAL :	
   ('.' (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART)? (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)?) |
@@ -362,5 +343,4 @@ fragment HEX_DIGIT : '0'|'1'|'2'|'3'|'4'|'5'|'6'|'7'|'8'|'9'|'A'|'B'|'C'|'D'|'E'
 	
 fragment EXPONENT_PART : 'e'  (SIGN)*  (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ | 'E'  (SIGN)*  (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ ;	
 fragment SIGN :	'+' | '-' ;
-// TODO what is M or m?
-fragment REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX : 'F' | 'f' | 'D' | 'd' | 'M' | 'm' ;
+fragment REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX : 'F' | 'f' | 'D' | 'd';

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.tokens

@@ -1,89 +1,87 @@
-GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL=78
-SELECT_FIRST=57
-COMMA=50
-HOLDER=14
-GREATER_THAN=77
-TYPE=59
+GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL=77
+SELECT_FIRST=56
+COMMA=49
+HOLDER=13
+GREATER_THAN=76
+TYPE=58
 EXPRESSIONLIST=4
-MINUS=40
-MAP_ENTRY=25
-SELECT_LAST=58
-NUMBER=29
-LESS_THAN=75
-BANG=45
+MINUS=39
+MAP_ENTRY=24
+SELECT_LAST=57
+NUMBER=28
+LESS_THAN=74
+BANG=44
 ARGLIST=11
-FALSE=69
-METHOD=26
+FALSE=68
+METHOD=25
 PROPERTY_OR_FIELD=9
-LBRACKET=52
+LBRACKET=51
 INDEXER=10
-MOD=43
-CONSTRUCTOR_ARRAY=15
-FUNCTIONREF=17
-NULL_LITERAL=65
-NAMED_ARGUMENT=16
-OR=37
-PIPE=61
-DOT=46
-RCURLY=55
+MOD=42
+CONSTRUCTOR_ARRAY=14
+FUNCTIONREF=16
+NULL_LITERAL=64
+NAMED_ARGUMENT=15
+OR=36
+PIPE=60
+DOT=45
+RCURLY=54
 EXPRESSION=6
-AND=38
-LCURLY=62
-DATE_LITERAL=13
-REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX=89
-STRING_LITERAL=63
-SELECT=56
+AND=37
+LCURLY=61
+REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX=88
+STRING_LITERAL=62
+SELECT=55
 QUALIFIED_IDENTIFIER=7
-RBRACKET=53
-SUBTRACT=28
-ASSIGN=31
-BETWEEN=81
-RPAREN=36
-SIGN=90
-LPAREN=35
-HEX_DIGIT=72
-PLUS=39
-LIST_INITIALIZER=21
-APOS=84
+RBRACKET=52
+SUBTRACT=27
+ASSIGN=30
+BETWEEN=80
+RPAREN=35
+SIGN=89
+LPAREN=34
+HEX_DIGIT=71
+PLUS=38
+LIST_INITIALIZER=20
+APOS=83
 INTEGER_LITERAL=5
-AT=51
-ID=48
-NOT_EQUAL=74
-RANGE=19
-POWER=44
-TYPEREF=18
-DECIMAL_DIGIT=70
-WS=86
-IS=80
-DOLLAR=49
-LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL=76
-SEMIRPAREN=30
-DQ_STRING_LITERAL=64
-HEXADECIMAL_INTEGER_LITERAL=66
-MAP_INITIALIZER=22
-LAMBDA=60
-LOCALFUNC=24
-IN=79
-SEMI=83
+AT=50
+ID=47
+NOT_EQUAL=73
+RANGE=18
+POWER=43
+TYPEREF=17
+DECIMAL_DIGIT=69
+WS=85
+IS=79
+DOLLAR=48
+LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL=75
+SEMIRPAREN=29
+DQ_STRING_LITERAL=63
+HEXADECIMAL_INTEGER_LITERAL=65
+MAP_INITIALIZER=21
+LAMBDA=59
+LOCALFUNC=23
+IN=78
+SEMI=82
 CONSTRUCTOR=12
-INTEGER_TYPE_SUFFIX=71
-EQUAL=73
-MATCHES=82
-DOT_ESCAPED=85
-UPTO=87
-QMARK=33
+INTEGER_TYPE_SUFFIX=70
+EQUAL=72
+MATCHES=81
+DOT_ESCAPED=84
+UPTO=86
+QMARK=32
 REFERENCE=8
-PROJECT=54
-DEFAULT=32
-COLON=34
-DIV=42
-LOCALVAR=23
-STAR=41
-REAL_LITERAL=67
-VARIABLEREF=20
-EXPONENT_PART=88
-TRUE=68
-ADD=27
-POUND=47
-'date'=92
-'new'=91
+PROJECT=53
+DEFAULT=31
+COLON=33
+DIV=41
+LOCALVAR=22
+STAR=40
+REAL_LITERAL=66
+VARIABLEREF=19
+EXPONENT_PART=87
+TRUE=67
+ADD=26
+POUND=46
+'new'=90

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions__.g

@@ -5,162 +5,145 @@ options {
 }
 @header {package org.springframework.expression.spel.generated;}
 
-T91 : 'new' ;
-T92 : 'date' ;
+T90 : 'new' ;
 
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 63
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 62
 SEMIRPAREN : ';)'; // recoveryrelated: allows us to cope with a rogue superfluous semicolon before the rparen in an expression list
 
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 262
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 258
 INTEGER_LITERAL
 	: (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (INTEGER_TYPE_SUFFIX)?;
 
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 265
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 261
 HEXADECIMAL_INTEGER_LITERAL : ('0x' | '0X') (HEX_DIGIT)+ (INTEGER_TYPE_SUFFIX)?;
 
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 280
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 276
 ASSIGN: '=';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 281
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 277
 EQUAL: '==';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 282
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 278
 NOT_EQUAL: '!=';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 283
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 279
 LESS_THAN: '<';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 284
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 280
 LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL: '<=';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 285
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 281
 GREATER_THAN: '>';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 286
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 282
 GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL: '>=';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 287
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 283
 IN:     'in';	
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 288
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 284
 IS:     'is';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 289
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 285
 BETWEEN:'between';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 290
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 286
 MATCHES:'matches';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 291
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 287
 NULL_LITERAL: 'null';
 
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 293
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 289
 SEMI: ';';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 294
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 290
 DOT:    '.';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 295
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 291
 COMMA:	',';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 296
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 292
 LPAREN: '(';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 297
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 293
 RPAREN: ')';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 298
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 294
 LCURLY: '{';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 299
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 295
 RCURLY: '}';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 300
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 296
 LBRACKET: '[';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 301
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 297
 RBRACKET: ']';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 302
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 298
 PIPE:	'|';
 
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 304
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 300
 AND:    'and';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 305
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 301
 OR:     'or';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 306
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 302
 FALSE:  'false';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 307
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 303
 TRUE:   'true';
 
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 309
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 305
 PLUS: '+';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 310
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 306
 MINUS: '-';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 311
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 307
 DIV: '/';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 312
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 308
 STAR: '*';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 313
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 309
 MOD: '%';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 314
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 310
 POWER: '^';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 315
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 311
 BANG: '!';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 316
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 312
 POUND: '#';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 317
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 313
 QMARK: '?';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 318
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 314
 DEFAULT: '??';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 319
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 315
 LAMBDA: '{|';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 320
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 316
 PROJECT: '!{';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 321
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 317
 SELECT: '?{';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 322
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 318
 SELECT_FIRST: '^{';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 323
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 319
 SELECT_LAST: '${';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 324
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 320
 TYPE: 'T(';
 
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 326
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 322
 STRING_LITERAL:	'\''! (APOS|~'\'')* '\''!;
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 327
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 323
 DQ_STRING_LITERAL:	'"'! (~'"')* '"'!;
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 328
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 324
 ID:	('a'..'z'|'A'..'Z'|'_') ('a'..'z'|'A'..'Z'|'_'|'0'..'9'|DOT_ESCAPED)*;
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 329
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 325
 DOT_ESCAPED: '\\.';
-//DOUBLE_DOT: ':';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 331
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 326
 WS: ( ' ' | '\t' | '\n' |'\r')+ { $channel=HIDDEN; } ;
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 332
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 327
 DOLLAR:	'$';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 333
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 328
 AT: '@';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 334
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 329
 UPTO: '..';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 335
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 330
 COLON: ':';
 
-	/*
-	// real - use syntactic predicates (guess mode)
-	:	('.' DECIMAL_DIGIT) =>
-		in= '.' (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART)? (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)?
-			
-	|	((DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ '.' DECIMAL_DIGIT) =>
-		 in=(DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ '.' (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART)? (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)?
-		
-	|	((DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART)) =>
-		in= (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART) (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)?
-		
-	|	((DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)) =>
-		in= (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)		
-*/		 
 
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 352
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 333
 REAL_LITERAL :	
   ('.' (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART)? (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)?) |
 	((DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ '.' (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART)? (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)?) |
 	((DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (EXPONENT_PART) (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX)?) |
 	((DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ (REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX));
 
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 358
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 339
 fragment APOS : '\''! '\'';
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 359
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 340
 fragment DECIMAL_DIGIT : '0'..'9' ;
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 360
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 341
 fragment INTEGER_TYPE_SUFFIX : ( 'L' | 'l' );
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 361
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 342
 fragment HEX_DIGIT : '0'|'1'|'2'|'3'|'4'|'5'|'6'|'7'|'8'|'9'|'A'|'B'|'C'|'D'|'E'|'F'|'a'|'b'|'c'|'d'|'e'|'f';		
 	
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 363
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 344
 fragment EXPONENT_PART : 'e'  (SIGN)*  (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ | 'E'  (SIGN)*  (DECIMAL_DIGIT)+ ;	
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 364
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 345
 fragment SIGN :	'+' | '-' ;
-// TODO what is M or m?
-// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 366
-fragment REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX : 'F' | 'f' | 'D' | 'd' | 'M' | 'm' ;
+// $ANTLR src "/Users/aclement/el2/spring-framework/trunk/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/SpringExpressions.g" 346
+fragment REAL_TYPE_SUFFIX : 'F' | 'f' | 'D' | 'd';

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/internal/SpelTreeAdaptor.java

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.Assign;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.BooleanLiteral;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.CompoundExpression;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.ConstructorReference;
-import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.DateLiteral;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.Dot;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.ExpressionListNode;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.FunctionReference;
@@ -123,8 +122,6 @@ public class SpelTreeAdaptor extends CommonTreeAdaptor {
 				return new StringLiteral(payload);
 			case SpringExpressionsLexer.NULL_LITERAL:
 				return new NullLiteral(payload);
-			case SpringExpressionsLexer.DATE_LITERAL:
-				return new DateLiteral(payload);
 
 			case SpringExpressionsLexer.ID:
 				return new Identifier(payload);

org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/LiteralTests.java

@@ -129,34 +129,6 @@ public class LiteralTests extends ExpressionTestCase {
 		evaluate("null", null, null);
 	}
 
-	public void testLiteralDate01() {
-		evaluate("date('Wed, 4 Jul 2001 12:08:56 GMT').getTime()>0", "true", Boolean.class);
-	}
-
-	public void testLiteralDate02() {
-		evaluate("date('19740824131030','yyyyMMddHHmmss').getHours()", "13", Integer.class);
-	}
-
-	public void testLiteralDate03() {
-		// Jal is not a valid month
-		evaluateAndCheckError("date('Wed, 4 Jal 2001 12:08:56 GMT').getTime()>0", SpelMessages.DATE_CANNOT_BE_PARSED);
-	}
-
-	public void testLiteralDate04() {
-		// null format
-		parseAndCheckError("date('Wed, 4 Jul 2001 12:08:56 GMT',null).getTime()>0", SpelMessages.PARSE_PROBLEM);
-	}
-
-	public void testLiteralDate05() {
-		// null date
-		parseAndCheckError("date(null).getTime()>0", SpelMessages.PARSE_PROBLEM);
-	}
-
-	public void testLiteralDate06() {
-		// int year convertable from number to string
-		parseAndCheckError("date(2008,'yyyy').getTime()>0", SpelMessages.PARSE_PROBLEM);
-	}
-
 	public void testConversions() {
 		// getting the expression type to be what we want - either:
 		evaluate("new Integer(37).byteValue()", (byte) 37, Byte.class); // calling byteValue() on Integer.class